This document summarizes a seminar presentation on stock verification in libraries. Stock verification is the process of physically counting and checking a library's inventory against its records, and should be done at least once per year. It allows libraries to have an up-to-date record of holdings, assess loss rates, and evaluate the collection. There are manual, semi-automated, and fully automated techniques for conducting stock verification. The presentation was delivered by students to the Department of Studies in Master of Library and Information Science.

1. University of Mysore
Department of Studies
In Master of Library
And
Information Science
Seminar on:' Stock Verification’
(Management of libraries &information centers)

2. Presented To:
Selvaraja ,A
Department of studies
in master of library
and
information science
Presented By:
Shantha kumara, T.N
& Sachin,A.S
2nd Semester of MLISc

3. “Stock Verification”
INTRODUCTION
In olden days, the books in libraries were
kept locked in admirals and they were
preserved and not issued; consequently the
chances of their loss were very few.

4. With the advancement of time and library
movement, the concept of keeping the
books/documents locked was changed;
the documents were kept unlocked in the
library to make them available to the
readers.

5. But this open access system has led to
some problems, such as misplacement
and mutilation of books, disturbed order of
the books on the shelves and theft of the
books and other reading materials in the
library.

6. So, it became necessary to prepare
verification of books/reading materials in
the library. Thus, stock verification came
into existence for libraries.

7. STOCK VERIFICATION
The term stock verification is also denoted
by other terms as 'stock taking', 'stock
checking', 'stock inspection', 'inventory
taking’, etc.
The Stock verification is one of the main
component in a library or a library work.

8. The term stock verification refers to the
process of checking as to what is in stock in
relation to what there was. The emphasis is
being put more on finding which items are
missing than on how much is the loss
calculated in rupees. In library context, it
is the periodic verification of books and
other reading material.

9. “Need”
Stock verification is one of the component
of library management,balance the library
service and is a process of physically
counting and checking inventory in the
unit , against its book balance at least
once in a year.

10. techniques for Library Stock verifications:
There are three techniques for Library Stock
verifications
Are follows :
I. Manual library environments: Without help
of computers only staff involvement.
ii. Semi-automated library environments:
Little bit use of Machines
iii. Automated libraries: complete with the
help of Library Management Software.

11. Each library should conduct periodic Stock
Verification in order to:
1) have an up-to-date record of library holdings
2) have concrete data on rate of loss
3) assess strengths and weaknesses in the
collection
An inventory may be done at the end of the
academic year or on a continuous basis
throughout the year.

12. Reference :
Library Management
-Dr, S.R.Ranganathan
Management of Resources
-Web based information
Wikipedia ….

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