Behind the Scenes at the Library: The Journey of a Book

Behind the Scenes at the Library: The Journey of a Book
When you visit the Berkeley Public Library you’ll see staff at the circulation desk, at the reference desk, and others who are shelving books. What you are less likely to see are all those library employees, mostly in offices on the second floor of the Central Library, who move a book along from the time it’s either requested by a patron or a librarian. These are the employees who select, order, catalog, and process the 50,000 items added to the library’s collection every year.

July 24, 2009 by Uncategorized 3

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  1. Anonymous says:
    July 24, 2009 at 7:43 pm

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    Should be public library, not academic libraries. This article is about the Berkeley Public Library

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    • Anonymous says:
      July 24, 2009 at 7:45 pm

      D’oh! Thanks
      And… People actually do pay attention to the tags we put on things??

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      • StephenK says:
        July 24, 2009 at 8:18 pm

        Only a select group
        The biggest cross-section of the visitor population that would notice would be those watching RSS feeds based on the individual taxonomy tree branches. LISNews Netcast Network is one such branch just as Summer Series is.
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