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Cataloging and  Acquisitions staff will place hardcover books to be processed on the appropriate truck appropriate  "Hardcover"  truck in their area. The truck(s) will be delivered to Physical Processing when full. From Acquisitions

Acquisitions staff will place all books to be processed on the truck marked "Hardcover" in the Physical Processing area. Physical Processing staff will monitor the truck and replace as needed. 

From Cataloging and  Acquisitions

Cataloging and Acquisitions 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, 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.
From Acquisitions

Acquisitions staff will place all softcover books to be processed on the truck marked "Softcover" 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 pamphlet bind will be determined by the quality of the cover, thickness, 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)

• Items for reserves
• Items needing pocketsItems without covers or a spine (that is, pages stapled together through the fold)
• Items less than ¼” thick and under 8” tall
• Items with very flimsy paper covers (that is, not cover stock)

Serials staff place materials to be processed on the truck marked "Serials" in the Physical Processing area. Physical Processing staff will replace the truck as needed.

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ALL "RUSH" books from Acquisitions and Cataloging staff should be placed on the top shelf of the "RUSH" truck located in front of the last pillar in the Physical Processing area as soon as they are ready to be processed.

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Acquisitions staff will bring non-fastcatted materials that have been set to storage, to the truck marked "Storage" in the Physical Processing area.at the back of room 110

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Two trucks are designated for these materials, sorted by library. Shipping room staff pick up these trucks every afternoon and deliver the materials according to their shipping schedule. (Subject to Change)

Shipping Schedule

• 8:00 - 9:00
  • Management
  • Law
  • Music
  • Hotel

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Pink flyer (Patron Requested) rush material is delivered to Access Services by Physical Processing staff after processing.

Storage truck is located at the back of Room 110 and is distributed by catatoging staffThe storage truck is picked up daily by cataloging staff.

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DVDs and CDs should be processed according to each library's requirements. The call number should be written on the label side of one sided (one side silver and one side with label) CDs and DVDs with a permanent marker. For two sided discs, do not write on the disc itself; the call number should be written on the inner circular area. A computer generated label is applied to the spine of the case, preferably, if not, to the upper left side of the front of the case.
See LTS Procedure #24 #19 CD Processing. 

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If the cassette is accompanying material to a book, apply a machine generated call number label to the cassette, the book and/or the case.
See LTS Prcodedure #17 Sound #13 Audio Recordings Processing. 

 Videocassette should be processed according to the specific requirements of each library. Videocassettes   Videocassettes should be stamped and labeled. If there is a manufacturer's label on the spine, apply the strip on the edge opposite the side inserted into the machine; avoid Avoid covering any printed information.

Use a plain white label to cover the strip, then apply the Cornell University Library stamp instead of stamping item.

Produce two machine generated call number labels for each tape. Apply one to the case and one to the tape, in the left window, if possible.
See LTS Procedure #33 #25 Videorecording Processing. 

Call number labels are trimmed to fit on the spine, applied 1/8" - 1/4" from the bottom. If spine is narrow, label is applied to upper left corner of cover, at least 1/8 " - 1/4" from corner. When jackets are present, : For departmental libraries they are folded and inserted into the back of book. Jackets for O/K/U books are discarded unless the book is for New and Noteworthy. Spine labels are attached directly to the book, not the jacket.

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Looseleaf material without a binder should not be marked. Stamp only and send to the appropriate unit without a label. Looseleaf items with a binder are processed as usual.

Rare materials should not be marked in any way. Send Rare material directly to RMC.

Reference Labels (R stickers) are applied to reference items with the subloc REF in the call number written inside the book. Do not use R stickers on Hotel, Engineering, Math and Mann reference items.

Process Rush books, including Reference and Coutts approvals, as a priority.

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Do not process Rare books, Music scores, Microfiche or Microfilm.

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 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 softcover books, spiral bound, errata, advertisements, booklists or if the cover has printed information that would be obscured by the pocketerratas, books with inside covers which contain essential information, advertisements or booklists.  Erratas will be tipped-in where appropriate. Essential inside cover information will be photocopied and tipped-in where appropriate. Advertisements and booklists are discarded.

Any material destined for the ANNEX that has a CD/DVD in a pocket must be separated from the accompanying material.  When necessary, return material to cataloger to have CD/DVD put in a case, an item record created and the piece count corrected.

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During typing, when bookplate funds are displayed by the label printer, plates are pulled from the cabinet or boxes and glued to the inside of the front cover.  If the plate cannot be put on the back of the front cover, it should be either tipped in behind the title page or placed on the first page. (This process has been scaled back and is seldom used anymore.)

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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 . University ownership stamps are applied when they come to the physical processing area. Items that are thin enough to be pamphlet bound are treated like any other pamphlets in physical processing.

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Physical Processing staff will add Cornell University ownership stamp.

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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.