We have been using a program called L4U for the last several years for our circulation and our catalog. It has many handy features and we continue to learn new tricks that enable us to assist our patrons better.
This year we have embarked on a huge undertaking. We are labeling our collection in a more specific manner than we have
used in the past. This will be a great help in evaluating what is popular and useful in our collections. It will help us to recognize weaknesses.
The software enabled us to easily identify our non-fiction collection. The fiction collection is not so easy. We have to go through the collection item by item and update the loan type. This will take many hours, but it is not all bad. As I go through the titles, I become reacquainted with many items.
At the end of each month, we will evaluate the circulation statistics. As I make the adjustment for each item, each month's data will be more meaningful.
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