[Access-ip] Deliberate mishelving of books?

[Barry Lipinski]

Hi Bart,

Have you completely ruled out an unenthusiastic or unhappy student 
shelver?  On a few occasions throughout the years, I've detected 
"dumping" in the stacks.  Books that were slated to be shelved got put 
in unlikely places.  These cases were solved by tracking who was 
shelving what.  And all it takes is one person to introduce a little chaos.

If instead it's a hoarder who is setting up shop with their own 
classification scheme and sundry ways of operating, you can try bringing 
these books down to a sorting area behind your circulation desk and see 
who shows up to inquire about them.

Barry

Barry V. Lipinski
Rutgers University Libraries

Hollingsworth, Bart wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Not sure if this is a real phenomena or an unfortunate set of
> coincidences, but our stacks folks are noticing what appear to be
> deliberate reshuffling and mishelving of books in the stacks.  This is
> not being done by library staff or student assistants but patrons.  I'm
> talking about sections of books found in the wrong area, stacked books
> on the floor etc.,
>
> Anyone had this happen?  Thoughts on how to address?
>
> -Bart
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Bart Hollingsworth
> Head of Circulation and Resource Sharing
> Brown University -- Rockefeller Library 
> 401-863-2169
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