Architecture Library
Inventory of Services
31 March 2004
C = staff in Cambridge, W = staff at UW
User Services
- TRELLIS circulation: charge/discharge/renew
- UW@UW
- create a unique patron group in TRELLIS for Arch undergrads (a unique field in Registrar’s record; Linda will talk to Gail about programming)
- offer same service to undergrads on campus: can place holds on material in Cambridge
- colour copying of material in Cambridge will be important for some items
- no UW@UW service for community borrowers (monitor this situation)
- TUGbars
- TUG shuttle run will not include Cambridge ; material from Guelph and Annex will be delivered to Porter; will cause additional delay
- Conventional reserves
- Wish will train Cambridge staff for conventional reserves
- Michele and Margaret will discuss whether items placed on reserves will be duplicated by requesting UW location
- E-reserves
- Wish will handle e-reserves processing for Cambridge
- Interac: Visa and Mastercard for cash payments
- requires a dedicated phone line
- Michele will discuss with Alex
- ILL/DD
- colour copying of material in Cambridge will be important for some items
- Richard or Michele will talk to Christine to discuss details
- Controlled Access service
- Sensitizing/desensitizing tattle tapes strips
- Responding to security-system alarms
Reference services
- rare books hours of service
- rare rooks reference service
- rare books registration/log
- rare books displays
- theses: anything special wrt ref or circ services services?
- materials resources area: anything special wrt ref or circ services?
- reference service at front desk
- Virtual reference service (a shared license?)
- geospatial (GIS) reference service
- Information Commons Helpdesk ???
Other Public Services
- security system service: sensitizing/densensitizing books, alarms
- Instructional services
- Web page design/creation activity
- Public displays (newspapers, book jackets, drawings, announcements) C
- Public access to printing C
- Public access to photocopiers C
- Public access to scanner devices C
Support and Processing Activities
- Telephones (location, voice mail, long distance?)
- Training: regular and causal staff; circulation, ILL, collections, etc
- Cataloguing of books, periodicals, theses, rare books, maps W
- Cataloguing: slides/visual, product literature, plans and drawings, videotapes C
- Ordering/receiving function W
- Bibliographic searching (selection) and collection development
- Gifts processing for books, periodicals C
- Gifts processing for rare books & periodicals, and archival materials
- Reviewing Approval books
- Materials receiving and processing : slides, product literature, vertical file materials, plans and drawings C
- Collections evaluation C
- Stacks maintenance: shelving/reshelving C
- Processing ILL requests (Ariel support?)
- Processing TUGdocs requests
- Processing UW @ UW requests (special service for Arch; separate policy
- IUTS shipping and receiving
- Office support (mail, supplies, attendance) C
- Binding/rebinding decisions and pulling items from shelf C
- Book binding W (to Wallaceburg)
- Book repairs C
- Security stripping
- Scanning (staff scanning) ??
- Computing support (office and public areas; hardware, software, network, scanners, printers, instruction lab equipment)
- Photocopiers: service support
- Microform readers/printers (if any): service support
- Electronic security system: service support
- Telephones, faxing equipment: service support
- Watcard readers: service support
- Recycling pickup
- Book-bin pickup and book delivery
- Furnishings: maintenance, repairs
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