Collection Services Policy and Procedure Manual: ROUTING LIBRARY MATERIAL

As we check in the mail we will find notes in our check in records saying to route issues to faculty and/or librarians.  We can route anything that passes thru our department.  We receive notifications to route publications from the Director, Reference librarians and the Circulation Dept.  Occasionally a professor will contact us directly asking about this service.  All additions and deletions need to go through Nancy.  She maintains a excel list of what is routed and to whom.

We use this form in DELIVERY OPTIONS in the PO for routing or requestor information (THE LAST NAME BEING FIRST IS THE IMPORTANT PART).  Putting this information in DELIVERY OPTIONS allows for a pop up window to appear when receiving the book --

JOHNSON, D. ROUTE

LAITY, ROUTE

ARROW, OFFICE COPY

For Libraian routing you can use their first names

Lee, rt

Sabrina, office copy

Once a week all American University law review issues that have been checked-in that week are taken up and put on a cart outside the mail room. We usually do this on Thursday.  The issues are put in alphabetical order and left there for one week.  All issues are put here even ones that have a faculty routing slip already attached to the issues such as Harvard, Yale, etc.   Faculty can write a note saying they want to have an issue routed to them once it comes off this display.  Once issues come off display any that should be routed are taken to the faculty mail box area and put in their mail box.