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Why? For the auditors! It is all about accountability. Jan, TL @ Delany College GRANVILLE NSW jalera1 @ bigpond.net.au (delete the spaces) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lininger" <tss003@TNP.MORE.NET> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:08 AM Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Blasphemy about inventory > janet perry wrote: > >> Am I the only one who has never done an inventory in all the years >> I've been a librarian, and don't intend to start now? Is inventory a >> sacred cow we learn about, or hear rumors and horror stories about in >> library school, and are too afraid to change? What does doing a >> formal inventory do for us? > > > No, you aren't the only one who doesn't do a formal inventory. For 10 > years I was the only librarian (and part-time at that) at a library that > had more than 31,000 books. During those 10 years I did some shelf > reading, but that was about it. I had no money to buy books, the > administration thought that all books were equal in value, so therefore > weeding was forbidden, and in general the library was considered a > necessary nuisance. I left there in 1998, and I'm still a one-man show, > but at least I'm a full-time librarian in a library with less than 6000 > books. Like Janet, I've got a pretty good idea of what is here and what > isn't. Eventually, I get around to deleting books that have been missing > for several years, but often, the book shows up a week after I deleted > it, so I'm not in much of a hurry. > > Probably the best argument for doing a proper inventory is when you are > leaving. It is frustrating for a new librarian to look up something in > the catalog, see that the computer says it is on the shelf, and then > find that it isn't there. Is it out of place, "borrowed," lost, stolen, > or what? I'm planning to retire in 2015 (+/- a year or two), and I hope > to have a good inventory done then. Until then, I'll settle for some > thorough, partial inventories that actually help me weed and purchase. > > > -- > David Lininger, kb0zke, > MS/HS librarian > Hickory County R-1 Schools > Urbana, MO 65767 > 417-993-4226 > tss003 at tnp dot more dot net > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/320 - Release Date: 20/04/2006 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------