1. Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost books price,
How we change?
Mr. Begzsuren Jamsranjav
Board Member
Mongolian Libraries Consortium
Facebook/Twitter ID: jbegzsuren
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

2. Briefly about Ulaanbaatar Public Library
• First public library in
Ulaanbaatar in 1946
• Ulaanbaatar Public Library
established in 1980
• Centralized all public libraries
and reading rooms in
Ulaanbaatar city in 1986, then
UPL had more than 20
branches
• Today, UPL has 4 branches, 80
staffs, 450000 resources
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

3. Which librarians are responsible to pay
lost books cost, who are in italic and red /24/
• Central library has
– Information Processing and Automation
department head librarian – 1
– Public service head librarian - 1
– Acquisition librarian – 1
– Cataloguer – 1
– Book technician librarian – 2
– Reader registration librarian – 2
– Circulation librarian – 10
– Children’s reading room librarian – 1
– DAISY and Braille room librarian - 1
• Each 4 branches has
– Branch manager – 1
– Children’s reading room librarian – 1
– Adult’s reading room librarian - 2
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

4. 10 circulation librarians already paid 700 thousand tugriks after
2009 inventory, …
• UPL shifted to open stacks from
categorized 3 reading rooms with
closed stacks in September 2008
• About 10 librarians work in
circulation system of open stacks on
re-shelving, on site loan check-out
and check-in, home loan check-out
and check-in.
• UPL has about 80 staffs, but only
circulation /10/ and reading room’s
/14/ librarians are responsible to pay
the lost and missed books price.
• Also these 24 librarians are
responsible to collect fees of home
loan service.
• Home loan daily fee for each book –
100 tugrik, since Feb, 2011.
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

5. now calculating 2012 inventory, … 10 circulation librarians
will pay …
• 2012 inventory is on
calculation.
• Not yet clear who pay
how much for
lost/missed books.
• No open stacks in the
Central Public Library
since September, 2012.
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

6. Looking for …
• Are there any country with same
history or story?
• Mongolian circulation librarians
think there is no way to move
back to closed stacks service.
• International Experts are needed
for Mongolian Library Policy, and
• Task force on first Library Law of
Mongolia
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?

7. Question & Recommendation & Cooperation
Thank you very much for your attention
Mr. Begzsuren Jamsranjav /Begz/
Board Member,
Mongolian Libraries Consortium
Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIN: jbegzsuren
Email : mcl_begee@yahoo.com
SESSION NAME: Mongolian librarians are still paying the lost
books price, How we change?