We are actually right in the middle of a massive weeding project here
at UTC, and my Web Tech librarian, Andrea Schurr (whom some of you
probably met at C4L this year) built a really cool system to handle
it. We aren't using ajax (although I argued for it, she talked me out
of it). However, our project necessitates feedback from subject
faculty, so it has the ability to allow for the Chemistry faculty, for
example, to review the discard list, mark items to keep, and that list
is then further reviewed by Library liaisons to make sure the faculty
aren't just telling us to keep everything. :-)

It's all pre-populated with our bib data. She's on vacation this week,
but the plan is to open-source the setup asap. If anyone is
interested, drop me a line and I'll make sure and let you know when we
get it up.

Jason


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Ken Irwin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> AJAX for slickness and ease of use. We could do form html, but I'd prefer something that's updated in real time.
>
> As for the scanner -- my plan was to pre-populate the database from our OPAC, so we won't need to scan each book individually.)
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Caroline
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ajaxy CRUD / weeding helper
>
> Why ajax! just a plain html form
> and add a barcode scanner, to pick that books data from the db
>
> Scan shelf, scan contents, you now have updated list of contents and
> books gone awol
>
> jump to updating page
> scan book, update, rinse repeat
>
>
>
> Dave Caroline
>