RE: Benefits of Create List?

["Susana Vazquez" <vazquezs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We use the create list function in a variety of ways. Here are some of the ways that our circulation department uses this function:

1. To find out all the patron records who owe money
2. To make a list of all faculty check out to go hunt them down
3. To make a list to check the shelf for items marked as missing, to make sure they are really missing and not missed placed
4. To make a list of all current Alumni's by patron type

These are just some I could think of now, but I'm sure we use this function regularly for many other reasons.

Hope this helps 


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Melisse Hypponen [mailto:mhypponen@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Friday, August 01, 2003 2:58 PM
To:	innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: Benefits of Create List?

We use it in a variety of ways in Sarasota. Two ways we use on a daily basis are as follows:

We find that since our patrons are often changing addresses, so we often search by looking for
phone numbers.
We usually do this when a patron has called and either said that they don't have anything overdue
or that they don't have a library card at all and the TNS has called their number.  

Also, if the TNS reports that a number is no longer is service. I look for the number and then 
block the patron's card until we receive a new phone number.

Another minor way is when our email overdues come back with a wrong email address, we use it to
block the patron's card and ask for a new email address.

Database maintenance is always on-going.

Melisse Hypponen
III system administrator
Sarasota County Florida
941-861-1173

>>> nabbott@xxxxxxxxxx 8/1/2003 2:26:27 PM >>>
I'm interested in knowing how various types of librarians (eg. 
collection development, catalogers, etc.) utilize the create list 
function in their work.  
I am in the process of preparing a regional conference presentation and 
would like to be able to offer a variety of examples as to how create 
list may be used to assist in job related tasks.  Any examples will be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Nicole    




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Nicole Abbott
Assistant Collection Development Librarian
University of Houston Libraries
114 University Libraries
Houston, TX 77204-2000
e-mail:  nabbott@xxxxxxxxxx 
phone:  713/743-9334
fax:  713/743-9811


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