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1995/1996 Annual Report
Executive Summary
Barcoded 17,150 Government Publications to enable automated circulation. Cooperatively planned a new barcoding procedure
that increased our productivity by 250 percent. Setup an additional 357 serials for check-in including extensive holdings and
barcoding of items. - Data Initiation Team and Quality Control Team
Composed and designed the Technical Services portion of the Library World Wide Web pages. Provided 37 pages of information
that have gained favorable responses from our peers. During the month of September the Technical Services home page was the
third highest used page at NSU. - All Teams.
Contracted with Marcive Inc. to provide temporary records for weekly shipping lists. Obtained records from the Internet and
added them to the VTLS database. A total of 3,736 records were added allowing Sherry in Government Publications to attach item
records to individual items as they were received. - Data Initiation Team
Joined the rest of the library in upgrading to VTLS94. Planned usage of the time between semesters and sucessfully checked in
periodicals and newspapers before school started. Helped to identify and fix "bugs" found during the upgrade period. The upgrade
has increased efficiency for serials check-in and claims operations. - Data Initiation Team and Quality Control Team.
Moved indexes to storage, Government Publications Reference to first floor and weeded Periodicals to storage. Moved over
6000 items during a two month period. Responded to the needs of Users Services in a timely manner. - Quality Control Team.
Developed a Values Statement to serve as a foundation for our work. Also made a six year study of statistics and a skill level
study of each task performed to support management planning for the future. - Coordination Team.
For the first time in library history, compiled a list of withdrawn duplicate periodicals and submitted them for bid to several
vendors. Shipped thirteen boxes of materials and received payment from two vendors. - Quality Control Team.
Reclassified the second half of the VHS videorecording collection to the Library of Congress classification. Responded to needs
of Reserve and Circulation to provide automated counts of AV materials by subject area - Data Initiation Team.
Cataloged the Reference Vertical File for the local VTLS online catalog. Ninety-five folders received descriptions, titles, notes
and subject access cataloging. Responded to requests from Reference to provide keyword and subject access to these materials. -
Data Initiation Team.
Total materials handled by separate tasks in Technical services:
107,687
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