The link below
http://www.smartsm.com/Resources/Reports/How%20to%20get%20the%20most%20from%20your%20investment%20in%20book%20stock.pdf
Possibly works better!
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David Tanner
Manager: Stock and Systems
Adult and Community Services (Information)
North Yorkshire County Council
Library HQ
21 Grammar School Lane
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 1DF
Tel: 01609 533814
Fax: 01609 780793
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At the moment I am reading The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)
>>> On 26/08/2009 at 2:46 pm, in message
<[log in to unmask]>, George Kerr
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Colleagues
>
>
>
> I am pleased to announce the publication of a white paper entitled
*How to
> get the most from your investment in book stock*.
>
> The paper is authored by myself and Geoffrey Smith and is available
for free
> download at http://www.smartsm.com/Resources_reports.html
>
>
>
> Most subscribers to this list will know Geoffrey Smith, a major
figure in UK
> Libraries. Geoff describes himself as a library user who has been
interested
> in the use of management information to support decisions in stock
management
> over many years. He has vast experience in the field based on his
experience
> as County librarian in Leicestershire and other libraries, as a
Director of a
> major UK library bookseller and operating as a library consultant
with UK
> consultants CPI. His work there included projects for the Audit
Commission,
> the Library Association/NAG Guidelines on Stock Management in Public
> Libraries and the widely acclaimed and influential series of CPI
Stamford
> seminars. Many of these emphasised the key role of management
information
> all through the stock management (including procurement) process, but
> recognised that accessing it through the library management systems
could be
> labour intensive.
>
>
>
> Geoffrey has been a supportive critical friend of mine since he came
to West
> Lothian some years ago to see my work using management information,
while he
> was working with CPI as their lead consultant in libraries and book
trade
> studies commissioned by the Library Association.
>
>
>
> We met in=2
> 0Leicestershire in April 2009, where we discussed to what extent our
long
> held aspirations for collection management have been met by the
latest
> release of smartsm.
>
>
>
> I would truly value any comments or criticisms that any of you might
care
> to make.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> George Kerr
>
>
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