At the behest of Lewis, the Reference Dept. has recently conducted some
intensive collection development–including location transfers and a
few cancellations.

Related to this is Scott’s usage study of all reference books.

The eventual goal for these endeavors is to create a collection of
essential reference titles, thus freeing up shelf space.  This, in
turn, may lead to more overall space which will allow us to add
additional workstations and study space.

So, we please ask that you DO NOT re-shelve any reference books. Someone in Reference will do this after having scanned them into the tracking database.

In addition,  many titles are now in Technical Services waiting to
be processed. However, there are other projects ahead of ours so it may
be a month or so before Technical Services is able to process these changes.

In the meantime, if you are looking for a reference book and it’s not
on the shelf, there’s a good chance it’s on a cart in Technical
Services (despite what the catalog says). So, you may have to call upstairs or physically walk up there
and check for yourself.

If you have any questions please ask someone in Reference.