> Does anyone know how to make a stocktake sound like a must-have to a
> non-librarian manager? I have some persuading to do.
>
> Our mission is Information Retrieval. A Catalogue that relates to actual
> stock
>
> The hard facts are that all regular activities would have to be put on
> hold for the duration of the closure, ie no library users, cataloguing,
> enquiry work, production of Information Sheets, ILL requests, book
> ordering and so forth.
>
> We have a stock of over 8000 books/pamphlets and 250 journal titles, and a
> collection of around 250 Theses.
> Anything pre-1985 is on the card catalogue. There are over 40,000 items on
> the electronic database, but many are references to journal articles.
>
> As far as I am aware, there has never been a stocktake, and its becoming
> increasingly difficult to locate materials.
>
> We have to find an argument that makes it all OK for us to desert our
> posts in favour of this Greater Good. That makes it OK to close the
> library for two weeks and not offer our usual service. That makes it seem
> like a very good use of Valueable Staff Time.
>
> Any suggestions? There must be something on the subject somewhere?!
>
>
Beverley Berry
Information Librarian
Royal College of General Practitioners
14 Princes Gate
Hyde Park
London SW7 1PU
United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)207 581 3232
Direct Line: +44(0)207 344 3120
Fax: +44(0)207 225 3047
email: [log in to unmask]
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