The three sentence summary is: The Giunta Middle School media center has most technical services like labeling and cataloging handled off-site by their district office and vendor Follet; the media specialist is responsible for acquisition, receipt and processing of materials on-site; and while they use the Dewey Decimal system, books are also arranged by genre categories in the center for easier browsing by students.

1. Giunta Middle School Media CenterMedia Specialist:SundiPierceWebsiteTour Date: October 20, 2010Technical Services TourBy Gina Giordano

2. Are technical services handled on site?Mostly not…Most library books and materials are ordered from FolletFollet ordered books come with labels and barcodes already assembled

3. ProceduresFast FactsCall supervisor’s office for a label requestStaff retrieves label informationLabel with call number and barcode are made and sent over to school.Any creation of MARC record is done thereIt only takes 1 hour to have labels made$12 buys 60 labels Paid from internal accountsWhat if materials arrive without labels?

4. Staff RequirementsJust the Media Specialist

5. Acquisition functions: order, receipt, workflowSupervisor’s office handles ordering and receiptsFollet is the preferred companyOrder with Lawson number (School District Employee number)Complete checklist when materials are delivered Send completed checklist to the supervisor Company gets paid

6. Subject headingsAre not not used in this media center but select books are arranged by category:Historical FictionScience FictionYoung AdultRomanceSportsPlayawaysLibros en EspanolClassification System ✪ Dewey Decimal

8. Physical Environment

9. Binding comes from outsourced materialsStickers, such as tattle strips & barcodes come with outsourced materialsMedia Specialist makes her own genre stickers and uses special tape for adhesivepaperback books are rarely ordered because they do NOT lastBinding and Physical Processing

10. Binding tape is used as neededSpecial tape used to restore books & materials that are falling apartBooks that are horribly coming apart are weeded out and replacedPreservation

11. Serial ControlMedia Specialist orders in the Spring for the next year Freedom to order any subscriptionCheck off list when they issues arriveCall company if they are missingCensorOut of print issuesMishaps

12. PeriodicalsShelved on rotating rack

13. Shelves are labeled by periodical name and by interest

14. Not for checkout

15. Retention policy: stored in back office for teachers to take as they wish

16. Periodicals over 5 years are discardedXbox Live J-14American GirlTeen LinkReader’s DigestNintendoBMX PlusKids DiscoveryAquarium FishPeopleDig

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