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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 08:31:55 -0700
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- From: "Stephen (local 6019)" <SDAVIES@MTROYAL.AB.CA>
- Subject: Re: courtesy hold shelf
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- At Mount Royal College, Calgary, we will hold circulating monographs aside for
- a patron for one weekday (i.e. Tues to Wed, or Fri to Mon). We won't hold
- periodicals or Reference material, but we refer people to the Information
- Reference Desk to see if those materials can be held there. There is no
- convenient way to designate these materials as being on the "courtesy hold
- shelf" in the on-line catalog, so we hold the material for no more than 24
- hrs. Our turnaround time on reshelving books is shorter than that, so we
- can't leave the material out of circulation for longer than 24 hrs without
- causing some confusion when other patrons search the stacks for "available"
- items.
-
- We no longer issue temporary library cards to students or other patrons. We
- are prepared to access a patron's library account if they present other I.D.
- (i.e. driver's license, social insurance card, etc). Simply knowing a student
- I.D. number is not sufficient; we need to see proof. We find often that
- students need to be trained to bring at least some I.D. when they come to the
- library. The chance of getting the Faculty to be so responsible is slim.
-
- When a student has no I.D. to present, we refuse to access their account for
- purposes of signing out material or displaying a list of their current
- transactions. (We will, however, accept fines payments.) Students who are
- refused loans can have their material held on the "courtesy hold shelf" for 24
- hrs. Students who have lost all their I.D. can obtain a second copy of their
- registration paperwork from the Registrar's Office and we will accept that as
- I.D. We have several Reserve locations thruout the College where the staff may
- allow quick loans in exchange for car keys or valuables while the student
- photocopies. This kind of transaction is not policy; it is just to help out
- the student.
-
- Whenever a patron uses a secondary piece of I.D., we ask if they cannot find
- their library card. If that is the case, we recommend they declare their card
- lost. In that case, we block the account and rename it "SMITH, JOHN lost
- card". We start a second account and withhold the patron barcode sticker
- until the patron returns with a new card, giving them only one week to do so.
- We also send a form to Campus Security stating that the card has been lost or
- stolen. We tell Security what the patron barcode number was on the lost card
- so they can tell the difference between the lost card and the re-issued one.
-
- We have an incredible system of I.D. cards here. The official student card is
- of very poor quality and is likely to crack and fall apart during the course
- of the semester. It is the result of Administration cutting too far back on
- costs, and now no one will admit the mistake. The Reserve locations are
- expected to loan up to several thousand dollars worth of audio-visual equipment
- using these cards, even tho there is no picture on the card and they are
- rarely signed on the back. Meanwhile, a frustrated Campus Recreation dept now
- issues its own durable, picture I.D. for a fraction of the cost of the regular
- card, and so does the Residence issue a card to students living on campus.
- Both depts do this with equipment the Registrar's discarded. The Registrar's
- was looking forward to using cheaper materials and less staff time when
- producing cards. Since the Registrar's hardly requires to see the card again,
- it is not surprising that they are not concerned about the quality of the card
- or its longevity.
-