Inventory Costs

["Donna Bacon" <donnab at mail dot sgcl dot org>]

Our library has done inventory with our portable barcode readers many times
over in the past several years.  We have always done it as we had time.
However, we are considering doing a large inventory branch by branch with
teams of staff after hours.  We are trying to determine how much this will
really cost us in staff time.  How long does it take to scan in an item and
upload the file to Innovative, process it, and then resolve the error
reports?  

 

I was wondering if any library has ever done a cost analysis on this
process?  What does it cost per item to do an inventory?  Obviously there
are variables to consider (especially how much we pay the staff to do this).
Has anyone ever done a large inventory at once as I am suggesting or do you
usually do it has you have the time?

 

Any information from anyone would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Donna Bacon

Springfield-Greene County Library, MO

COOL (Consortium of Ozarks Libraries)



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