Processing+Journals

1. Gather the following materials: a. box with tattle-tapes from shelf above work-study mailboxes. b. Penn State Abington and Not to be Taken From Library stamps from circ drawer. c. blank labels from shelf above work-study mailboxes. d. stack of journals and newspapers from Fran.
 * Processing Journals **

2. Take a journal from the pile. Check it against the list of journals not to be tattle-taped (see the following page). If it is on the list, skip to step 7.

3. Otherwise, open the journal to a page toward the middle, preferably with no important art crossing between the two pages.

4. Take out a tattle-tape from the box and remove the //shorter// strip of plastic backing.

5. Carefully place the tattle-tape, sticky side down, as close to the center of the journal as you can without crossing from one side to the other.

6. Once it is stuck to the page, peel off the longer backing from the tattle-tape and close the journal so that it adheres on both sides.

7. Stamp the blank labels with the smaller Penn State Abington stamp (black ink, no separate ink pad needed) and the Room Use Only stamp (red ink, no separate ink pad needed).

8. Put one label on the cover of each journal. Try not to cover up important art or text; covering the address label is encouraged.

9. The journal is now processed. Once all journals have been processed, put the pile in alphabetical order by journal title.

10. Place the pile on the Evening Cart for shelving.

11. Newspapers are processed a little differently. Stamp the front of each section of the newspaper with the larger Penn State Abington stamp (black ink) and the Not to be Taken From Library stamp (red ink).

12. No tattle-tape is needed on newspapers. Shelve them directly on the newspaper rack in the corner or place them on the evening cart as directed. (See the following pages for more definitive directions on processing newspapers.)

8/13/2008