LOL my boss.
Mar. 2nd, 2009 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
honoumikoI just got this email from my boss. I don't know whether to be scared or laugh.
Dear Student Assistants,
I have been seeing some disturbing mistakes recently.
1. Interlibrary loans in the Hopkins courier bin. NO! Interlibrary loans come from outside the Hopkins system. They have book straps on them indicating the source of the item. Today I found a book from the University of Nebraska in the Hopkins courier bin. It would have gone up to Eisenhower and MAYBE come back. Or else we would have lost it and had to pay for it. Someone did this over the weekend, and you know who you are. NEVER put an interlibrary loan item in the courier bin. If you can’t tell the difference between a Hopkins book and an Interlibrary Loan, please leave it on my desk or stop working here. Serious.
2. Library items on the hold shelf need to be checked out. Two books from Eisenhower came here on Friday. They were picked up by their requesters, but they were not checked out. Now they are AWOL. Never allow a book to go without being able to tell the borrower when it is due. Please know the difference between the hold shelf and the interlibrary loan shelf. If you can’t tell the difference, please ask for help or stop working here. Serious.
3. I discovered two Eisenhower books with transit slips in them in the blue bin to the right of the courier bin. The blue bin has a sign on it “Student Assistants! No!” Is this confusing? The “No!” means “stay out”. This is not your territory. All Hopkins transit items go in the Hopkins courier bin to the left of the blue bin. All items should have the transit slips in them with the three-letter symbol for the Hopkins library, not “Eisenhower Library” on them. You know who you are. If you can’t tell the difference between the courier bin and the blue bin, please ask for help or stop working here. If you can’t fill out a transit slip properly, please ask for help or stop working here. Serious.
Betsy
Y SO SERIOUS
Dear Student Assistants,
I have been seeing some disturbing mistakes recently.
1. Interlibrary loans in the Hopkins courier bin. NO! Interlibrary loans come from outside the Hopkins system. They have book straps on them indicating the source of the item. Today I found a book from the University of Nebraska in the Hopkins courier bin. It would have gone up to Eisenhower and MAYBE come back. Or else we would have lost it and had to pay for it. Someone did this over the weekend, and you know who you are. NEVER put an interlibrary loan item in the courier bin. If you can’t tell the difference between a Hopkins book and an Interlibrary Loan, please leave it on my desk or stop working here. Serious.
2. Library items on the hold shelf need to be checked out. Two books from Eisenhower came here on Friday. They were picked up by their requesters, but they were not checked out. Now they are AWOL. Never allow a book to go without being able to tell the borrower when it is due. Please know the difference between the hold shelf and the interlibrary loan shelf. If you can’t tell the difference, please ask for help or stop working here. Serious.
3. I discovered two Eisenhower books with transit slips in them in the blue bin to the right of the courier bin. The blue bin has a sign on it “Student Assistants! No!” Is this confusing? The “No!” means “stay out”. This is not your territory. All Hopkins transit items go in the Hopkins courier bin to the left of the blue bin. All items should have the transit slips in them with the three-letter symbol for the Hopkins library, not “Eisenhower Library” on them. You know who you are. If you can’t tell the difference between the courier bin and the blue bin, please ask for help or stop working here. If you can’t fill out a transit slip properly, please ask for help or stop working here. Serious.
Betsy
Y SO SERIOUS
