Saturday, September 28, 2013

The Ghostly Call Number...

Sometimes when call numbers become faded, or when the book has been checked out many times, the call number label on the spine starts to fade or rub off.  It took about 6 weeks to figure this out for this poor book, but we found it and gave it a new label.

The book was Tar Heel Ghosts by John Harden with the assigned call number of GR110.N8 H3.  This poor book was located in the QR section because the label had begun to rub off.

This is just another example of thinking how a letter or number can appear like another and checking in that location.  Sadly it took our team 6 weeks to find it, but it happens sometimes.  Luckily, the patron was pleased we located and promptly came by to check it out.