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1ashley.blais.92
Hi all,
I am in the unusual position of actually starting a new library! It will be for a creative agency looking to offer inspiration and serendipitous discovery to its employees. It's incredibly exciting, but we will, of course, have financial constraints. While I will catalog the materials online for searches we will in all likelihood have checkout/checkin old school style, by hand. One of my managers suggested putting big bright yellow stickers that say LIBRARY BOOK on book covers, but are there more subtle ways to label books and remind people to return items? The agency is large, 100-150 people might use the library, does anyone have creative ideas for this type of set up? I am looking for simple, it will all be handled by one librarian.
Thanks!
Ashley
I am in the unusual position of actually starting a new library! It will be for a creative agency looking to offer inspiration and serendipitous discovery to its employees. It's incredibly exciting, but we will, of course, have financial constraints. While I will catalog the materials online for searches we will in all likelihood have checkout/checkin old school style, by hand. One of my managers suggested putting big bright yellow stickers that say LIBRARY BOOK on book covers, but are there more subtle ways to label books and remind people to return items? The agency is large, 100-150 people might use the library, does anyone have creative ideas for this type of set up? I am looking for simple, it will all be handled by one librarian.
Thanks!
Ashley
2RowanTribe
The best way to manage it is to become "new school" instead of old-school with the "hey, don't forget your library book" reminders.
Hire out an automated system (does your agency have a phone system? Sometimes those can do it for you) or create in outlook (or maybe even Google) a method of auto-sending emails/phone-calls/texts (we offer our patrons the choice, but you may have to stick to one method - if you can only do ONE, I would highly suggest texts.)
We send several messages:
If the person ""opts-in" then they get an email "receipt" when they check-out the book, with the due date highlighted, and the overdue fines mentioned.
If the books are not returned to the system by 3 days before the due date (you can change this to be earlier or later) then we send an automated email or text to the person who checked out the book to remind them that it is due, and remind them again of the overdue fines.
Finally, when the book is 5 days past due, we send a final email or text asking them to please return the book and explaining the time period and fines involved in the process of us declaring the book as LOST.
All of our emails and texts contain multiple contact options to either renew or get in touch with us about checked-out items.
We also send text messages or emails or phone calls for people to let them know that items they were waiting for are available.
However, you'll find that some people just don't care, or aren't organized enough, and there WILL be late returns, and there WILL be items that people will just keep for months or years or never return at all. Depending on how much investment you have in continuing this library and having it as a constant research/inspiration source, and depending on if you have a monthly/yearly budget for replacing these lost/damaged/missing items, you may want to consider letting your clients know that if they check items out and do not return them, they will not be able to use the other services of the agency until the items are returned or paid for.
Sounds harsh, but a good percentage of our "regular offenders" ONLY return their books when they need to use the library internet and we won't let them until they bring the books back. :)
Hire out an automated system (does your agency have a phone system? Sometimes those can do it for you) or create in outlook (or maybe even Google) a method of auto-sending emails/phone-calls/texts (we offer our patrons the choice, but you may have to stick to one method - if you can only do ONE, I would highly suggest texts.)
We send several messages:
If the person ""opts-in" then they get an email "receipt" when they check-out the book, with the due date highlighted, and the overdue fines mentioned.
If the books are not returned to the system by 3 days before the due date (you can change this to be earlier or later) then we send an automated email or text to the person who checked out the book to remind them that it is due, and remind them again of the overdue fines.
Finally, when the book is 5 days past due, we send a final email or text asking them to please return the book and explaining the time period and fines involved in the process of us declaring the book as LOST.
All of our emails and texts contain multiple contact options to either renew or get in touch with us about checked-out items.
We also send text messages or emails or phone calls for people to let them know that items they were waiting for are available.
However, you'll find that some people just don't care, or aren't organized enough, and there WILL be late returns, and there WILL be items that people will just keep for months or years or never return at all. Depending on how much investment you have in continuing this library and having it as a constant research/inspiration source, and depending on if you have a monthly/yearly budget for replacing these lost/damaged/missing items, you may want to consider letting your clients know that if they check items out and do not return them, they will not be able to use the other services of the agency until the items are returned or paid for.
Sounds harsh, but a good percentage of our "regular offenders" ONLY return their books when they need to use the library internet and we won't let them until they bring the books back. :)
3MarthaJeanne
>2 RowanTribe: Although it was in the contract when signing up for the private school, one parent was really angry and upset that his son didn't get his year end report until the library books were accounted for. 'It's not fair!'
I really admired the calm librarian just repeating that he could pay the fine and either return the books or pay for them, and as soon as that was done the report would be released. And until then threatening her or the admin staff of the school wouldn't help.
I really admired the calm librarian just repeating that he could pay the fine and either return the books or pay for them, and as soon as that was done the report would be released. And until then threatening her or the admin staff of the school wouldn't help.
4ashley.blais.92
I'm thinking about using libib for cataloging and circ so I think an automated reminder system
will be easy to integrate. Thanks!
will be easy to integrate. Thanks!
5ashley.blais.92
This is for a corporate library, not sure HR will let me hold back paychecks, but thanks for the input.
6WeeTurtle
The corporate library I visited in my library tech training had about 100 books or less, and they used the old fashioned card system to keep track of who was using what. The librarian (who also handled most of the research and corporate newsletters) would keep the card file at her desk, and employees tended to drop off books there as well. It was pretty casual, but circulation was so low that there wasn't a huge need to return things quickly. The cards mostly served to track the book for when someone else wanted it. It was based off employee ID I think, rather than a card/account system.
7DanieXJ
Honestly, it's probably different in the corporate world, but, in the public library sphere subtle does nothing. Heck, sometimes even signs in your face (don't try to print more than 5 worth of pages plastered all over including on the desktop.... 'why won't it print, it gave me my 5 dollars all back in quarters', or '15 minute computers only' in bold red and black plastered all over 'can I have more time on this computer', 'No.' 'But why?' *face palm to infinity and beyond*)
Anyway.... will you be able to do little intros to the library for all the employees (either all at once, or by department or something?) Honestly, that feels like it might be a little better than some obnoxious sticker that makes it so that the cover or other important info on the book can't be seen. And it gets the fact that you're there out there too.?
Anyway.... will you be able to do little intros to the library for all the employees (either all at once, or by department or something?) Honestly, that feels like it might be a little better than some obnoxious sticker that makes it so that the cover or other important info on the book can't be seen. And it gets the fact that you're there out there too.?
