New! Online Statistics Forms for Reference & Consults

This Thursday, Nov. 1st, we will make the switch to online statistics gathering in the RRUnit for reference service and consultations. This is a pilot project running until March 2013 and will be evaluated after that time, and monitored on an ongoing basis.

Use:
http://tinyurl.com/gerstein-reference
•    At the InfoDesk between 12-close daily, including weekends
•    Access Services staff on the desk between 10-12 are very welcome to use the online form OR they can continue to use the paper form
•    For all off-desk statistics including backup, phone, Ask a Librarian chats, emails, Ask.Gerstein, etc.
•    If you respond to a QUESTION through Twitter or Facebook (not just a mention of Gerstein), please count it using this form

Consultations will be counted with this form:
http://tinyurl.com/gerstein-consultations

Please bookmark these in your browser.

It may help to open up the reference form at the beginning of your shift and keep it open in the background.

Reference Collection Shifting

With the move of reference material back to the main floor we are still be left with reference material on the floor below.
In order to make finding this material easier and to assist with reshelving we have created two new location codes for Gerstein.

- Lower Reference I which will refer to material in B110 and will appear as LOWER_REF1 where truncation is required in SIRSI
- Lower Reference II. which will refer to material in B112 and will appear as LOWER_REF2 where truncation of the name is required.

It will take quite some time until all the material has it new location applied as it must be done on a title by title basis. I will put out another message when the task has been completed.

Bonnie
Oct. 1, 2008