Fayetteville resident Qui Nidey

homeschools her children. Recently, she was asked by her homeschool group

to bring in the most indispensable item to a parent who homeschools their

children and she brought in her library card.

Nidey applauds the Fayette

County Library for their helpfulness and their service is only going to

get better. That's because the library is currently taking inventory

and when the process is done, they will have a better idea of what they

have and where it is.

The idea came from the state

and on Monday morning, Michael Imsand, Help Desk manager of PINES, the

Public Information Network for Electronic Services, was walking the library's

staff through the inventory process. Staff members will use the eight

scanners provided to the Flint River Regional Library System and scan

over 80,000 materials, one section at a time. After using the scanners,

the information is uploaded to the state computer. A report is then printed

out, detailing what the library has and what is deemed missing, providing

a correct count.

"This way the staff doesn't

spend time looking for materials they don't have," said Imsand.

gets to see how they money they have invested in the collection has been

spent. Libraries around Georgia started taking inventory via the new system

towards the end of 2003. At Imsand's last library, 42,000 materials

were scanned over the course of two days by seven scanners.

The inventory process should

be done soon and visitors won't have to worry about the library closing

its doors while it is being done.

For more information about

the Fayette County Public Library, phone 770-461-8841.