%T A cost-effective book inventory: Hand-held inventory device choosing and statistical analysis %L eluna1563 %A Gordon Xu %D 2017 %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. %C Schaumburg, Illinois