Making Space, Building Collaboration: Serendipity in

the Stacks

NETSL Annual ConferenceLightning Talk

April 11, 2014Presented by: Melanie Norton & Melissa Funaro

Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Clear 108,600 items

Where to start?

• Panic!• Keep calm, create a plan and choose the team leader wisely

Workflow colored flagsIs this book in

Orbis?

Yes

Does it have a barcode?

Yes Duplicate Barcode

Duplicate. Med Yellow Flag

Duplicate. LSF Purple Flag

Historical fund plate.

Green Flag

Special fund plate.

White Flag

No RED FLAG

Need Repair?Blue Flag

checked out past 3 years?

keep on site

Criteria

No bibliographic record?

send to be cataloged

11

Criteria

3

Library Shelving Facility duplicate?

22

Medical duplicate?

withdraw

Criteria

Special fund plate, 1915 or

earlier

Historical Rare Book Library

Criteria: White Flag

4

Historical fund plate

Historical Library

Criteria: Green Flag

55

6

In need of repair?

send to collections

care

Criteria: Blue Flag

Duplicate Barcode

vroom vroom beep beep

Send to LSF

Empty Shelves

Sent to LSF,

78,286

Kept at MED,

14,000

Dupes, 9,527

Repaired, 1,000Historical, 5,823

Building Collaboration

Alla

Jeannette Jeannette

Serendipity in the Stacks

Serendipity in the Stacks

Empty Shelves

But what do we do with…