Re: [LM_NET] Equipment Inventory / Viewable Scheduling

[Diane Mentzer <dmentzerLMS@COMCAST.NET>]

I put my equipment into the Circulation System, but do not put it into 
the collection that is searchable by patrons. It is not searched when 
patrons search so it does not slow the OPAC down. It makes more sense to 
me to use one program for multiple collections than to use multiple 
programs. I there for can use the same barcodes, computers, scanners, 
etc. I even check the equipment out to teachers using the equipment 
collection and the barcodes I normally use for the teachers to check out 
library materials. More bang for the buck!!!! I have done it this way 
for over 7 years and have never had any problems.

Deborah Stafford wrote:

>Just wondering... If we get into equipment and other "stuff" via the OPAC
>do we get away from what the OPAC is really meant to be,
>a system for patrons to search holdings and find what we have on hand.  To
>what degree will adding more "stuff" make the
>searching of an OPAC slower, less able to come up with lists of items
>patrons want. To what extent will it also slow down the
>maintance of our systems?
>
>I don't have an answer, just the questions. 
>
>Deborah J. Stafford
>Gen. H.H. Arnold High School
>Wiesbaden Germany
>now proudly on the web at http://www.wies-hs.eu.dodea.edu
>Deborah_Stafford@compuserve.com
>
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Bester Elementary School
Hagerstown, MD
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