Picklist Problems
Jul. 7th, 2013 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katekintailbcI got to the library a few minutes later than usual on Saturday morning and was surprised to see that the picklist, which is normally 3-5 pages long, was 11 pages in length. I really shouldn't have been surprised, but I'd forgotten about the holiday when the library was closed for two days. All the books people put on hold accumulated and showed up together on my morning list. I took a deep breath and began. it took me three full carts (usually I can fit everything onto one, sometimes spilling onto a second).
One of the librarians kindly processed one of the carts for me, which is actually extraordinary because they had three days of bookdrop to take care of and that took them all morning as well, with everyone pitching in to help. It was an impressive display with people squeezing the tasks in-between other duties they had at the library.
The hardest part for me was spending hours of my morning tracking down all of the books on the list and then finding, when I scanned them in, that not all the books were going to readers. Sometimes, other library branches will get to a copy in their branches before I do. But, usually, it's because someone changed his or her mind and took the book back off of hold. So I was left with about a dozen books that I'd picked off the shelves that were supposed to go to people but, instead, needed to go back onto the shelves. I had an urge to go out into the middle of the library and promote the books, trying to find them homes. I suppose it's all that practice I get handing free BookCrossing books to people at book festivals. But I did really want to advocate for thse poor books that thought they were being selected, only to find they weren't.
Who wants a learn about some greek gods and monsters? Anyone? It's a beautifully illustrated book, straight from the 292 section of the nonfiction stacks. C'mon... you know you want to...
One of the librarians kindly processed one of the carts for me, which is actually extraordinary because they had three days of bookdrop to take care of and that took them all morning as well, with everyone pitching in to help. It was an impressive display with people squeezing the tasks in-between other duties they had at the library.
The hardest part for me was spending hours of my morning tracking down all of the books on the list and then finding, when I scanned them in, that not all the books were going to readers. Sometimes, other library branches will get to a copy in their branches before I do. But, usually, it's because someone changed his or her mind and took the book back off of hold. So I was left with about a dozen books that I'd picked off the shelves that were supposed to go to people but, instead, needed to go back onto the shelves. I had an urge to go out into the middle of the library and promote the books, trying to find them homes. I suppose it's all that practice I get handing free BookCrossing books to people at book festivals. But I did really want to advocate for thse poor books that thought they were being selected, only to find they weren't.
Who wants a learn about some greek gods and monsters? Anyone? It's a beautifully illustrated book, straight from the 292 section of the nonfiction stacks. C'mon... you know you want to...
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