RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
If many users borrow materials, a card system is better than an exercise book.
Each material will need the following:
• a ‘loan slip’ – a small piece of paper pasted onto the first right-hand page of
a book, or inside a video box. The piece of paper shows details of the
author, title, classification number and accession number, and has spaces
marked out for the borrower’s name and date to be returned
• a ‘loan card’ – a card containing details of the accession number,
classification number, author and title – kept in a pocket attached inside the
cover of the book or video.
Each user is issued with a number of ‘loan pockets’ giving details of their
name, department and organisation. The number of pockets that they are given
depends on how many materials they may borrow at the same time. Loan
pockets can be kept either by the user or the resource centre, depending on
which is felt to be more practical.
When someone borrows a material, the loan slip is stamped with the date the
material is due back, the loan card is put into a loan pocket, and the loan
pocket is then filed according to the date that the material is due to be returned.
It is also useful to have a standard letter or form to send to people who have
borrowed materials that are overdue (see Section 7.5.4).
SECTION 7: INFORMATION SERVICES
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