I should like to endorse Andrew's comment and add that in Suffolk we are
encouraging use of self service issue facilities which provides users with a
print out listing each title issued and the date for return. As the use of
self service facilities grows the date label is increasingly misleading as a
guide to the history of the book.
Liz Brain
Stock Manager
Suffolk County Council
Libraries and Heritage
Chantry Library
Hawthorn Drive
IPSWICH
IP1 0QY
Tel: 01473 686117
Fax: 01473 601996
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sandeman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 17 January 2002 09:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Date stamps
>
> I would just like to point out that using date stamps as a record of
> issues
> can lose a a considerable number of remote renewals. It was not until we
> were able to make use of Business Objects reports from our 'Talis' system
> that we realised the extent to which date labels were under-recording use.
> Andrew Sandeman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Sumsion" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 16 January 2002 16:03
> Subject: Re: Date stamps
>
>
> > Dear Rob,
> >
> > My work (at PLR and at Loughborough) has given me the opportunity over
> the
> > past twenty years to visit many public libraries both large and small -
> but
> > on an informal basis, and with a particular interest in bookstock
> > provision.
> >
> > In about 10 per cent of cases the practice of date stamping had been
> > discontinued, and the lack of an easy obvious record of issues was
> usually
> > felt to be a definite handicap in assessing practical stock performance
> and
> > making decisions on withdrawing or transferring stock. The book's
> location
> > and transfer history needs to be apparent also. In conversations with
> > staff I can remember few instances where they approved what had
> happened.
> >
> > In theory the data is all on the computer for reference: in practice it
> is
> > so time consuming to get at that it is often ignored. My conclusion is
> > that well managed libraries make good use of date stamp information for
> > stock control. It will be interesting to see whether or not this
> > represents a consensus.
> >
> > How important it is to the borrower is a different question on which I
> have
> > no evidence or view.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > John Sumsion
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >In Lincolnshire, our Group Management Team have been having a
> fascintating
> > >discussion on the merits or otherwise of date stamping books. Is it
> > >necessary? Does it cause bad public relations if we don't do it?
> > >
> > >Has anyone abandoned it, and if so have you found it problematic?
> > >
> > >Rob McInroy
> > >Operations Manager
> > >Library Support Services
> > >Lincolnshire County Council
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> > >Lucy Tower Street
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> > >LN1 1YL
> > >
> > >tel 01522 552851
> > >[log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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