Student Training Topics
- basic training includes:
- Basic circulation functions
- Charging and discharging books,
- renewing books,
- cash register operation,
- safety awareness and alarm functions,
- sorting and shelving of books and journals,
- using orbis staff mode to help patrons,
- circ phone operation and procedures,
- photocopier functions,
- computer start-up and shut-down operations,
- who to contact in case of emergency, etc.
- when to refer information questions to a librarian (or the online HELP system)
- more advanced training includes:
- recalling books,
- processing Eli Express requests,
- provisional Orbis record creation (barcodes on-the-fly),
- database, Internet and WWW training
URL: http://www.library.yale.edu/science/staff/studtrain.html
last revision: April 10, 2003