This version of the Periodicals Job Check List should be treated as a reference for the paper check list you are required to fill out during training. The occasional links may help you! Follow them if you have questions - but they can't demonstrate for you!

Please, if you have further questions - ask Christina or Dani!

______How/when to answer phones and how to transfer
______How to check in journals on Millennium (see separate section)
______What to do with journals that don't match the check-in screen
______How to record the vol/no on covers that don't display them
______How to put "tabs" on journals
______How to stamp and target bound journals
______How to stamp and target unbound journals
______How to record statistics for microforms received (the only statistics we keep in the office)
______When and where to record skipped journal issues (for claiming)
______How to weed newspapers and "limited holdings" journals
______What to do with duplicates
______What to do with unsolicited mail
______What to do with routed journals
______What 5 newspapers go on rods and how to do it
______Where extra supplies are found (tape, targets, etc.)
______How to pick up and reshelve journals & where
______How to physically prepare journals for binding (including finding indexes, looking for dups, pulling cardstock ads, etc.)
______What to do when an issue is missing after it was checked-in
______What to do when our information (in holdings, etc.) seems inaccurate
______How to interpret the holdings and find related titles
______Where to find instructions/help for various jobs
______How to log in to the Macacq Novell account.

					
Open and log in to Millennium Serials.........................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Search by title, keyword, ISSN, etc...........................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Navigate and interpret Millennium screens.....................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Verify whether the journal matches Millennium.................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Find the binding information..................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Check in non-sequential issues................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
What to record for problems...................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Correct simple check-in mistakes..............................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Identify problems and what to do with them....................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Identify where an issue is shelved............................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Identify if the item is for Acquisitions and not us...........( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Identify/handle routed items..................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Identify/handle tabbed items..................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
When to use for Periodicals Desk patron assistance............( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Where to get help.............................................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )

For Managers or specially trained students only:

Printing binding pull slips on Millennium.....................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Printing Millennium binding slips - "to bind".................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Return items from binding, marking them bound.................( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )
Attaching barcodes; creating item records for bound volumes...( YES )  ( NO )  ( N/A )

________The general policies and where to find them
________How to open and close (for regular, weekend, extended hours -- they're all different)
________That the computer should be used in accordance with the Computer Contract you signed at the beginning of your employment.
________How to login to our network account, MACACQ, and get to your email and other functions as necessary
________That headphones are not allowed
________Safety procedures in general, in the "Rainbow Flyer"
________Where to find fire extinguishers and fire pulls
________When to use the emergency phone/fire alarm
________Where emergency exits are
________That you must find a replacement for your desk shift if you can not work it
________You must report all scheduling changes to a Supervisor (x6703 or x6322)
________How to record statistics
________How to read the printed holdings list
________How to use the online MULS search engine, when, and why
________How to use CLICnet to answer detailed questions about journals
________When to use Millennium to answer questions about journals
________How to use the Serials Solutions list and why?
________How to shelf read and what section is your responsibility
________How to re-shelve and how often--including microforms
________How to record/report equipment problems
________That the Information Desk is a shared desk and it should be treated with respect
________Which computer lab tasks you are expected to know?
________The telephones are not for personal use--yours or patrons'
________Where to find the public phones
________Where Compact Shelving is located and how to use it
________How and when to fill out the Online Search Form for missing journals
________How to proof bound journals
________What to do with a damaged or mislabeled bound volume
________The policy on retrieving materials from Binding
________Who the student managers are and when they might be helpful
________Where to find Supervisor's phone numbers or other important phone numbers.

Do you know the following information about patron interaction...

________That food is not allowed to be consumed in the library unless during a library sponsored event
________That only beverages in non-disposable, reusable containers are allowed and that we need to set a good example
________That personal reading/studying materials must be kept tidy and to a minimum
________Strange patron behavior must be reported to a supervisor
________How to use the Minolta digital microform reader/printers.
________When to refer a patron to reference, circulation, or reserves.

Do you know the following information about equipment maintenance...

________How a patron gets and uses a copy card; the difference for faculty/staff and students
________At what locations machine keys are kept, and when you need to sign them out
________Where to send people for change
________What to do if a machine "eats" a patron's money or they request a refund
________How to maintain and clean your assigned machines
________Where to find supplies for machines & how to record them
________When to report that supplies are low
How to replace/add:
      ________Minolta paper/bulbs
      ________Ricoh paper/toner
      ________Other bulbs (Fuji, Recordak, NMI, Micron, etc.)

_______How to bind magazines like Time (the tricks)
_______How to bind flat backed journals
_______How to bind oversize and newsprint items
_______How to repair bindings/add rivets/etc.
_______How to record statistics
_______How to type labels
_______Where to find instructions
_______Where to find supplies/what to do when they are low
_______That breaks should be taken outside of the binding room
_______That communication with friends should be kept to a minimum
_______That the radio is library property and must be treated with respect
_______That the telephone is for work-related use only.

_______Where to find items in need of repair upstairs
_______Where to find materials/what to do when they run low
_______How to tighten hinges
_______How to erase pencil marks
_______How to separate pages
_______How to repair tears in pages
_______How to reinforce corners
_______Where to find the paper to photocopy pages and how to trim them to size
_______How to tip in pages
_______How to guard pages
_______How to guard and hinge pages
_______How to sew or staple items into pamphlet binders
_______How to replace endsheets
_______The two methods for replacing spines
_______Where and how to record statistics
_______Where to place materials when they are completed
_______That breaks should be taken outside the binding/mending room
_______That communication with friends should be kept to a minimum
_______That the radio is library property and must be treated with respect
_______That the telephone is for work-related use only.

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