You know that door near the computers on the library’s Main Floor near the Reference Desk? The one near the purple wall that says ‘212: Technical Services’? Yeahe, that door. Ever wonder what’s behind it?
That’s OK. A lot of people do.
Student A: Is that where the library people think up those long, complicated call numbers? Like PR2829.A2 P43 2004?
Student B: No, I think it’s where they go to flip through book catalogs to find new thick, heavy encyclopedias to order to make our papers harder to research!
Faculty member to him/herself: Gee, I thought it was sort of a library ER/triage center for books that have seen better days. (Vision: a group of panicked librarians gathered around a tattered volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography lying open on a table. “I need six feet of mending tape, stat!!” one shouts as she dramatically straddles the dying serial to perform CPR.)
Actually, all three of you are correct!
Er, well, sort of.
OK, here’s the deal. There’s a heckuva lot that goes on behind that door that keeps this place organized and running like a well-oiled machine. And over the next few weeks, I’m going to let the folks back there tell you a little bit about who they are and what they do and why it’s so darned important.
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Hello, my name is Lin Lake and I hold the position of Collection Development Librarian. One of my responsibilities is to acquire the supportive materials that faculty/staff/students need for their classes. Faculty/staff submit library purchase requests for books, DVDs, or compact discs that they will use in their classes or will assign students to use outside the classroom.
You will notice on the New Book Shelves across from the Circulation Desk that the 2009 Caldecott Medal, John Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, Pura Belpre Awards, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, Schneider Family Book Award, Michael L. Printz Award, Mildred L. Batchelder Award titles are available. These titles will be used by EDU 377 Children’s Literature class. We also have past award winning titles which may be found within the Children’s Collection downstairs!
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OK, folks. Stay tuned for more exciting accounts of "What are they doing back there...?"
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