Bibliographers should consult with appropriate colleagues and faculty before transferring material to storage. The Director of Collection Development and Bibliographic Control should be consulted before a large scale project is initiated. During the decision making process the bibliographer should determine the preferred circulation status of titles, and note if the material is being sent to storage on a permanent or temporary basis. Material in permanent storage will be shelved by size rather than call number. This eliminates the ability of users and staff to bowse by subject.
Priority is given to permanent transfers.
Materials may be stored temporarily at the Storage Library in the original building. Bibliographers may consider this option for material expected to be recalled within a reasonable time. The Storage Library accepts only one copy of a unique title, that is to say one copy of a serial run or a monograph. Transferring different editions of the same title, for example variant editions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass , are not affected by this policy. Selection Criteria A. Reasons for Sending Material to Storage Space.