Open AccessInventorying a Library Collection—One After Thirty Years, and One After Two Years
Author(s) -
Richard Allen Lammert,
Stephen B. Sweeney
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
summary of proceedings/summary of proceedings. annual conference - american theological library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-2027
pISSN - 0066-0868
DOI - 10.31046/proceedings.2019.1631
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , library science , process (computing) , computer science , collection development , operations research , world wide web , engineering , operating system
Inventorying a library’s collection is something that most libraries do at some time. This listen-and-learn session was designed to show the experience of two different libraries in conducting an inventory. The inventory in the first library was done for the first time in thirty years, because the physical collections of the library were finally in one place, permitting an inventory to be done fairly easily. The inventory in the second library was done for the fourth time in a biennial process. The process in these two libraries was presented so that attendees could determine what part of the methods presented might be applicable to their own situation.