In response, these eager and anxious novices searched the Internet, eavesdropped
on conversations to
discover what other teachers did, photocopied frantically, spent hours preparing handouts, scoured
library shelves for relevant background reading, and spent their own money
on materials that would help them get by for a day or a week.
Such misshelvings can only be
discovered when
library staff have a chance to do a «
shelf - read» — a check of every volume
on every
shelf, to ensure everything is in order and accounted for.