Shelf order checking

Inventory can notify you when the barcodes you scanned are out of call number order.
Before beginning an inventory, you'll need to set up these preferences in Site Configuration.

Important: After setting your preferences in Site Configuration, make sure to select the Check shelf order check box on the Inventory page.

Checking the shelf order

1. Open the Catalog tab of Site Configuration in the Back Office.
2. Select one of the check shelf order based on options to make sure that copies on the shelf are in call number order. You can select how thorough you want the checking to be:
   • by call number alone
   • by call number then by author
   • by call number, then author, and then title.
3. Select one of the check for differences between Dewey numbers greater than options—100, 50, 10, or 1—to discover incorrectly shelved Dewey-range titles. This option also helps you verify that you didn't skip a shelf when scanning books.
4. Click at the top of the page.

When a call number is out of order or the difference in Dewey numbers between two consecutive barcode scans is greater than the value you select, Inventory notifies you. It either alerts you with a message at the top of the page when you're entering barcode numbers directly on the Inventory page or, if you've uploaded a barcode file, a Destiny Remote file, or a Dolphin scan file, adds a message to the job summary.

How Destiny checks shelf order in Inventory

Destiny checks the prefix and/or the Dewey number, and any suffix.
For a call number without a Dewey number, everything up to the first space is the prefix and what remains is the suffix.

For more information, see Understanding call number ordering in Destiny