Open AccessMissing Items: Automating the Replacement Workflow Process
Author(s) -
Cheri Smith,
Anastasia Guimaraes,
Mandy Havert,
Tatiana H. Prokrym
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v28i2.3177
Subject(s) - computer science , workflow , variety (cybernetics) , process (computing) , missing data , tracking (education) , library classification , database , information retrieval , world wide web , artificial intelligence , programming language , machine learning , psychology , pedagogy
Academic libraries handle missing items in a variety of ways. The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame recently revamped their system for replacing or withdrawing missing items. This article describes the new process that uses a customized database to facilitate efficient and effective communication, tracking, and selector decision making for large numbers of missing items