Tracking software

[Floyd Pentlin <FPentlin@LEESUMMIT.K12.MO.US>]

Group- I'm trying to keep track of the software that I've ordered and had
loaded in one high school.  I don't seem to be doing a very good job of it
at the moment.

1)  Do you track individual machines that have software loaded on it, or do
you simply track the number of loads for a piece of software, and then try
and sort out where you can take off a load if it is needed somewhere else?
(e.g. I've loaded all 20 and need one more some place else, so I take it
off machine X to put it on Y because I know I only have 20 loads
permitted.)

2)  Do you use a spreadsheet or a database to track the information?
Spreadsheet gives one a nice printout of where software is loaded by areas
(e.g. labs, offices, etc.) but a database would allow one different reports
and retrieval possibilities.

3)  Any other tricks of the trade?  I do have a clerk who can do this for
me, but I'm not giving her very good direction and we can't seem to find
the information at our fingertips when we need it.  Also, we are having
trouble finding software at times.  We have it locked up but too many
people in the media center have keys to the cabinet -- so a locked cabinet
with many keys doesn't seem to be a good solution either.

Thanks for the help.  Floyd

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Floyd Pentlin, Library Media Specialist            VOICE:  816.986.3027
901 NE Douglas                                             FAX:
816.986.3171
Lee's Summit, MO 64086        EMAIL: fpentlin@leesummit.k12.mo.us
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