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Michael Doran Systems Librarian ELUNA 2011 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 12

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Where the marked item data originates

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If marking items doesnt update Voyager, whats the purpose? Saves you from having to jot down notes with a pencil and paper The marked items data can be leveraged for batch updating of Voyager Can also be leveraged in the canned reports Access file

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ShelfLister Marked Item values are a configuration option. They can be anything that is appropriate for the project at hand.

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Voyager server - (S)FTP file from Voyager server using the FTP/SFTP client of your choice (S)FTP file from Voyager server using the FTP/SFTP client of your choice ASCII

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A ShelfLister marked items file is a pipe-delimited (|) flat file

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Its still a flat file, but now its in Access

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Access makes it easier to slice and dice the data

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An example

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You can do the equivalent of all those Access steps with one UNIX command

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What is this Pick and Scan thing? What is this Pick and Scan thing? Its in the documentation.

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142 (for example) items batch updated

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I wanted the titles and authors and... This table just has a bunch of ID numbers.

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If we import the Marked Item file into the Voyager reports.mdb canned reports Access file If we import the Marked Item file into the Voyager reports.mdb canned reports Access file

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We can join that table with other tables in a query We can join that table with other tables in a query

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to get any additional data

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http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ / 2

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Ill take any questions now. Or email me at doran@uta.edu Or at the Milwaukee Ale House this evening. Or at the Milwaukee Ale House this evening.