Hi Amanda,
One caveat—we haven’t had any requests for current issues yet, so all of this is somewhat theoretical. We’re an Alma library, so some of our procedures reflect that.
We are encouraging patrons to use online or electronic versions of periodicals and newspapers as much as possible. However, some aren’t available online, or have embargos on current issues.
We have a small collection of popular newspapers and magazines on our first floor, which we’ve moved up to our closed second floor. We’ll be paging any print and microform titles for patrons. There is a specific spot where patrons will read what we’ve pulled. When the patron is finished reading an issue, we have a specific place to put those issues.
We will then quarantine those issues for 3 days/72 hours in a plastic bin. We plan to use the Public Note area in the item record and type in Unavailable until Friday, July 10 for example. We can run searches in Alma based on the wording and save those items into a set. We can also export the results into a spreadsheet to keep with the individual quarantine bin so we know what’s in it.
Once an item comes out of quarantine, we can either delete the Public Note manually (for a small number of items) or run a Change Physical Items job on the set and delete the public note that way.
I hope this helps! I do have some preliminary procedures typed up, if you happen to be an Alma library.
Mary
Mary S. Rausch, MPA, MLIS
Cataloging & Periodicals Librarian, Cornette Library
WTAMU Box 60748
Canyon, TX 79016-0001
p. (806) 651-2219, f. (806) 651-2213
From: serialst@simplelists.com <serialst@simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Amanda Fleming
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 17:54
To: serialst@simplelists.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [SERIALST] COVID-19 & Physical Serials
Has anyone come up with a grand master plan on how to handle the physical serials and the public with COVID-19?
We’re a small academic library with a physical holdings of about 14 newspapers and 381 journals and magazines. For the newspapers, I am looking into either switching over our subscriptions from print to online only OR just cancelling all together. For the couple of newspapers that we can’t switch over (locals) a few ideas have been bouncing around i.e. laminate them AND/OR keep behind the service desk where patrons would have to request them and wear gloves. As for all the journals and magazines…. rope off the section and have the patrons make requests? I’m not too sure what to do. Honestly, our physical collection doesn’t have heavy use, but it does get used.
As we’re getting closer to the fall semester starting and students coming back, it’s hard to plan for the unknown and the handling of materials.
Thanks All!
Amanda
Amanda Fleming
Serials Coordinator
Linfield University
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2540
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