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Cataloging staff will place all softcover books to be processed on the truck marked "Softcover" in their area, with the exception of all serials and music scores. Commercial Binding Office/Physical Processing staff will pick up the softcover truck once a day.
All softcover monographs will be sorted by the Commercial Binding Office/Physical Processing staff. The decision whether or not pamphlet bind will be determined by the quality of the cover, thickness, paper and gluedimension, and thickness of the item. If a volume will hold up to circulation and meets the needed criteria, it will not be pamphlet bound, but will be returned to physical processing for marking.
From Acquisitions
Acquisitions staff will place all softcover books to be processed on the truck in the Physical Processing area marked "Softcover" , except in their area, with the exception of serials and music scores. Commercial Binding Office/Physical Processing staff will pick up the softcover truck once a day.
All softcover monographs will be sorted by the Commercial Binding Office/Physical Processing staff. The decision whether or not to pamphlet bind will be determined by the quality of the cover, paper and gluethickness, dimension, and thickness of the item. If a volume will hold up to circulation and meets the needed criteria, it will not be pamphlet bound, but will be returned to physical processing for marking.
Criteria for Pamphlet Binding (approved by LibExec as cost-cutting measure in spring 2015)
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Use a plain white label to cover the strip, then apply the Cornell University Library strip stamp instead of stamping item.
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Keeping in mind that some books read from "back to front", stamp the back of the title page of every book with the Cornell University Library stamp. Use the Cornell University stramp stamp instead of a stamp on videocassettes and sound cassettes. Stamp accompanying material and write the call number on the back if not completed by the cataloger.
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Glue the envelope to the inside back cover, making sure the open side faces in.
Do not make pockets for soft cover softcover books, spiral bound, errata, advertisements, booklists or if the cover has printed information that would be obscured by the pocket.
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Post Cataloging staff will add a paper cover to hearings that are too thick to pamphlet bind; tattle tapes are added at that time. University ownership stamps are applied when they come to the physical processing area. Items Items that are thin enough to be pamphlet bound are treated like any other pamphlets in physical processing.
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When pamphlets are received for physical processing, a duplicate barcode must be made and added to the upper right hand corner on the outside of the pamphlet. Then they may be typed and labeled with the call number placed in the upper left hand corner.
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