Oops!

Yes, we know… this is a bit of a belated post, but in our defence it seemed a little redundant to post on the blog on the Thursday before Easter given that the Library was closed.

March was a productive month for the Library staff, even as most of the students drifted away for the Easter vacation.

The PCAS photocopiers underwent a software upgrade at the start of the vacation which has altered the interface slightly, but they still work as they did before. As far as we know the odd issues which were encountered when the upgrade occurred (none of which affected us) have been resolved, but do let us know if there are any problems.

Natalija has been barcoding some of the uncatalogued Japanese books in the basement, which will be a help when people borrow them as previously we have had to create records from scratch, which can result in a bit of a wait at the desk.

Meanwhile Kate has been doing some shuffling round in the Library of Congress section again, too. The “D” and “DS” sections in particular were becoming heavily congested as that is the area where she is adding to the shelves with the reclassified materials, and it had reached “critical mess” by the end of term. She has moved things around in the “B” and “BP” section, reducing some of the over-estimated growth space there to make space in the “D” and “DS” areas. Please be aware that many books in this section will have therefore shifted position (sometimes up to 20 shelves away from where they were!). The labels on the ends of the bays have been adjusted accordingly, but do ask staff if you have any problems finding anything. The Library of Congress shelves now look a lot less crowded, and Kate is optimistic that she won’t need to move things again until at least the end of the summer vacation!