%0 Conference Paper %A Xu, Gordon %B ELUNA 2017 Annual Meeting %C Schaumburg, Illinois %D 2017 %F eluna:1563 %T A cost-effective book inventory: Hand-held inventory device choosing and statistical analysis %U https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1563/ %X Recently, a book inventory project was done at a medium-sized academic library. Based on our best practice, the author discusses cost-effective inventory methodology, hand-held inventory device choosing, and statistical analysis regarding a variety of related issues, including missing, mis-shelving and on-going shelf-reading.