This message was sent to the list CIRCPLUS by Jean Lauder. Linda Newman has sent the message to MAPS-L. ---------Johnnie ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 12:03:10 -0500 > From: JEAN LAUDER - ACCESS SERVICES / INFORMATION SERVICES LIBRARIAN <[log in to unmask]> > To: Multiple recipients of list CIRCPLUS <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Circulating Maps > > Our maps department has just informed us that maps will be circulating next > year. I forsee a few problems with this, and I'd love to hear from other > libraries who circulate maps to see how they handle them. Some of the > problems we have to deal with are: > > 1) Desensatizing the tattle-tape (our "zapper" is designed for > books) > 2) the awkardness of finding the barcode and rolling them up > 3) where to stamp the due date > 4) how do we store the 50 tubes we will keep to put them in > 5) where will we put them when they are returned so they won't > get damaged before being returned to the shelves (they need > to be flat) > 6) how will they be returned (they don't fit in the book drop) > > We are doing some renovations this summer and as part of it we hope for a new > Circ desk, so we have the opportunity to get some special features built in. > > Does anyone else circulate maps? Have you run across problems we have not > thought of? > > Appreciate your help, > > Jean > Access Services Librarian, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. > internet: [log in to unmask] > >