and very good thoughts..... if I notice something is missing --- and it
doesn't seem to wander home- I delete it...that's my inventory.
With the amount of classes in the library - and with no library aide - the
thought of doing an inventory never enters my mind. We are never closed so I
couldn't do it then either. And I do know all the ideas about doing one
section at a time - again, no time.
Glad to read your thoughts.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail K Dickinson" <GDickins@ODU.EDU>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] LM_NET Digest - 1 Apr 2005 - Special issue (#2005-506)
> Regarding inventory. Another question is "why do an inventory". School
> libraries are about the only type of library inventorying on an annual
> basis, and we tend to have the smallest collections and a (relatively)
> captive patron base. Surely spending hours and hours to find 10 books
> missing could be spent in user services, rather than counting. If we
> absolutely must feel like we must honor the past by inventorying, maybe
> every 5 years? or maybe 1/3 to 1/5 of the collection a year, so that at
> the end of the cycle it would have all been touched. For those who argue
> that they want to know what's missing and update the catalog, I would
point
> out that it will never be 100% accurate, and even continuous inventories
> would probably produce different numbers.
>
> And, if it's because someone else makes us, maybe it's time to point out
> that the emperor has no clothes. Just some thoughts.
> If you are trying to serve children in 5 different schools, I don't know
> that inventory will make an appreciable difference in their educational
> experiences or achievement.
>
> Gail K. Dickinson, PhD
> 249-6 Dept of Educational Curriculum and Instruction
> Darden College of Education
> Old Dominion University
> Norfolk, VA 23529
> gdickins@odu.edu
> 757-683-6683
>
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