GOALS:

1. Investigate the possibility of switching from LARS to ABLE binding software in order to more efficiently produce binding tickets in conjunction with the new LMS
2. Process and send to bindery a significant portion of the backlogged volumes currently on shelves in Binding area
3. Reduce number of jobs on LARS main Jobs screen by archiving jobs over 12 months old

Primary Contact:

Robert Parker rparker@mail.uflib.ufl.edu

 

Objectives:

• Speak with universities using Aleph in conjunction with ABLE and get their views on the product, the link between the two, etc.
• Determine most efficient timing of switch to ABLE: before or after the Library switches to Aleph.
• Speak with vendors (Acme and Aleph) regarding details of implementation. 
• Ask Southeast Library Bindery / ICI if any of their customers currently use ABLE in conjunction with Aleph.

Progress:

• August 2002 Viewed demonstration of ABLE software during visit to Southeast Library Bindery.

 

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Primary Contact:

Robert Parker rparker@mail.uflib.ufl.edu

 

Objectives:

• Every month at least 10 titles on the backlog shelves will be investigated to determine why they are there and what needs to be done with them in order to bind them.
• This includes African materials. 
• Keep statistics on departmental progress with acquiring back ordered and claimed issues as it relates to backlog items. 
• Backlog will be ¾ gone by the end of the fiscal year.

 

Progress:

• Periodical Binding Assistant binds approximately 20 items per month. 

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Primary Contact:

Robert Parker rparker@mail.uflib.ufl.edu

 

Objectives:

• Continue working with software technicians at ICI to archive past LARS jobs.
• LARS jobs will be separated by year.
• Once we master the process, the department will archive one year each month to bring us up to date. 

 

Progress:

• July 2002 Determined we needed to contact ICI software technicians for assistance because we needed supporting program to prepare LARS Jobs for archiving.
• August 2002 Software arrived and installed. Still needed assistance with the follow- up steps.
• September 2002 Preservation Department head visited ICI to see the archiving process firsthand from start to finish using our data. 

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