RE: Inventory equipment

["William Gray" <wgray@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm willing to bet the barcodes inside the books are the biggest impact on time. I've noticed it can take 4 times as long to scan an item with the barcode on the inside instead of outside; outside requires sliding the book partway out, scanning it, sliding it back in, whereas barcode inside requires taking book off shelf, opening it to barcode, scanning, closing book, replacing on shelf.

And dare I say, I'm known around here for having quick hands!   :)

--Will

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Puccio [mailto:puccio@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:13 PM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Inventory equipment


William,

In comparison, there does seem to be a big difference.  I may have taken my 
original numbers from an 'off' day.

Yesterday morning (4 hours) one person scanned/inventoried about - 600 items.

Reasons why we may be slower:

* Occasionally other errors are noticed and corrected when the Item record 
comes up.

* Our Barcodes are in the inside of the books - because I insist that each one 
be physically inspected when inventoried.  (What good is an empty cover with a 
barcode if the pages have been removed ?)

* We don't always have a team to speed things along?

* Here in Florida the wireless network slows down when it is raining. So we 
only get a couple of hours of sunshine per day when it is worthwhile to do the 
project.


+ The Laptop is not an expense since we already had it.
The B321 Portable Barcode has been a questionable expense for us since we 
bought it a few years ago and I have been the only one to even play with it.

+ Staff time is not a problem this time of year. (I hope we finish before 
August)



-- 
Todd Puccio
Technical Services Librarian
Nova Southeastern University
Health Professions Library
(954)262-3114
puccio@xxxxxxxxxx



Quoting William Gray <wgray@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> That's an interesting method, but only 300 items scanned in a morning? With
> the B321 I was able to scan about 1500 items in the space of two hours... I'm
> not trying to be critical, just comparing the time and money expenditures of
> purchasing a B321 versus a laptop... Seems like the extra staff time required
> to scan items may outweigh the benefits of saving money from not buying the
> readers, at least for a largish collection (half-million or more items?).
> 
> I, too, have been looking at B321 alternatives, such as using a PDA with a
> scanner, so like everyone else, I'd be interested in hearing about anything
> that works, but works quickly.
> 
> William Gray
> Library Technical Assistant
> Greenwich Library
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Puccio [mailto:puccio@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 12:35 PM
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Inventory equipment
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> We have just started an inventory just like this.
> 
> We have a barcode reader on a Laptop w/ wireless network.
> 
> Barcode is scanned.
> Then we use a barcode text macro (or a series of commands on the PC
> clipboard)  
> that places a code in the ICODE2 = i  and inserts a x NOTE = Inventory
> 6/03.
> 
> Once a range is scanned we can create various lists to reconcile.
> About 300 items can be scanned in a morning.
> 
> When we are completely done we will remove the ICODE2, but we will keep the x
> 
> NOTE.
> 
> It is working very well for us so far.
> 
> Please call or email if you would like specific information, such as the
> Create 
> List parameters.
> 
> Good Luck
> 
> -- 
> Todd Puccio
> Technical Services Librarian
> Nova Southeastern University
> Health Professions Library
> (954)262-3114
> puccio@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting George Leggiero <gleggiero@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > I'd be interested in this information as well
> > 
> > George Leggiero
> >      Unit Leader for Circulation and Library Systems Support  
> >      Grasselli Library
> >      John Carroll University
> >      216 397-1988
> >      Fax 216 397-4256
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fran Juergensmeyer
> > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:46 AM
> > To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Lourdes Mordini
> > Subject: Inventory equipment
> > 
> > Has anyone done an inventory of all or part of a collection using a
> > laptop
> > with a regular barcode reader, rather than the B321 Portable Barcode
> > Reader that III recommends?  We are planning to do an inventory of
> > several
> > collections and were wondering if we could just scan the barcodes into a
> > text file and upload it to the catalog.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   Fran Juergensmeyer
> >   Waukegan (IL) Public Library
> >   fjuergen@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
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Todd Puccio
Technical Services Librarian
Nova Southeastern University
Health Professions Library
(954)262-3114
puccio@xxxxxxxxxx


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