Thanks to Steve and Ryan, there is now a patron account for the Reference staff in Aleph. So, from now on, any new books of interest that are routed to staff should be checked out to this account. This accomplishes a couple of things. First, it means that these books show up in MNCAT as being checked out (instead of available, as they have in the past). Second, it means that patrons can recall them, if necessary.
Katherine has the actual library card. The account name is medref and the email attached to it is medref@umn.edu. This means that overdue notices, recall notices, etc. will be emailed to medref. If a book goes missing or is recalled, however, I am happy to make the rounds to track it down amongst the staff.
Questions? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Martha