%T Battles and Triumphs with Online and Batch Inventory: ALEPH Version 17 and Higher - Inventory Management
%L eluna336
%A Peg Lawrence
%A Bruce Willms
%A Mary Ann Greenwald
%D 2008
%X Peg Lawrence, Systems Librarian, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Bruce Willms, Director of Technical Services, Metropolitan State University; Mary Ann Greenwald, User Support Specialist/Application Programmer, PALS Development, Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The MnPALS consortium of libraries is a multi-ADM (63 ADMs) environment with the central server being located at the PALS central office. ADMs differ on how they want to conduct their inventory; i.e. online manual or batch. This session will touch on 3 areas: 1) central server site issues ranging from providing the file from the ALEPHe/scratch or data/scratch directories to configuring the Shelf Report Number (SRN), 2) an ADM library’s experiences with the online manual inventory using a wireless laptop, and 3) an ADM library’s experiences using the batch inventory in conjunction with an RFID reader. 
%C Long Beach, Ca.