RE: Query: Inventory Plans

["Helwig, Ruth M." <helwi1rm at cmich dot edu>]

We have just completed an inventory of the entire circulating
collection.  It was started three years ago and I don't remember any
plan or cost analysis.  If you want to contact me off the list, I can
give you contact information for the Head of Access Services in case she
remembers something that I do not.

What I remember is this:

1) We put together a cost proposal for the barcode scanners and the III
software.
2) We did not hire extra staff, the students who shelve books worked on
inventory when all of the shelving had been completed for the day.
3) We started at A and worked through to Z.

We are now about to start a second time through the collection.  The
first inventory cleaned up a lot of problems such as things that were
mislabeled or misshelved.


Ruth Helwig
Systems Librarian and Education Bibliographer
Park Library 305
Central Michigan University 
Mount Pleasant MI 48859
Phone: 989-774-2404
Fax: 989-774-2179
Email: helwi1rm at cmich dot edu

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Phil Shirley
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:01 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: Query: Inventory Plans

I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of Ed
Garten.

Phil Shirley
Innopac-l listowner
phil at innovativeusers dot org

Hello, 
  
Is there anyone on the list who has led a
comprehensive library collection inventory within the
last several years using the Innovative inventory
software? 
I'm particularly interested in anyone who might share
their actual written plan/strategy including any cost
analysis they did prior to implementation of the
inventory.   
  
Thanks in advance for any insight or assistance, 
  
Best regards, 

Ed Garten 

Edward D. Garten, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus of University Libraries & Professor
University of Dayton
Roesch Library 105F
Voice: 937.426.7452
E-mail: edward dot garten at notes dot udayton dot edu
Homepage: http://academic.udayton.edu/edwardgarten/


"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great
battle." 
--Philo of Alexandria 

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