GEN:Shelving/processing?Books with CDs

[Georgia Richards <garlic@MIND.NET>]

The question is how do the rest of you package professional books that come=
 with CDs so nothing gets lost and it all gets used?  I have just been=
 presented with a set of paperback 8 books each accompanied by two=
 multimedia CDs.=20
Just for reference, in my school, the professional library is in the staff=
 room and most of it does not get checked out through the circulation=
 program.  Most of the other CDs that are owned by the school are kept in my=
 office and checked out to staff.=20
        Before I got here all CDs were together in one place, all software=
 documentation and user's guides were in one place, and all books were in=
 their own places.  The user and teacher's guides were rarely, if ever,=
 used.  Software that came as a two CDs boxed together were usually missing=
 one disk and no one knows where those second discs are.=20
        The administrator who presented us with these books suggested we glue a=
 manila envelope that has been cut in half to the inside cover and put the=
 CDs in there and they will be just fine.  I have seen this done at other=
 libraries and the CDs often end up on the floor. There are two CDs with=
 each book and I'd like it to be apparent that there need to be two=
 returned.  I am also bothered by the books being much more flexible than=
 the CDs and am worried that the CDs could be damaged. There isn't room to=
 have two envelopes or other CD holders on the cover; they would both have=
 to go into the same holder.  .  I have tried packaging other professional=
 books together with their CDs (1 or 2) in a clear plastic envelope, all=
 marked and bar-coded as a set and putting them in the staff room with the=
 rest of the professional collection.  The result is instead of taking the=
 whole shebang staff members extract either the book, or one or both of the=
 CDs and leave the rest. Then other staff members come asking for whatever=
 is missing and I have no idea where it is.=20
        Are CDs tougher than I think and I shouldn't worry about them being bent=
 (flexed)? The clear plastic envelope works so well with the audio tape/book=
 kits so I thought it was the perfect answer, and it isn't.  Is there some=
 other method I haven't considered?=20




Georgia Richards
Library Media Specialist
Walker Elementary School
Ashland, Or=20
(home)garlic@mind.net
(school)georgia.richards@ashland.k12.0r.us=20

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