Student Assistants

WELCOME[edit]

Z. Smith Reynolds Library's objective is to provide positive public service to students, faculty, staff and the University community. YOU are an important part of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library's operation.

YOU represent the library to all our patrons. Your attitude and eagerness to help will influence the patrons view of our library. Please take your work as seriously as we do.

Each of you will spend many hours working in the library this year, serving many patrons and completing numerous transactions. Every time that you assist a patron, you project the impression of an efficient and friendly library. Your attention to detail can lessen careless mistakes and help save the valuable time used to correct the error. Your perfomance will make the difference!

Your position warrants a great deal of respect from all of us at ZSR. You work demanding hours on weekends and evenings in addition to hours between classes. You also have to deal with the pressures from fellow students, faculty, and staff.

Many students choose to continue working in the library all four years at Wake Forest University. Working in the library can be a valuable experience for you. Our library staff recognizes that you are integral in making the library a pleasant place to work and ensuring its efficient operation, and could serve as a springboard for your next occupational opportunity.


SCHEDULES AND POSTING/LOGGING IN HOURS[edit]

You will report to the following supervisors:

Day Stack Supervisor – (position open) – x4947 – ?????@wfu.edu

Night Stack Supervisor – Patrick Ferrel – x5416 – ferrelp@wfu.edu

A schedule of 6-10 hours per week is preferable. Working periods of two hours are also preferable. Everyone will be REQUIRED to work a minimum of eight hours during the exam period. You are REQUIRED to let us know if you have any other on-campus jobs.

Grounds for dismissal include: three unexcused absences during one semester, falsifying time sheets/WIN account, poor job performance and insubordination.

Remember that you are always expected to be on time and ready to work when your shift starts

Unexcused absences will not be tolerated. An unexcused absence is an absence when you have not notified a supervisor or your absence was not excused by a supervisor.

Unexcused absences will be recorded. After two unexcused absences, a written warning will be issued. Three unexcused absences will be cause for dismissal.

You are expected to be prompt and work the full amount of time you are scheduled for. Three unexcused tardies (10 minutes late) equals one unexcused absence. DO NOT sign up for an 8am shift if you cannot be here on time!

In case of an emergency/sickness, you are required to contact a supervisor via their personal phone or email. Please send a copy of your email to zsrcirc@wfu.edu. The purpose of the zsrcirc email is that if your supervisor is not here that day then another supervisor will be able to view your email.

If you cannot work your shift, you are required to either find a substitute or post your hours on the "For Sale" board. When you post your hours, please fill out the entire slip. If you are selling more than one hour in a row, please list the hours individually. This may increase the chance that someone will sign up for some of your hours even if they can't work them all.

When you sign up for another student's hours, you become responsible for those hours. Three instances of posted hours that are not accounted for equals one unexcused absence.

You must log your hours on WIN for EACH SHIFT that you work. You must submit your hours on WIN by midnight of the last day of the month. If you don't, you will not get paid until the following month.

EXIT DESK POLICIES AND PROCEDURES[edit]

The position at the Exit Desk has many customer service aspects. Looking up, smiling, or saying hello to each patron presents a welcoming and helpful attitude at the desk, as yours is the first face that patrons see in the library.

Please make sure you look up and acknowledge everyone that enters the library.

-Thinkpads/IPODS are not allowed at the Exit Desk, even on weekends, and the desk should remain clear and uncluttered. You are, however, allowed to study or read, but please remember your first priority is to be aware of your surroundings.

-Please do not prop your feet up on the Exit Desk or allow yourself to be distracted by large groups of friends.

-The Exit Desk phone is for Staff use only.

-Please listen for the front doorbell that alerts you to those who may need help with coming into the building.

-You will need to familiarize yourself with locations inside the library (restrooms, Periodicals, Reference, Baptist...), as well as other buildings on campus, since sometimes there are visitors on campus touring the library. A campus map is located on the Exit Desk.

-Please wait for your replacement to arrive at the desk before leaving your shift. If they are late, please call the Main Desk and another student will be sent to replace you.

-If the alarm sounds, ask the patron if they are carrying a library book that is not checked out, or if it is checked out and not desensitized. Either way, please send them back to the Main Desk and they will take care of the issue.

-If any problem arises or if you need to leave the Exit Desk for any reason, please call the Main Desk (X4931) and ask for assistance.

STACKS DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES[edit]

Some of the basic job assignments you will have include shelving books, shelf-reading, straightening books in the stacks, shifting the collection, and picking up books in the building to be reshelved. Lining up books and shelving will be practiced before you shelve on your own.

-Shelving books in their correct place is one of the most important jobs in the library. Careful shelving helps to ensure that the books are in order and in their proper place. A book that cannot be found in its expected place is no good to anyone.

-Shelf reading means that you read the call numbers on each shelf, left to right. The book should be in order, if not, you put them in their correct order. The end result is that mishelved books are found and shelved in their proper place.

-Straightening the shelves is neccessary for several reasons. Physcial care of books is a must for preservation. Books need to sit upright on the shelves. This presents warping of the books. Straightening the shelves greatly enhances the appearance of the library and makes it easier to locate materials. We are the only employees responsible for this, so please straighten every section you shelve.

-Clearing the floors/book pick up involves walking around on specific floors in the library and picking up books left by copiers, on tables, red shelves, etc. The Stack Supervisor will assign book pick up on a daily basis.

-While the tasks about are your general duties, remember that helping patrons is still an important part of your job. If a patron asks you for assistance while you are in the stacks, help them to the best of your capability or direct them to the Main Desk for further assistance.


THE SORTING ROOM[edit]

The sorting room is located in the middle of the Circulation Department. After books are checked in or picked in the building, they are placed in the sorting room to be shelved. The shelves in the room are divided by call number based upon their location in the library. In addition to the call number shelves, there are several special shelves near the door that hold sorted books by department and location. These include shelves for the Baptist Collection, The Reference Department, Interlibrary Loan, Current Periodicals, Government Documents, and other on-campus libraries. Several other shelves hold books that have colored bands on their spines. These bands designate other stack locations. Yellow bands indicate Browsing Collectiong titles and Orange bands indicate Mobile shelving titles. The mending shelf holds books that need to be taken to the Preservation Department for repair. Also in the sorting Room, are the Lost and Found shelves.

THE BROWSING COLLECTION[edit]

The collection of current books for pleasure reading is located in the Atrium. Both fiction and non-fiction titles are included. These books have their original dust jackets and horizontally placed yellow bands on the lower portion of the spine to identify them as Browsing books.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS[edit]

Government Documents are shelved on Reynolds 4 in the Government Documents Department. The Government Document call number is very different from the Library of Congress call number used on other books. The Government Document call number uses a system of colons, dashes, and spaces. The call numbers can look like this: NAS1.21: 474/v.2/Bk. 1 Government Documents include books, bound volumes, maps, pamphlets, and leaflets.

REFERENCE/CURRENT PERIODICALS[edit]

Reference Department books and Current Periodicals are shelved on Wilson 4. The Reference Department books are separate from the Main Stacks. Their call numbers are the same as books in the Main stacks, but indicated with an REF above the call numbers. Example: REF PN1993.5 A6 B55 2007.

MOBILE SHELVES[edit]

Mobile Shelving is located on Wilson 1. All books that belong on the Mobile Shelving are indicated by a horizontally placed orange band located at the bottom of the spine.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM[edit]

A General Works

AC Collections

AE Encyclopedias

AG Dictionaries

AI Indexes

AM Museums

AN Newspapers

AP Periodicals

AS Academies and learned societies

AY Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories

AZ History of scholarship. The humanities

B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion

B Philosophy (General)

BC Logic

BD Speculative philosophy

BF Psychology

BH Aesthetics

BJ Ethics

BL Religion. Mythology. Rationism

BM Judaism

BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.

BQ Buddhism

BR Christianity

BS The Bible

BT Doctrinal theology

BV Practical theology

BX Christian denominations

C Auxiliary sciences of history (General)

CB History of civilization

CC Archaeology

CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals

CE Technical chronology. Calendar

CJ Numismatics

CN Inscriptions. Epigraphy

CR Heraldry

CS Genealogy

CT Biography (General)

D History (General). Europe (General)

DA Great Britain

DAW Central Europe

DB Austria. Hungary. Czechoslovakia

DC France

DD Germany

DE The Greco-Roman World

DF Greece

DG Italy

DH Low Countries. Benelux Countries

DJ Netherlands (Holland)

DJK Eastern Europe (General)

DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics.

Poland

DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia

DP Spain. Portugal

DQ Switzerland

DR Balkan Peninsula. Turkey

DS Asia

DT Africa

DU Oceania (South Seas)

DX Gypsies

E-F History: America

E United States (General)

F United States local history. Canada. Latin America

G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

G Geography (General). Atlases. Maps

GA Mathematical geography. Cartography

GB Physical geography

GC Oceanography

GE Environmental sciences

GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography

GN Anthropology

GR Folklore

GT Manners and customs (General)

GV Recreation Leisure

H Social Sciences

H Social Sciences (General)

HA Statistics

HB Economic theory. Demography

HC Economic history and conditions

HD Industries. Land use. Labor

HE Transportation and communications

HF Commerce

HG Finance

HJ Public finance

HM Sociology (General)

HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform

HQ The family. Marriage. Women

HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

HT Communities. Classes. Races

HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare

HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

J Political Science

J General legislative and executive papers

JA Political science (General)

JC Political theory

JF Political institutions and public administration — General

JK Political institutions and public administration — United States

JL Political institutions and public administration — Canada. Latin America

JN Political institutions and public administration — Europe

JQ Political institutions and public administration — Asia. Africa. Australia. Pacific area

JS Local government. Municipal government

JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration

JZ International relations

K Law

K General. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence

KBR-KBU Canon Law and Law of the Roman Catholic Church;. The Holy See

KD United Kingdom and Ireland

KDZ America. North America

KE Canada

KF United States

KG Latin America. Central America. West Indies

KH South America

KJ-KK Europe

KL-KW Asia. Africa. Pacific Area. Antarctica

KZ Law of nations

L Education L Education (General)

LA History of education

LB Theory and practice of education

LC Special aspects of education

LD Individual institutions — United States

LE Individual institutions — America (except United States)

LF Individual institutions — Europe

LG Individual institutions — Asia. Africa. Oceania

LH College and school magazines and papers

LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States

LT Textbooks

M Music

M Musical works

ML Literature on music

MT Musical instruction and study

N Fine Arts

N Visual Arts (General)

NA Architecture

NB Sculpture

NC Drawing. Design. Illustration

ND Painting

NE Print media

NK Decorative arts. Applied arts

NX Arts in general

P Language and Literature

P Philology. Linguistics

PA Greek and Latin languages and literatures

PB Modern languages (General). Celtic languages

PC Romance languages

PD Germanic languages (General). Scandinavian languages

PE English language

PF West Germanic languages

PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages and literature

PH Uralic, Basque languages and literatures

PJ Oriental philology and literature (General). Semitic languages and literature

PK Indo-Iranian languages and literatures

PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

PM Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial languages

PN Literature (General)

PQ French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures

PR English literature

PS American literature

PT Germanic literatures

PZ Fiction and Juvenile belles lettres

Q Science

Q Science (General)

QA Mathematics

QB Astronomy

QC Physics

QD Chemistry

QE Geology

QH Natural History. Biology

QK Botany

QL Zoology

QM Human anatomy

QP Physiology

QR Microbiology

R Medicine

R Medicine (General)

RA Public aspects of medicine

RB Pathology

RC Internal medicine

RD Surgery

RE Ophthalmology

RF Otorhinolaryngology

RG Gynecology and obstetrics

RJ Pediatrics

RK Dentistry

RL Dermatology

RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology

RS Pharmacy and materia medica

RT Nursing

RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine

RX Homeopathy

RZ Other systems of medicine

S Agriculture

S Agriculture (General)

SB Plant culture

SD Forestry

SF Animal culture

SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling

SK Hunting sports

T Technology

T Technology (General)

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering

TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering

TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements

TF Railroad engineering and operation

TG Bridge engineering

TH Building construction

TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery

TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering

TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics

TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy

TP Chemical technology

TR Photography

TS Manufactures

TT Handicrafts. Arts and crafts

TX Home economics. Hospitality industry

U Military Science

U Military science (General)

UA Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation

UB Military administration

UC Maintenance and transportation

UD Infantry

UE Cavalry. Armor

UF Artillery

UG Military engineering. Air Force

UH Other services

V Naval Science (for Naval History, see D-F)

V Naval science (General)

VA Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation

VB Naval administration

VC Naval maintenance

VD Naval seamen

VE Marines

VF Naval ordnance

VG Minor services of navies

VK Navigation. Merchant marine

VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering

Z Bibliography and Library Science

Z Books. Writing. Paleography. Books Industries. Trade. Libraries. Bibliography

ZA Information resources (General)


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: READING CALL NUMBERS[edit]

CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS

Book and Journals are cataloged according to their subject matter. The first letter of the call number indicates the subject.

N- Fine Arts D- History

A second letter may follow which represents a subdivision of the subject.

NA- Architecture DC- French History

A counting number which further subdivides the class follows the letter.

NA2699- Architectural Design and Drawing DU80- Australia

AUTHOR NUMBERS

Author numbers distinguish between books with the same classification number. The author number consists of a letter and a decimal number.

NA2699 A53

DU80 A142

When the first line of the call number and the letter of the author are identical, the books are put in order by the decimal number following the author letter.

NA2699 A446

is shelved before

NA2699 A46

EDITION NUMBERS

Dates are added to the call number to distinguish between different editions of the same book.

PQ394 P79 is shelved before

PQ394 P79 1976

PQ394 P79 C99 is shelved before

PQ394 P79 C99 1976

A copy number is used to distinguish between different copies of the same book.

PN3750 B96 is shelved before

PN3750 B96 c.2

D AND K CALL NUMBER ORDERS

Some books with D or K call numbers will sometime have three call letters rather than the traditional one or two. For Example:

KFN17 A22 C34

Therefore, KFN would be shelved before KFP, KFR, KFV, etc. The same can be said about D call numbers similar to this format. For Example:

DJK28 A17 D45

Therefore, DJK would be shelved AFTER DJ and BEFORE DP, DR, etc.

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