Re: RE: [IUG] inventory report

["Diane J. Pittman" <dpittman at psdschools dot org>]

One reason for the large errors only is that the inventory 
system arranges by barcode number not by call number.  
Thus, almost everything is mis-shelved.  We have about 
given up on using the inventory system.  One other reason 
is the number of steps to download to get the report, this 
is far to time consuming for a one person media center and 
because the hand held scanner will freeze if you happen to 
have something way out of place like a 900 dewey mixed in 
with the 300's.  It just throws the whole scan off
even though the system reads barcode order. We therefore 
scan a small section at a time. We tried very had to work 
with the inventory people to make it work to meet 
our needs but nothing has changed since we have been on the 
system, several years.  Not enough people needing 
enhancements, I guess. Diane

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:24:29 -0600 Sian Brannon 
<Sian dot Brannon at cityofdenton dot com> wrote:

> We have just completed our 4th or 5th inventory and all of the reports have been crazy.  We list the errors only, and not items that are checked out, but we still get giant reports with tons of "MSH" messages and duplicates!
> 
> I, too, wish I knew how to streamline it a bit.
> 
> 
> Sian Brannon
> Librarian III, North Branch
> 3020 North Locust
> Denton, TX  76209
> sian dot brannon at cityofdenton dot com 
> 
> 
> Previous message:
> While experimenting with inventory technology I discovered that our
> inventory report was confusing. I scanned 25 volumes and got back a report
> with upwards of 80 lines. A few of these were checked out or misshelved.
> Many barcodes had a two lines on the report. On the whole, this is not the
> way things looked in the documentation, where the example seemed to make
> sense.
> 
> Is it just me, or is my experience typical?
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> Zoltan Tomory
> zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Diane J. Pittman
District Media Specialist
Poudre School District
2413 LaPorte Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80521
970-4903635
dpittman at psdschools dot org