Re: IDEAS FOR PROCESSING SOFTWARE

[Robert Eiffert - Image <beiffert@EGREEN.EGREEN.WEDNET.EDU>]

I'm sure your question is going to start up a good discussion! And we'll
all find out we hve been re-inventing the wheel...

So here is what I do... YMMV
We are using Follett Unison.

I barcode each box, and write BC on floppies, CDs, Manuals, etc)

In MARC I do a VERY SHORT cataloging.
  Just the Title, Publisher,
Material Description, system requirements, # of users  and Call number..

For the Call number prefix I put COMP. then for the CN I put either the
teacher's name, the grade (we have multi teams), or School. It depends on
how the purchase and users was set up.

The tech coordinator keeps a database with license information, teachers
have list of what is SUPPOSSED to be on their machine. End of the year we
will go wipe off illegals..

This is not perfect (by any means) but got the pile off my desk and gives
us accountability...

Bob Eiffert Librarian, Image Elementary Vancouver WA
Beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
"Predicates threaded my neural maze. After great inference, I came to the
conclusion that I hadn't the foggiest idea what cognition was. Nobody
did, and there seemed little prospect of that changing soon."
Richard Powers  _Galatea 2.2_