E-raamat: Circulation Services in a Small Academic Library

Battaile provides a detailed volume written for those new to the circulation department of small academic libraries. She presents not the definitive way to run a circulation department, but rather she provides a variety of possible methods.

In a library, circulation is the process of lending books to borrowers and accurately reshelving them after they have been returned so that they will be retrievable by the next user. This basic cycle has many elaborations and sub-cycles attached to it, such as those for overdues and holds, the record-keeping process, and the reserve book operation. These subcycles vary from library to library, but the basic cycle remains the same in every library that allows patrons to remove books. Battaile provides a detailed volume written for those new to the circulation department of small academic libraries. She presents not the definitive way to run a circulation department, but rather she provides a variety of possible methods.

For new circulation department heads, Battaile begins with a discussion of the department head's responsibilities, then goes on to discuss the functions and processes of the circulation department (including noncirculation functions and special projects), the physical environment with which and in which the department operates, and finally, the staff and its communication. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.