1. SHELF READING PROJECT
Jennifer Herron

2. Motivating Student Staff
 Their work is vital and important
How shelf reads benefit the library:
 Identifydamaged books
 Locate lost books
 Spacing issues
 Books owned by another library
 Books in wrong locations
 Neat appearance

3. Directions
 Explain how to complete a shelf read
 LOC Classification System
 Potential problems
 Relocating
 Breaks
 “Whale Done!”

4. Progress Check
 Divide into sections and set goals
 Note what sections take longer, more problems
 Mark section stopping points – post-its
 Sign up sheet

5. Make it a Success
 Divide the collection into sections
 Sign-up before starting
 Schedule student staffers to alternate shelf read
 Hour on, hour off
 Break times
 Refreshments

6. Impact
 Areas being reviewed will be impacted
 Adjust according to traffic level
 Use markers and record locations

7. Timeline
 With 4 student staff working in 4 hour shifts
 Goal: 3 days
 Gauge depending on campus activities, staff schedule
 Factors affecting timeline:
 Number of student staff, hours available
 Activity in Library
 Problems in sections

8. Evaluate
 Identify problem areas, propose solutions
 Collect statistics
 Hours
per section
 Number of problems in each section

9. Make it fun!
 LOC Training Game
 https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu:4430/librari
es-and-
collections/Libraries/etc/game1/game1.swf