Target--time line for automation

[Helen Dittmer <hdittme@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi there, here I am back with my automation questions.  I just wonder if
there is a way to describe the automation process.  If I were to begin
to automate next July with CASPR I assume I would send in my shelf list
cards for retrospective conversion. While this was happening would I be
installing the software?--or would the next thing be to put barcodes on
the books?  And how much time does one allow for either of these
operations?  As I apply for money  for this I was planning to say that
the process would cost $10,000 and would take about 10 months (that
includes sending the shelf list out)--or $7000 and perhaps 2 years if we
try to input the books ourselves. Could anyone out there give me any
feedback on this?  Thank you in adv ance and I appreciate your help,
from Helen Dittmer, Redwood Day School, Oakland, CA
<hdittme@ix.netcom.com>
P.S. I suppose I should be cleaning up my shelf list, regardless of
whether we send it out or I have to use it for data inputting.

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