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AM 331 Transfer and Withdrawal of Materials

Policy

The Transfer and Withdrawal of Materials Policy ensures that the Metropolitan Library System makes available the most reliable, up-to-date and useful materials to meet customer needs through the regular evaluation of the materials in each library’s collection.

Materials Services Division Updates for March 2013

In Technical Processing, the average daily run for February was 887 items per day, for a total of 17,742 items in February. The average for March so far is 876 items per day. The processors are still current on processing all “rush” materials; they are processing non-rush materials from March 14, which is from the run 3 working days ago. Study guides and dated materials like continuations are also current.

During February, Technical Processing received a daily average of 48 boxes of materials a day, for a total of 955 boxes. The daily average in March so far is 52 boxes.

The next group of bindery materials is due from the branches to Technical Processing by March 29. The bindery will pick them up from TP the week of April 29.

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