Due to the introduction of RFID Eastern Regional Libraries will no longer be having ephemeral collections. The ephemeral collections have included impermanent materials such as magazines, jigsaws and donated paperbacks.
Mills and Boon
The great news for Mills and Boon fans is that these paperback titles will be added to the catalogue with author and titles, barcoded and tagged. They will be floating and have a Home location of paperback so they'll move from branch to branch as they are returned. However you will be able to place holds on them and work your way through the series.
Jigsaws
Jigsaws will have one catalogue record to which all jigsaws will be added and each barcoded and tagged. They will be floating and have a Home location of jigsaw. Therefore they will move from branch to branch as they are returned
Coffee table magazines
Occasionally the library receives extra magazines which have previously been treated as ephemeral items. There will generally be no coffee table magazine collections. Some branches may decide to keep the coffee table magazine collection in a tub however they will not be checked out onto members library cards.
Once these items start becoming barcoded they will become a 4-week loan and incur fines if returned late.
The process should be happening over the next couple of months.
Margaret Hall & Maryanne
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