Until May 9, let’s always re-scan our carts of items before preshelving them at check-in. So after you check-in items and examine them for damage/missing pieces, you should have items on a white cart and ready to preshelve. Please scan each item once more to guarantee it has been checked in. You do not need to scan holds again because there wouldn’t be a slip if you hadn’t checked in the item.
I know this is extra work, and I know this will slow us down. My hope is that this exercise will help us gain individual awareness of how and when we are missing items at check-in and improve the user experience at JPL.
I would guess that it will take an extra three to five minutes to re-scan a cart of 60 items – remember you don’t need to check for condition again – just run the barcode through the check-in screen to guarantee every single item that is being shelved/preshelved is checked in.
If your desk schedule allows, you could re-scan your carts of pre shelving at the Checkout Desk during slow periods.
After May 9th, we can discuss the process as a department to decide if double scanning has been helpful.
Ask Molly or Denise if you have questions.