[Publib] ? Tech services question

[Sue Kamm]

How else might you catch mistrakes? <g>  

IMNSHO, checking for errors may save a lot of grief down the line.  One typo in a filing element can cause a record to be "lost."  

In our home-grown catalog/circ system, there are any number of odd records resulting from input errors.  Even putting an extra space between subfields can lead to the computer's "misfiling" of the record.  

-----Original Message-----
>From: Gretchen Raab <Raab at neenahlibrary.org>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2006 8:34 AM
>To: "'publib at webjunction.org'" <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [Publib] ? Tech services question
>
>Good morning,
>I would like to hear the practices of other public libraries' Tech
>Services departments. We currently have staff edit carts of just
>cataloged items to check for errors (before they are processed).
>Wondering if this step can be skipped in the interest of saving time--is
>it necessary to double check other staff's work? Would like your
>collective professional opinions on this before I suggest any changes to
>staff. Thanks much!
>Gretchen Raab
>Neenah Public Library
>Neenah, Wisconsin
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