CUL - Main Content

Butler Library has transfered collections to ReCAP since the facility opened in 2002.  Collections include multiple video formats: DVD, VHS, laserdisc and film canisters.  All phases of transfer involve smart and dumb barcodes.  It has three CLIO location assigned for Offsite collections:

• off,bmc : Butler Media Center collections that have limited circulation (resvideo, CV)
• off,glx : general, circulating collections (circ, CU)
  
• off,ref : non-circulating collections (same, CR)

Butler Library collections correspond to three customer codes:

• CR : allow delivery to all CUL libraries (off,ref and off,glx)
  
• CU : allow delivery to all CUL and ReCAP partner libraries (off,glx)
• CV : allow delivery only to Milstein Reserves desk (off,bmc)

On the annual (estimated) ReCAP quotas, Butler Library is typically allocated 45,000-70,000 items.  More specific information about Butler Media Center collections are available on it's own website.

History and Humanities Division, Butler Library.  Reference and selector staff based in Butler Library. 

Presentations focus on usage data, policy and systems involving research collections owned by Butler Library.

• Butler H&H Summary, 1/21/2010 (.ppt) : Review of new request limit, update on refile queue problem, proposed change to EDD policy and request data analysis.
  
• H&H and ReCAP: What's New?, 3/29/2012 (.pptx) : Gloss over several current issues involving ReCAP collections: old vs new problems, Tier 12 and other projects, general Butler Library data, high-use titles, and impact of mass digitization.
  
• H&H and ReCAP: New Data & High Use Titles, 7/16/2012 (.pptx) : Summary of FY12 data with new analysis; Discussion of high-use titles.
  

PMRR houses current periodicals, shelving for most of Butler Library's microform collection, maintains microform readers and has a service point.

As microform readers & collections have been transferred out of other departments, PMRR is the last remaining location where the machines are actively maintained.  

In summer 2012, a new CLIO Location (off,mrr) was created to help steer delivery towards PMRR.  

The process to flip microformats to the off,mrr was re-active and became problematic over time.  

In summer 2016, a new delivery location and corresponding stop code were created to separate the PMRR workflow from all other requests coming into Butler Library.  Here are the planning notes for that transition.

Definition of terms

Accession: Butler-owned collections that have been transfered to the ReCAP facility

Request: Butler-owned collections requested by patrons or staff for delivery to campus

Delivery: Items physically delivered to Butler Circulation Desk, including items owned by other departments

Request Rate: Percentage of Butler-owned collection requested per year