When you come across an item in the Isham or Merritt stacks that needs conservation attention or relabelling (or, more likely, have a patron point this out to you), the workflow will start with a circulation system then continue on to the item actually going someplace.
Repairing Isham materials
What: Isham items in need of light conservation (e.g. a page being reattached).
How:
- Change the Item Process Status to CO (Conservation).
- Add an Internal Note, and include your initials and the date. Here's an example: "This item is in the Tintoretto Room. It is awaiting repair. CDL, 2/10/2017"
- Bring the item to the Tintoretto Room's holding area for items awaiting conservation review.
- Email the Book Conservator for Special Collections at the Weissman Preservation Center. Explain the situation and ask to have the item looked at the next time she or he is at the Music Library.
- When the item is ready to return to the shelf, remove the Item Process Status and Internal Note and place it on the reshelving table in Isham.
Relabelling Isham materials
What: Isham items in need of new labels.
How:
- Change the Item Process Status to CO (Conservation).
- Add an Internal Note, and include your initials and the date. Here's an example: "This item is in the Tintoretto Room. It is awaiting a new label. CDL, 2/10/2017"
- Bring the item to the Tintoretto Room's holding area for items awaiting (re)labelling.
- When the item is ready to return to the shelf, remove the Item Process Status and Internal Note and place it on the reshelving table in Isham.