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LSMS Library Stacks Management System Overview

LSMS Library Stacks Management System Overview. July 15 2008 Jan Sung & Nackil Sung Eastern Illinois University. College & Research Libraries, September 2007. A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the 1st Quarter of the 21st Century -- David W. Lewis. “It is easy to understand why,

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LSMS Library Stacks Management System Overview

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  1. LSMSLibrary Stacks Management SystemOverview July 15 2008 Jan Sung & Nackil Sung Eastern Illinois University

  2. College & Research Libraries, September 2007 A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the 1st Quarter of the 21st Century -- David W. Lewis “It is easy to understand why, at the end of the age of print, libraries . . . are dazed & confused.” 2

  3. UNCERTAINTY 3

  4. Concept of Inventory Shelf ListActive Status List 4

  5. How to do inventory 5

  6. What to cover • Software / Hardware • Video clips • Findings • Procedure 6

  7. Software Hardware • LSMS(www.library.eiu.edu/download/LSMS) Library Stacks Management System • Laptopsthe oldest laptops in the library • Scanners GOOD one • Wireless connection for remote access to the server but also can be stand-alone 7

  8. 2nd Life 8

  9. Wireless ??? 9

  10. Chicago Library Server at EIU Voyager Database LSMS Shelf-List Active-Status-List Scanned barcode ODBC Drive Shelf-list Active-Status-List Bks found with active Status Bks not on shelf Can be automated using Windows Scheduled Tasks Wireless connection to server Laptop Laptop Laptop 10

  11. How to scan books in the stacks . . . 11

  12. Observe how it works On the laptop screen 12

  13. 13

  14. Inventory Log Data 14

  15. Data Analysis Based on the results of books scanned in D-H N P Q Total scanned = 300,000 15

  16. Questions we want to answer: • How long does it take? • How misplaced are books? • How many active status books are found? • Where are they? • How many books are not on the shelves? • Are there cataloging discrepancies? • Who mis-shelved books, staff or patrons? 16

  17. How long does it take? Number of Books Time between two scans (in seconds) 17

  18. How long does it take? • When barcodes are inside books • Average: 8.2 seconds per book • Investing 10 hrs/day 23 days for 100,000 books • CD (Barcode outside) • Average: 3.9 seconds per CD • Investing 10 hrs/day 12 days for 100,000 CDs 18

  19. Misplaced Distance (in term of # of books) 300,000 books scanned -- 18,000+ (6.1%) misplaced 20% 80% Misplaced Distance Number of Books 19

  20. Where did they go? Books misplaced more than 100 books away • N = 1800+ • All were relocated EXCEPT 198 books. • Among those 198 books, • 178 books were found where scanned. • -41 books had label problems. • - Remaining 137 books were an oversight. • The remaining 20 books were not found. 20

  21. Active Status Books found & Subsequent Use 21

  22. Where did we find “Missing” books? 22

  23. Books Not on Shelf Books Scanned Shelf List All Books in the Catalog Books with Active Status 23

  24. Books Not on Shelf 24

  25. Label Discrepancies & Misplacement Total = 565 40% 60% 25

  26. Who mis-shelved books? • Anecdotal Evidence • Circulation Statistics - Correlation b/w misplaced & charge rates - Have they been checked out before scanned? 26

  27. PR In March 05, we were doing section. PS 3503.O17 K5 1928 PS 3537.T3234 S84 no.6 “Item Not Found” PS 3554.O884 A77 2004 PS 3557 .U82 W5 1983 PS 3557.O326 S7 1995x 27

  28. Misplaced Rate vs. Charge Rate 28

  29. What’s the cost? 29

  30. Decision Making Decision Making Decision Making Decision Making Decision Making

  31. THANK YOU jssung@eiu.edu nsung@eiu.edu www.library.eiu.edu/download/lsms

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