Current ReCAP Projects: A Review Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator 12/13/2010

Current Projects Request Failures: Documentation on how to identify and resolve request failures Failed requests pose biggest problem for staff, not patrons Main categories: 1) Non-Failure, 2) EDD, 3) Duplicate Holdings and 4) Staff New email notification has helped put patrons in touch about problems

Advance Notification of Circ Status Problem solving how to alert patrons that an item is non-circulating / In Library use only Two factors currently determine circ status for ReCAP collections: encoding and physical condition Communicate via CLIO location display, request form and email notifications More info here

Reaccessions Recent discovery: Barcodes can be reaccessioned at ReCAP 78 items have been reaccessioned since 2002 Points of discussion: Does CUL allow items to be reaccessioned? How should withdrawal procedures change? How does ReCAP staff identify reaccessions? How does CUL staff know to follow-up on suppression?

Item Status 3,129 items currently IN at ReCAP had an inappropriate Item Status applied Withdrawn, Missing, In Process, Cataloging Review, Circulation Review and At Bindery Item Status can affect both perception and agency of patron access to Offsite collections All resolved and quarterly reports planned moving forward More info here

Department Library Projects Music: eliminating obsolete CLIO locations which have offsite barcodes assigned Business: searching/resolving items with CLIO location bus,anx2. Approx 5,000 items: half already supprssed. 20% of unsuppressed were found on shelf; approx 5% of suppressed Voyager bug found: Pick and Scan. If MFHD is suppressed and other change made with P&S then it will automatically unsuppress the MFHD

Infrastructure Wooden carts and plastic totes have been in shorter supply Wooden carts are needed for transfer of new acquisitions from BSP to ReCAP via daily courier Also needed for archive deliveries – Clancy-Cullen no longer allows use of their carts Plastics totes have been in shorter supply as retrieval volume increases

Infrastructure 12 more wooden carts purchased and repair now complete Residual repair will be coordinated via Zack Lane and Bill Austin BSP backlog will be addressed by Clancy pick up on 12/16/2010 100 new plastic totes will be ordered shortly. Should be in circulation by Spring.

Statistics System-wide Circulation Data Duke University Press Hathi Trust General ReCAP Statistics