It appears that Spring has sprung (a leak, judging from the weather) and the changes just keep happening here at the Capitola branch. Hopefully they are all for the better. We now have a new crop of book carts which should improve the lives of all who shelve, as they are skinny enough to enable you to push them down the book aisles instead of hauling a couple of books at a time to shelve. We will be getting a couple more so hopefully we can retire our double sided carts, but we will keep them on reserve just in case, parked in the staff break room.
We will now utilize separate carts for fiction/genre fiction/large print/ paperbacks
and non-fiction/ oversize, YA, media and magazines. Oversize can now go on the top shelf of the non-fiction, as it can stand up instead of having to lay flat, and it will be easier on everyone to have the heavier stuff of the upper shelf. YA should go at the end of the non-fiction and media and magazines can go on the bottom of the non-fiction cart.
As for the fiction cart, you can separate it into genres if you prefer, but you might find you don't have that luxury, depending on what amounts of what are coming in.
We will still keep the Flat carts for the Juvy items. There is a spare flat cart should you ever need one, parked in the staff break room as well.
On a different note: I have noticed a disturbing new trend and this is one time I really don't want us to be trendsetters. Many patrons have been calling or coming in and claiming they have returned items at our branch which are still showing checked out to them, and upon investigation the items have been on our shelves but not checked in properly. Some of these items also belong to other branches. And I have also found a number of media items with missing parts on our shelves. So I beseech you all, PLEASE WATCH THE SCREEN when checking items in. I know that transit turtle takes a million years to load (thus the turtle icon i suppose) but be sure that you see that the item you are handling is really checked in, and put in the correct crate or on a cart, as well as really check the media items to make sure all the discs are accounted for.
You may notice some incoming books marked CMS in the right hand corner where the branch location usually is, inside the front cover. These are part of a floating collection so they will remain in our branch for a designated amount of time. If you see them, they should be shelved on the New Book Shelf. We can affix new items date stickers to them the same way we do our other new items. Eventually they will go back to CMS.
And speaking of new items, please remember to remove the date stickers for the older items. The pull # for this month, is 9 and you can check the sticker on the counter outside the check-in office if you forget.
The theme this week for story hour is appropriately enough, RAIN, so if you need any of those books for the pulls list or patrons, check in the usual spot above my desk.
Overall, it appears that despite all these changes we are keeping up pretty well with the shelving and the branch looks tidy, so keep up the good work and as always, a HUGE THANKS! You are all a pleasure to work with!
Over and Out,
Cappy Dick
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