Collection Services & Development Archive

In Technical Processing, the average daily run for October was 1,040 items per day (up from September’s 835 items), for a total of 22,884 items in October. The average for November so far is 1,091 items per day. The processors are still current on processing all “rush” materials; they are processing non-rush materials from October 25, which is from the run 15 working days ago. Study guides and dated materials like continuations are also current.

During October, TP received a daily average of 55 boxes of materials a day, for a total of 1,194 boxes. The daily average in November so far is 58 boxes.

Transfers of AL materials is progressing at a steady pace; new orders also are coming in. There are currently 81 boxes of AL materials in storage in Maintenance.

The regular meeting being cancelled, the Materials Services Managers provided updates of departmental activities in lieu of minutes.

Department Highlights
In Technical Processing the average daily run for August was 1071 items per day, for a total of 24,637 items to be processed in August. The average for September so far is 966 items per day. This is several thousand items more than TP’s previous record of nearly 22,000 items in April 2012. The processors are still current on processing all “rush” materials; they are processing non-rush materials from August 28, which is seven working days from the date the run was received. Study guides and dated materials like continuations are also current.

Review of Action Items All

Purchases from 46th Star Press-Karen reported that there is no need to alert her or Lloyd to purchases made from 46th Star Press, which is owned by an MLS employee’s family. Lloyd can run an end of the year report to find out what was purchased.
Any other purchases or services from MLS employees should be forwarded to Karen.

Replacement of defective AMPs (Playaways)

Janet mentioned that libraries have been reporting that some of the AMPs are defective. MLS is guaranteed free replacement indefinitely after purchase of these items. Janet asked what procedure libraries should follow when an AMP needs to be replaced.

The group discussed various issues involved and agreed on procedures as follows:
If a player is discovered to be defective within 5 months after purchase, the library will return the entire item (player and container) to TP. TP will order a replacement player, and return the item to the library when the replacement is received.