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3) Steps for unloading mail. Correctly route each type of item to the right place or person.
We typically receive:
Items with RUSH flags: place in Librarian's mailbox for immediate review. If they are RUSH RESERVES, place them in.....
- Architecture items returned from other libraries
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Be careful while checking these in. Look at sierra each time you scan an item, pay attention to item messages. Make sure that hold slips are placed in the correct book. Take your time. This is where a lot of our mistakes occur.
Recalled items for RESERVES should be placed .....
- Architecture items returning from preservation
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If you do check one in sierra will show an item in process message and ask if you want to clear it. Hit no.
Leave all accompanying items with the new book (inserted printouts, book jackets...)
- Gift books
Do not check-in, shelve with new books
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- New journals
Go in Dan’s box. If he is out for an extended time, put them on Holly's New Journals shelf. Please be aware of those items looking like journals that are actually addressed to a specific staff member. Put these in that staff's mailbox.
- Newly bound journals: sometimes arrive in a cardboard box, sometimes loose. They
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