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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:32:26 CST
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- From: HSAMUELS@UA1VM.BITNET
- Subject: Collection Inventory
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- >We are in the process of developing detailed conceptual plans for
- >conducting a collection inventory. Our assumption is that the most
- >efficient way to do this will be to insure that all titles in our
- >collection have machine-readable records, that all copies of those
- >titles are represented with system records, and that all items have
- >been barcoded. Items on the shelf would be scanned with some type of
- >hand-held device, the "on shelf" info added to a database of items
- >that are checked out, and this combined database matched against the
- >entire database. Those items not accounted for would be reported to
- >us for further reconciliation action.
- >
- >I would like to hear from any NOTIS libraries that have done an inventory
- >(or are thinking of doing inventory) through some type of automated
- >process. Is (was) your process similar to that envisioned above?
- >Have you written programming for this function?
- >
- >I'll appreciate any advice you can provide. Thanks.
-
- I've written an inventory program for our Collections Inventory Dept. here
- at the University of Alabama. The report is based on the copy holdings
- statements in the NOTIS bib. file. The program looks up any item records
- which may be linked to the copy holdings statements. If an item is linked
- to the copy holdings statement then it's item ID (bar code) is included in
- the report. This indicates which holdings have and haven't been bar-coded.
-
- This program is on NOTISPRO although I have improved a call number parsing
- routine since I posted the code. The name of the program is INVENTRY.
-
- Harry Samuels
- Programmer/Analyst (TECH 1)
- University of Alabama
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