I just want to take a moment and explain the color coding situation. When we arrived, there were two collections with color coding. The reference section was distinguished by red stickers on the spine, and the folio works were demarcated with yellow stickers. These visual reminders alerted anyone shelving materials as to the book's location in the stacks. It appears to be a successful addition to the library.
As we poured through the collection this week in an effort to check records in the database, we came across a few misshelved maps, atlases, and guidebooks. Because of this, we decided to add green stickers to the guidebooks and put them on a separate shelf. We also added blue stickers to the map and atlas collection and put them on a separate shelf. We added (GUIDEBOOK COLLECTION) to each guidebook in the database and (ATLAS & MAP COLLECTION) to appropriate records in the map/atlas collection. Additionally, we labeled each shelf with the title of the collection and weeded outdated or damaged items.
The longest part of the process was checking each record in the database and shelf list and affixing new stickers when needed. (Some had inappropriate spaces, punctuation, or no period with the Cutter number, etc.)
Hopefully, the new stickers and shelf locations will distinguish special works and streamline the shelving process. We want to make everything as clear as possible for the work study students who run the library during the remainder of the year.
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