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Unit 11: Library Rules and Maintenance Work

when flagged and provide input on whether or not a title should be withdrawn. An email Notes
notification will be sent to the campus when each phase of flagging is complete.

This will be a four phase operation beginning with call number P. The tentative timeline
is:
Phase 1- Collier Main books with call numbers beginning with P

(Faculty review complete by October 31, 2012)
Phase 2—Collier Main books with call numbers beginning with A-G
(Faculty review complete by February 28, 2013)
Phase 3—Collier Main books with call numbers beginning with H-O and Q-Z

(Faculty review complete by May 31, 2013)
Phase 4—Collier Reference Collection
(Faculty review complete by October 31, 2013)
Questions

1. What do you mean by the term “Weeding”?
2. Why does the Collier University want to weed the existing Book Collection? And
how does it take place?

Source: http://collierlibraryweeding.blogspot.in/2012/07/weeding-project-background.html
11.5 Summary

The library rules are aimed at increasing the use of the library rather than curbing its use.
The Library is meant for every body's use and no one should have undue privileges at the
expense of others.

The members and guests of the institute have lending privileges in a library.
Users should take care not to damage or lose borrowed media. Writing notes in print
media is not permitted. Please inform the library staff of any damaged media.

There are various modern library rules discussed in this unit.
Maintenance work involves continuous monitoring of the proper stocking, arrangement
and display of books on the shelves in the stack rooms and taking care of them.

The important aspect of maintenance work is book conservation. Only books in good
physical condition should be allowed to stay on shelves.

The maintenance section is functionally related to almost all other areas of the library,
especially to the processing section which feeds this section with new additions and the
circulation section which withdraws books from the stacks and sends back the returned
books to the stacks.
Library maintenance is as much the responsibility of the user as of the librarian.

11.6 Keywords

Closed Access: No access to shelves for users. Books are brought to them from the shelves by the
library staff.

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