Suggestions For Banding Books for the Van

Motto: Haste Makes Waste

Overriding Objective:
Mike, (our Van-Man), picks up our bins and takes them to his van to resort into other bins. He should be able to grab each item/group of items from our bins in one hand - whether a single book, stacked and banded books, or a double column of books (two stacks of smaller books on a larger bottom book). Bundles of books should be stacked no higher than a man can reasonably grip in one hand.

Mike should be able to do this without the banded books shifting about, routing slips or rubber bands coming loose, and/or slips or books falling out of the bundles.

1. Check through books you have taken off the CircWork shelves for a particular location - and make sure they are actually all for that location.
2. Fasten Routing Slips securely to the single item or item on top of a bundle of appropriate height, placing tape on the top and bottom of the Routing Slip.
3. Fasten bundle with rubber bands of size corresponding to the heft of the book/bundle of books.
4. Don't hesitate to band a single book if it is large, awkward or unusually heavy.
5. If you have enough books for one location to stack smaller books in double columns on top of a sufficiently large/substantial book(s), make sure you fasten with enough suitably-sized rubber bands (4 minimum) to keep all items in the bundle stable and reasonable to lift with one hand.
6. Make sure you are putting white-slipped items in the white-slip bin, blue in blue-slip bin, Racine in Racine, etc.
7. Ensure that items fall flat in the bins. Carelessly tossed items will cause someone else to remove all books on top of the tilted item and straighten the whole bin out. Mike stacks the bins one on top of the other on his dolly, and uneven stacks can topple the whole lot.

This is my first blog. Thanks to Sue for the nudge.

Myrna