Inventory

Inventory:

 * Your goal is to enter the barcode number of each unaccounted-for copy in your collection. **

The following list gives an overview of the general procedure for Inventory: > Either choose an existing inventory to work on from the **Inventory** list, or click to begin a new one. > > > > > On the **Start Inventory** page that appears, you can specify the copies to include: > To open the list, click % Complete beneath**Inventory**, and then click See Details next to**Accounted for**. >> Remember that deleting a copy deletes all information about it, including its circulation statistics. > Click and **Yes** to the confirmation message. If you still have any unaccounted-for copies, a message appears, asking whether Destiny should mark them Lost.
 * 1) Set up a schedule before you start. This will help you keep track of what you've done and what areas you still need to inventory.
 * 2) Make sure you've selected your preferred shelf-checking options.
 * 3) You can have multiple inventories open at one time and switch between them.
 * You can limit it to copies in a particular call number range. **__(TAKE care to make sure that you don't just guess the start and the end call numbers. For example don't put FIC AAA unless you have a book with that call number.)__**
 * You can exclude any copies that have been seen recently.
 * You can limit it to copies with specific Circulation Types.
 * 1) Scan, enter, or upload the barcode numbers to account for your copies.
 * 2) Once you are sure you have entered the barcode numbers for all the copies, review the list of unaccounted-for copies by clicking % Complete beneath **Inventory** on the **Inventory** page, and then See Details next to**Unaccounted for**:
 * If you can locate any of the copies on the list, click Found to account for them.
 * If you cannot locate a copy, click Mark "Lost" to account for it and change its copy status to Lost.
 * 1) Review the **Lost Copies** list.
 * If you can locate any of the copies that had been Lost, either click Found on the **Lost Copies** list or enter the barcode directly on the **Inventory** page to make it Accounted-for and change its copy status to Available.
 * To delete a lost copy from the collection permanently, click Delete on the list.
 * 1) Once the Unaccounted-for total on the**Progress Details** page is 0 (zero), your inventory is complete.

Practical Suggestions:

 * 1) Conduct inventory when lots of books are checked out. The computer system already 'knows' where these books are and doesn't need to account for them. You won't have to scan those books because they aren't on the shelves.
 * 2) Put the computer with the scanner on a cart and move it around the library. Using the scanner is so much faster than using the PHD scanner and transfering the information that way.
 * 3) Don't forget all the books and other barcoded materials that are not on the shelves. I usually find a lot in my office!!!