Student Resource Guide

1.Shelf reading and shelving books

• Books Plus Proper Care and Handling of Books
• Understanding call numbers: LC classification
• Collection codes
• Location codes for Poage Library

2. Remember Message to Garcia!

• Answering the Phone procedures
• Checking the mail
• When the entrance bell chimes someone is either lost or needs your attention

3. Putting Book covers and bookplates in books – straight (both an art and a skill)

• Mylar covers
• Gallery of special book plates – Who designs such nice bookplates?
• Bookplate placement – Does it have to be straight?
Customized bookplates – where are these kept?

4 Research procedures:

• Application and Regulations
• Photoduplication
• Using Finding aids
• Instructions for Student Assistants


Take a BREAK – What does the fish have to do with this?

• General Collection : Search BearCat
• Limit Search to BCPM/date/etc.
• How to get to the next page of stuff in periodicals, etc, when there is no way to tell what we have and what we don't. (Is this really possible?)

6. Separation/Relocation Sheets

• What is it and where to find it?
• When do I use it and why do I need two copies?
• How do I fill it out and what do I do with it?

7. Checking out books

• How it is supposed to work
• When the bar code reader doesn't work
• When the card reader doesn't work

8. Photocopying

• Newspapers: image suppression
• Two sided – 2to1, 2to2
• Reduction/enlarge
• Reverse image
• Jamming
• Replace paper and color cartridges

9. GBC bookbinding

• Punching holes
• Make title page
• Add plastic covers
• Attach to spiral binding

10. Processing Flow Chart

11. BearSpace Procedures

12. Dress Code

-Dressing Guide

-Winter Dress Code

13. Lock-Up Procedures

14. Orientation