I have been asked to share the responses to my query about stock rotation
with the list.
Several respondents mentioned the Talis 11, Dynix, and Galaxy 2000 all of
which are integrated library system packages with modules for stock
rotation. I was also referred to George Kerr's work at West Lothian and Mr
Kerr himself replied to me directing me to his paper entitled "Evidence
based stock management: the testing of a new tool for librarians" which is
on the website of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The paper describes the
rationale and gives some examples of the implementation of stock rotation.
One person referred me to the ongoing controversy about date-stamping which
does have some bearing on the topic. Somebody else drew my attention to the
practices of my own authority Essex, which I knew about but I did not know
they were so highly regarded - familiarity breeds contempt. The response was
very useful to me and I am grateful to all those who replied.
Yours
David Waugh
Pulman
Research Officer
Essex County
Council.
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