Federal Reporter redux

As you all will have noticed, my calculations for the shelving were off and we have plenty of space for the Federal Reporter, albeit at the end of the ranges. Apparently my original calculations were correct and my mid-shift panic was misplaced.

My proposal: Let's shelve them at the end of the reference range, leaving a gap between the end of the 900s and the start of Federal Reporter. Then we can put a dummy book at the location where the series should fall, directing them to the back of the ranges. This will take care of things for the short term.

This approach will let us wait until the Learning Commons is fully designed before we decide whether to keep the volumes. If we don't need any additional real estate for the Commons (as expected) we can have a discussion at the end of the semester on whether to keep the volumes. If so, students can shift during summer to fit them back in place.

If this sounds OK I would suggest that Gale's students take on the reshelving, once they have a chance to get things straight back in Periodicals. Neal's students will be very busy with shifting and shelving the books being relocated to the stacks.

Mayo