August – November, 2004

by SALMAN HAIDER

SERIALS:

●Receiving the journals through VTLS and accessioning - ongoing

●Sending Reminders - once in a month - by the 5 th of every month to 2 Vendors.

●Journal Ordering

●Maintenance and updation of journal files

●E – Journals Site checking

●Identify good resources from journals and magazines for various LRC products.

●Content Contribution to the CAS Site

Responsibilities

TECHNICAL PROCESSING:

●Accessioning : 10% of the books received every month

●Cataloguing : 20 % of the books received every month

●Classification : 10% of the books received every month

CIRCULATION: ●Attending circulation counter 24 hrs. per week

●Attending to reference queries (min.5)

COMPUTER & MEDIA ROOM MAINTENANCE:

●Checking the performance and connectivity of computers

●Checking the functionality of equipments in media room

Responsibilities contd.

COLLECTION DEVEOPMENT:

●Do the job as per the allocation of the Collection Development team

●Sending Book Reviews from 25 journals to Acquisition by each quarter

INVOICE AND BILLS CLEARANCE: ●Invoice checking

●Invoice processing

●Check clearance and covering letter preparation

Responsibilities contd.

●Journal Accessioning - 854

●Journal Ordering - 26

●E-Journal’s Site Checking - 2 times

●Maintenance and Updating of Journal Files - (Updated New Master 2004, Created and Updated New Master 2005)

●Good Resources from Periodicals - 54 ●Sending Reminders to Vendors (worked hrs. with Shilpa & Satish)

●Book Reviews from Journals - 58

●Content Contribution to CAS Site - 77

●Holdings Record Creation for Journals – 25

●Price Checking for Journals – 85

●Journal Suggestion - 47 (Publisher Site Link, Price Details, Online Sample Copy, etc.)

Collection DevelopmentJournal Section (4)

●Invoice Checking - 440

●Invoice Processing - 251●Invoice Updating - 26

●Check Clearance & Covering Letter Preparation-10

Collection DevelopmentInvoice and Bill Clearance (3.5)

TECHNICAL PROCESSING (4)

Classification Cataloguing Accessioning

August 122 70 131

September 71 153 141

October 260 175 109

November 129 50 20

Total 582 (48 Checking)

448 401

●Checking duplicate - 623

●Resource Creation (for Ordering/App.) - 224

●Book Ordering - 230 Titles

●Getting Bibliographic Details of Titles - 153

Collection DevelopmentCollection DevelopmentCollection Development (3.5)

Circulation & Reference Queries (4)

●August – 120 hours

●September – 131 hours

●Circulation

●Reference Query

Company information (26)

Industry information (32)

Case Study (12)

Journal Articles – (11)

News Articles (3)

Prowess & ICRA reports (3)

Others (6)

●August – 10

●September – 29

●October – 27

●November – 27●Took Orientation of 10

Students on Databases

Total - 93

●October – 124 hours

●November – 132 hours

Collection DevelopmentOther Activities (4)●Compiled list for faculty’s publications details - 15 ●Shelf Reading

oAdded Keywords/Made Corrections in 105 Records in VTLS

oShelving 150 books (approx.)oAdded Keywords – 55 BooksoChecked Class Numbers and Suggested Changes – 70

●Scanned 30 pages for Industry Watch●Maintained Proper Functionality of Computers in the Computer Lab by Checking Once in a Week

●Evaluation of ICFAI Press Online●Evaluated KM Softwares and Uploaded 38 Queries and 42 Answers

●Developments Site Work - 36●Compiled Data for IIMA and IIMB Sector Wise Placement Details

●Compiled Data for top 20 B-School’s Dean and their Contact Details

●Searching for Companies and their Heads’ Details 35

Future Plans●Play a Significant Role in the KM Initiative of LRC

●Learn Web Authoring and Back End Database Management Skills

Overall Self-Rating : 4

THANKS

SALMAN HAIDER