{"id":2616,"date":"2019-01-22T22:28:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T04:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2019-01-22T22:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T04:35:43","slug":"2616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2019\/01\/22\/2616\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Shelf: 2018 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in June, I began keeping tabs on our new (and new-to-us) additions to the Center for Restoration Studies and general rare books collections.\u00a0 Since then our collections have grown by 1060 items.\u00a0 If you’d like to see the titles and authors added, click through these lists.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Christian Advocate, 1858-1888<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the breakdowns of items added by month:<\/p>\n

June: 104<\/p>\n

July: 80<\/p>\n

August: 143<\/p>\n

September: 216<\/p>\n

October: 183<\/p>\n

November: 220<\/p>\n

December: 114<\/p>\n

In order to prepare these for our colleagues in Technical Services, archives staff and student workers compare what we have at hand against what we have in the catalog and on the shelf.\u00a0 Usually, this means a student worker (Mac and Amanda also do this some, too)\u00a0verifies whether we have the item already cataloged.\u00a0 If not, we add it to the workflow to be cataloged.\u00a0 If we already have a copy (or copies) we (usually Mac) compare the condition of what we have against the condition of the one on the shelf.\u00a0 He also looks for variant editions, printings, bindings, or other features that merit inclusion.\u00a0 If the new book is in better condition that the shelved copy, we will replace the worn copy.\u00a0 If it is in comparable condition, we may put it in the queue for scanning or digitization, offer it for the circulating collection, or trade to another library.\u00a0 We slip each book with instructions for cataloging, indicating where the book should be cataloged (into the CRS collection or another sub-collection within rare books), who the donor is, and whether cataloging should make special note of any edition or printing or provenance.\u00a0 Once we get a full cart, we send them upstairs to Tech Services.\u00a0 When they are finished, we shelve them.<\/p>\n

Not only do these 1060 new (or new-to-us) titles represent the fine work of our students and colleagues, they represent dozens of donors who wanted to see the collection grow in scope, utility, breadth,\u00a0and depth.\u00a0 We do not yet know how students and researchers will utilize these materials, and we look forward to what 2019 will bring to the shelves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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