Waiting for Godot:

Or, How to While Away the Time Between Now and Your

Migration Go-Live

Susan Johns-SmithCODI Conference 2006

Axe LibraryPittsburg State University

Pittsburg KS

WAITING… (Beckett)• Didi?• Yes.• I can’t go on like this.• That’s what you think.• If we parted? It might be

better for us.• We’ll hang ourselves

tomorrow. Unless Godot comes.

• And if he comes?• We’ll be saved.

WAITING…

• Codes• Bibs• Barcodes• Serials• Acquisitions• Faculty Reserve• Patrons• General

This is not a peasant and pitchfork situation…•

• -Janet Perret, Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library

System

Olaf the Classic SysAdmin….

CODES

CODES

• Collection Codes• Item Types (itypes)• Item Stats (istats)• Many, many more

BIBS

BIBS

• Non-Marc vs. MARC Collection

• Empty Bibs (no Barcodes)

• Electronic Resources• GMDs• Workforms

BARCODES

BARCODES

• Negative Barcodes• Barcodes Not Matching Institutional Profile

• Junk• Status of Barcodes

PATRONS

PATRONS• Patron Types (ptypes)• Patron Stats (pstats)• City Codes• HomeRoom Codes• Block Codes• PURFs, and …

PATRONS

• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

SERIALS

SERIALS

• GMDs• Subscription Summaries• Vendor File

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

• Selection Lists• ISBN Quality Control• Duplicate ISBN/ISSN• Vendor Lists• Orders• Funds

FACULTY RESERVE

FACULTY RESERVE

• Instructor Authority• Course Authority• Copyright Compliance• Take Off, Put On, Weed

GENERAL STUFF

GENERAL STUFF

• Examine Indexes – RXREF, UXREF

• Examine Mapping – UMAP, UMC

• Examine Sorts/Limits• Examine UFDS for Full Bib

Field Display

GENERAL STUFF

• What worked with ipac (HIP) displays, what didn’t?

• If you’re going to weed it anyhow, how about doing it on a system you’re familiar with?

GENERAL STUFF

• Additional Valuable Resources• http://www.codi.org/conference/20

05/handouts/CODI_slides_2005.ppt• http://www.codi.org/conference/20

05/handouts/CODI_slides_2005.pdf• http://www.codi.org/conference/20

05/handouts/janitor.doc• http://www.codi.org/conference/20

05/handouts/janitor.pdf

WEEDING… Courtesy BBC

WEEDING -Artistic Approach

WAITING… (Beckett)

• Ever tried.• Ever failed.• No matter.• Try again.• Fail again.• Fail better.

WAITING… (Beckett)• We are all born mad. Some remain so.

WAITING… (Beckett)• What do I know of man’s destiny?

I could tell you more about radishes…

STOCK UP NOW ON…• Water• Emergency Rations• Vacation Leave• Gasoline• Patience• Humor• Time Management• Loving One’s Family and

Pets• Learning to Love One’s

Staff• Tending One’s Garden

I wish to thank….

• Marge Freeman, John Hurley, John Weible, Brent Searle, Vicki Teal Lovely, Fiona Campbell, Helen Agoroudis, Hal Cain, Mike Shearer, Steven Heywood, Phil Feilmeyer, Ben Ostrowsky, Steven Hansen, Steven Orton, Roger Scanlan, Richard Lewis, Earl Boyce, Randy Boecker, Brent Jensen, and the whole community of RECALL experts out there on the web.

• I-Descriptors ROCK!