Mission Statement:

The Stacks Team serves the Notre Dame community by providing an accessible and well-maintained print collection.

What we do:

The ultimate goal of the Stacks Team is to have all the books on the shelves neatly in their proper places. We strive to meet a 24-hour turnaround time,meaning that any book returned to the library will be back in its proper place within 24 hours.

We accomplish this by following a precise, yet flexible, workflow pattern. We check the entire building for books left lying on tables and in carrels and also by the copy machines. Circulation brings the discharged books to our Stacks area and along with the books that we have picked up, they are sorted to their respective floors and then taken to the tower to be put in call number order in the "To Be Shelved" area. From there the books are placed on carts and shelved and the cycle begins anew.

To ensure that the materials remain neat and in order, the Stacks Team strives to shelf read the entire Stacks tower collection twice a year. Shelf reading involves checking the books one-by-one for proper call number order and straightening the shelves as we go. We also keep a close eye on the space available in the each section and shift the books to make room in fast-growing sections when ever possible.