mongolian librarians still paying the lost books price. how we change
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SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Mr. Begzsuren JamsranjavBoard Member
Mongolian Libraries Consortium
Facebook/Twitter ID: jbegzsuren
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Briefly about Ulaanbaatar Public Library
• First public library in Ulaanbaatar in 1946
• Ulaanbaatar Public Library established in 1980
• Centralized all public libraries and reading rooms in Ulaanbaatar city in 1986, then UPL had more than 20 branches
• Today, UPL has 4 branches, 80 staffs, 450000 resources
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Which librarians are responsible to pay lost books cost, who are in italic and red /24/
• Central library has– Information Processing and Automation
department head librarian – 1– Public service head librarian - 1– Acquisition librarian – 1– Cataloguer – 1– Book technician librarian – 2– Reader registration librarian – 2– Circulation librarian – 10– Children’s reading room librarian – 1– DAISY and Braille room librarian - 1
• Each 4 branches has– Branch manager – 1– Children’s reading room librarian – 1– Adult’s reading room librarian - 2
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
10 circulation librarians already paid 700 thousand tugriks after 2009 inventory, …
• UPL shifted to open stacks from categorized 3 reading rooms with closed stacks in September 2008
• About 10 librarians work in circulation system of open stacks on re-shelving, on site loan check-out and check-in, home loan check-out and check-in.
• UPL has about 80 staffs, but only circulation /10/ and reading room’s /14/ librarians are responsible to pay the lost and missed books price.
• Also these 24 librarians are responsible to collect fees of home loan service.
• Home loan daily fee for each book – 100 tugrik, since Feb, 2011.
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
now calculating 2012 inventory, … 10 circulation librarians will pay …
• 2012 inventory is on calculation.
• Not yet clear who pay how much for lost/missed books.
• No open stacks in the Central Public Library since September, 2012.
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Looking for …
• Are there any country with same history or story?
• Mongolian circulation librarians think there is no way to move back to closed stacks service.
• International Experts are needed for Mongolian Library Policy, and
• Task force on first Library Law of Mongolia
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price, How we change?
Question & Recommendation & Cooperation
Thank you very much for your attention
Mr. Begzsuren Jamsranjav /Begz/Board Member,Mongolian Libraries Consortium
Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIN: jbegzsurenEmail : [email protected]