Task Analysis

To train student employees in all duties associated with the Stacks department

1. Shelving
- Complete LC computer training program with a final score of 70-100%
- Identify the difference between Library of Congress (LC), Dewey Decimal (DD), and SuDoc
- Identify the difference between collections based on call number and the location of for the
following:
-LC numbers A-J
-LC numbers K-Z
-LC Oversized materials A-Z
-Special Collection materials - labeled App. Coll., Stock Car, Dai
-Periodicals and Films
-Instructional Materials (DD)
-Government Documents (SuDoc)

2. Stacks Maintanence
- Straightening
- Pull books to front; line with edge of shelf
- Push books together and arrange upright with wire hanger
- Shelf Reading
-Choose a section from an assigned collection
- Read LC numbers from each book to ensure books are in proper order
- If books are out of order, place books in proper order
- Record the section completed on individual log
- Shifting
- Be able to recognize when books need to be moved in order to accommodate additional
books
- Be able to recognize when required shift can be immediate or additional planning
- If book cannot be shelved with an immediate shelf, place book on designated shelf in
workroom
- Move books from shelf to shelf in proper call number order
- Adjust books on each shelf proportionately to other shelves
- Shelf read and straighten shelves

4. Use integrated library systems
- Use both Millenium and telnet systems
-Differentiate between which system to use based on task
-Know appropriate passwords and technique to obtain specific function

5. Other tasks
- Inventory
-check off each item if found on the shelf
-highlight items on the list if not found on the shelf
-bring items to the office if information listed on inventory list is different from information on book
-Missing list
- search for each item on the list based on barcode
- for each item, list either NOS, for not on shelf, or check off the item if on the shelf, and bring item to office for processing
-Pick up
-do pick up at least once during shift
- walk with cart a designated path around the floor
- place unshelved materials not currently being used from re-shelving carts, tables, chairs,
shelves
-in workroom, log in to appropriate program, scan materials' barcode into computer program,
sort in LC call number order items on cart, fill out shelving slip and place on cart
-Retrieve materials from Circulation area
-bring all sorted carts with LC call numbers K-Z and oversize A-Z to stacks workroom
-leave unsorted carts behind circulation desk
-during slow times, retrieve books from sorting shelves and carts of unsorted materials, bring to workroom, and sort
-complete shelving slip and put on cart
-Computer and printer related issues
-troubleshoot computers
- fill printers with paper when needed, clear paperjams, fill stapler
- contact appropriate repair people as needed