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!