[LM_NET] TAR: Inventory

[Amy Self <librariangelist@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear Wise Ones,
    I have a few questions regarding inventory procedures:
           How long do you usually take to do inventory (1 week, 2, etc?)
           Do you have classes while you are doing inventory?  If so, what do they 
do while you're scanning?
           Do you still check out books while doing inventory?  If not, how close 
to the end of school do you stop checkout?

    I am asking because last year I stopped checkout 2 weeks before the end of 
school and did not take classes (we're on a fixed schedule, special areas provide a 
planning period for classroom teachers) the last two weeks.  I got a lot of 
complaints when I did this, even though according to the library assistant and 
other special area teachers, this is what had been done for the 4 years previous 
(last year was my first year).  Now I'm being told not to close and that my 
administrators do not remember what was done the years previous to my employment - 
except that the librarian who retired in 2001 would stay an extra week in the 
summer to do inventory.  I have been told that not closing would help with "PR" for 
the library.  Please advise.  Thanks in advance.  I will post a hit if anyone is 
interested.
 
Amy Wheatley, Library Media Specialist
White Pine School (K-8)
White Pine, TN
librariangelist@yahoo.com


 
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