| A few years ago we carried out a program of weeding in one of our libraries and made
an extensive use of the Inventory module's ability to create a review file from scanned
barcodes. In fact it would have been difficult to complete the project without this
facility. Each book on the shelf was visually checked and put aside on a trolley if the
last due date stamped was earlier than a certain date. The barcodes of the books on the
trolley were scanned to create a review file of these items. We then looked for items
which should not be weeded because they were recent acquisitions or they circulated
recently, by sorting the file by creation date, LCHKIN, etc. The records for the items
which should not be weeded were removed from the review file and the corresponding books
were returned to the shelf. The remaining records in the review file were changed in Rapid
Update. We also ran statistical reports based on the review file to find items with
incorrect status, e.g. missing, in transit, or items belonging to another location. See
the next slide to learn how statistical reports may be used to find records with errors in
fixed length fields. |
