Rush material

Rush material

Rush material is forwarded to MCU from Monograph Acquisitions, Serials Acquisitions, and Gifts as per a patron’s or library staff’s request. Rush status also results from a patron request via a book search.

All rush material includes a rush slip, which, if a patron request and lacking an arrival slip (as in a gift), holds the patron’s name and e-mail address. If the rush has proceeded through MonoAcq, patron information should appear on the arrival slip.

MonoAcq collects rush material on a special rush truck, from which Gordon retrieves it. Jane directly gives Gordon SERM rush material; similarly, the search team hands Gordon rushes resulting from book searches.

As he receives rush material, Gordon distributes it evenly among those in MCU designated to catalog it.

All rush material is to be cataloged ahead of any other material held in a cataloger’s queue, i.e. day received or next. “Super” rushes may be ordered on a case-by-case basis; this status guarantees the material in a patron’s hand the same day as receipt---cataloger processes book upon receipt, photocopying barcode, t.p. and t.p verso for next day purposes; he/she then walks material to Preservation Services, who arranges for pick-up by requesting library.