Target: End of year inventory method

[Patricia Melville <3tunas@vgernet.net>]

Greetings!  The end of year (non-automated) inventory I inherited with
my job is - to me - absolutely bizarre. I believe this stystem started
sooooooo Many years ago that it's just the way it's done. I'm not
being forced at gunpoint to do this but I'd like to recommend a
change.We're tal;king about libraries with about 6,000 books, most
purchased 25 years ago, and other media that have not ONLY been
checked against the shelf list (which is what I though inventory was)
but my predecessor handed in 'counts'.  A completely divided up list
of library contents with numbers in columns showing what books and
media fromf what funding sources (4 different ones) are actunally
physically on the shelves.  She spent hours (weeks, months, days?)
tallying these so that they came out even - showing no unaccounted
items missing etc.! (kind of retentive -isn;t it?). This is bizarre!
I would like - with my other librarians to suggest that: 1.foremost we
check our shelf list against the shelves.
2.we hand in a list of acquisitions and weeds and student losses. And
that's IT. Does this make sense ?Many thanks....
Patty Melville MLS
Pittsfield MA elem schools
3tunas@vgernet.net

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