Helping Hand -- Group
Awarded to the person, unit, or small group who has gone out of their way to help a fellow UGA Libraries employee in a unique situation of unusual stress. This concerns how the nominee went outside of normal work expectations in a specific instance for the benefit of the UGA Libraries mission as a whole and the benefit of a specific employee in the particular situation.
Database Maintenance: Mixed Media Project Group
(Cheryl Hinson (project coordinator), Emily Giles, Matthew Grove, Jasmine Rizer, Robert Vanderford) (Cataloging)
What was the specific situation that required special/emergency help.
Changes in procedures and practices meant that books with accompanying media (CDs, DVDs, cassettes, etc.) are now processed differently. In the past, the books were sent to the stacks and the media was housed at either the Science Circ Desk or the Main Circ Desk. It was> the task of the Maintenance Unit staff who worked on the Mixed Media project to find the pieces, put everything back together, and fix the accompaning records in the catalog. Sounds easy? Well, it wasn't really. Although a lot of project planning went into this prior to the start, an amazing number of variables kept popping up: from binding issues/questions, to extra material unaccounted for to odd media that didn't fit the 'usual' procedures.How did the nominee help you in the situation you described in the previous question's answer?
This group of people worked hard to ensure that the project went smoothly. Cheryl did an excellent job of training, managing the project and keeping it on track while working very closely with Access Services representatives Claire Colombo, Viki Timian, Karen Hunter, and Jacquie Houston; as well as Rachel Parnell in Binding.What was the outcome of the aforementioned situation?
The project was successfully completed and space was made at the Access Services desks at the both locations.What else do you think the ASSET Awards Committee should know about your nominee?
On the surface this project seemed easy, but there were many many variables: material that could not be located, material checked out, 'extra' material unaccounted for, odd media that didn't fit the 'usual' procedures, material which had been processed differently in GALIN and wasn't accurately reflected in the report, well as a host of other things. Projects in DBM are always more complex that they appear on the surface and this one is a perfect example.| back to top |