Librarian's Report
Trebor
A relatively quiet year in the library - probably because
most things are in order and under control. The place looks a bit more like a library now. By the way, any hardware such as radiators,
pumps, window frames, caving equipment, rucksacks and other non-library type
stuff will be ejected to the Tackle Store. It's a library, not a warehouse.
Our pressing need is for one or two more cabinets, mainly to
house the growing collection of reciprocal Club Journals. Our reciprocal list is growing steadily and
inter-club co-operation in quite rife, so we need somewhere to put them. All these Journals, Newsletters etc. need
tidying up and binding so when we get some spare cash this can be done. At the same time, the mammoth job of
cataloguing can be carried out. I have
not started cataloguing the Journals yet as it seems sensible to do this when
they are being bound together to save duplication of effort.
On the book front, I have been quite selective. I don't see the point of buying every book
that comes on the market, with our limited funds. The new Northern cave guides have been
purchased, the new "Gouffre Jean-Bernard" book, the new
"Darkness Beckons" and Richard Whitcombe's book on Mendip cave
names. A number of items have been
kindly donated, such as some old Wessex Journals, a load of old transactions
from the Cave Research Group, a Derbyshire Lead Mining Glossary and some old
Shepton C.C. occasional papers. Thanks
to the donators. The books have been
catalogued for some time now and a computer print-out of our book collection
(recently up-dated) hangs on the back of the library door.
A radiator has just appeared on the library wall. I assume this means the Hut Engineer can
dispense heater in due course, just to give us a bit more room.
As usual, the annual plea to return all books borrowed after
reasonable time. Our theft rate seems to
have decreased a little but a number are still missing.
Richard & Snablet where is "OVCC Pro. 13"?
Snablet where is "Caving Expeditions -
BCRA"?
Tim Large have you got "Limestone & Caves of
Mendip"?
Zot where is "SRT",
"Dowsing for you"?!
? Williams have you got "Speleo
Sportive PSM"?, "Descent of PSM"?
We have a computer in the library with a printer. Jim Smart is custodian but I am sure he would
let you use it, if you asked nicely.