Why bother with a card catalogue or shelf list if you are going to automate?
To put everything in your database will require each item to be barcoded and
entered anyway, (so have a b-i-g- bin beside you so you can weed as you go)
and then when that task is done (and it's big enough on its own) you can
generate a shelf list from that and your database is now your card
catalogue - me? I would toss them and forget about them because they are
obsolete, take up space and attract nasties that like to live in dark places
amongst paper ......
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
T. 02 6205 7241
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of k.l. hill
Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2002 4:35 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: TARGET: shelflist dilemma
I inherited a media position supervising five buildings (4 elementary, 1
middle school). Here's the problem: the shelflist and card catalog in each
building were not maintained. When books were acquired or lost, cards were
not filed or pulled. No cards were ever created for donations. I have
found boxes of cards in closets, drawers, a complete nightmare. I am
considering requesting funds for automation, and have been told by numerous
people in the field to make sure I weed and get shelflist cards in order
first. But honestly, the shelflist cards are such a disaster, I don't know
where to start. There is no way we can close the libraries so that we can
get everything in order-it would simply take too long. I need this
shelflist/inventory process to happen while we are open for kids and
circulating. My goal is to simply have a record of each item on the shelf.
Do I start from scratch or try to use the cards we already have and create
new ones for books without? I've talked to colleagues in other districts,
and not a single person has ever heard of such a mess. How to fix a problem
that took 20 years to create?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
K.L. Hill
K-8 Media Specialist
Kearsley Community Schools, Flint, MI
kbohica@hotmail.com
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