Do you employ shelving staff?

If you are an academic library - do you employ students as shelvers?

Very basic library tasks like shelving and book covering take up a large amount of our time at NAS and I'm interested in how other libraries cope with this issue.

I think a little bit of shelving is good for everyone, to ensure staff know the collection, but the volume here is high and we are expensive shelvers.

Do other libraries have library assistants for this work, is it divided up among staff of various levels, or do you employ casual shelvers at a rate lower than library assistants?

I would be grateful for any input - please leave your comments here in the forum by clicking "Add new comment" below (so others can benefit) or email me directly if your comments are confidential (click on my name above, then click Contact).

Many thanks
Kelly
National Art School