Library Sub Collections (Faculty Authors, Graphic Novels, Languages, etc.)

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Faculty Authors Browsing Guidelines (Davis Library)

Learn more about our Faculty Author Collection Development Guidelines here.

• When new books written by, or with chapters or contributions written by current or emeritus faculty arrive:
• III location: mmbf
• 655 Faculty authors.|2 local
• Spine: Faculty author
• Dust jackets will remain on hardbound books
  
• Hardbound books with dust jackets should get sent to P&P with a blue bindery slip for mylar covers
• Science call numbers: housed in Armstrong stacks
• Sign in Davis Faculty area noting Science Faculty books at Armstrong

Faculty Authors Browsing Guidelines (Armstrong Library)

• When new books written by, or with chapters or contributions written by, science faculty arrive:
• III location
• 655 Faculty authors.|2 local
• CM adds circ message: Armstrong faculty author
• CM adds flag with Fac Author note for Armstrong staff
• Armstrong staff changes status to On Display
• If a book circulates off of the faculty author shelf the circ note will let staff know to return it to the author shelf if they wish (with On Display status)
• Armstrong staff can pull science faculty books from stacks at any time and change the status to On Display
• The circ note will remain until Armstrong staff remove it and return book to stacks

Graphic Novels

• III location: mmbc
  
• Spine: Browsing graphic
  
• Dust jackets will remain on hardbound books
• Hardbound books with dust jackets should get sent to P&P with a blue bindery slip for mylar covers
• Loan rules: No NeXpress and no ILL

General Browsing (e.g. novels, biographies, selected food and cooking)

• Separate collections like Career, Health & Wellness, etc. are now folded into General Browsing and classed with LC call numbers)
• III location: mmbg
• Item type: 2
• Spine: Browsing
• Dust jackets will remain on hardbound books
• Hardbound books with dust jackets should get sent to P&P with a blue bindery slip for mylar covers
  
• Loan rules: No NeXpress and no ILL

Foreign Language Browsing

• III location: mmbl
• Spine: Browsing {language}
• Dust jackets will remain on hardbound books
• Hardbound books with dust jackets should get sent to P&P with a blue bindery slip for mylar covers
• Loan rules: No NeXpress and no ILL during summer LS

Center for Teaching, Learning, & Research (CTLR)

• III location: mma2 CTLR Coll.
• Spine: CTLR Coll.
• Dust jackets will remain on hardbound books
• Hardbound books with dust jackets should get sent to P&P with a blue bindery slip for mylar cover
• III status: Available
• Item type: 2
• Genre Term: CTLR Collection
• Loan rules: No NeXpress and no ILL
• Re-shelving: Circ to CTLR exterior shelves (on book stands and shelved as normal)