167 OM AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE !DRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFT S ABSTRACT D -001_ VISONE Luckey,.Jacgueline The \placer Media Elam ement System 'Using tke Computer in the-Sisal Ills Libra y. Placer County Office of EdUcation Auburn, Calif. 78 81p.; Best copy available HF-$0.83 Plus.Postagi. HC Wet Available froulDRS. - Catalogs; Computer Programs; *Ccmpntersv Electronic Equipment; *Film Libraries; Illustratiopef Instructional media; *Hanagemint Systems; Records (Forms); SUblect Index Terms Inquiry Codes; *Placer Media Management System Projections In describing this media maragement system, which eurren serves 84 public schools (K-12) in four rural fcunties east of SA a ento, this report suggests that the computer is \a practical solution for film libraries trying to keep pace with increased use' while not reducing their expenditures for purchasing and repairing film stock., The major ,parts of the description include the creation of its. film catalog, film booking procedures s-and computer programs, emuipment (present and future), and a five-year pro jectior (1978-1983). Also discUssed are the main entry and/or record size, the alliance of the system with the computer department, the potential for interfacing with the system, ether eomputerized film booking operations, and the secrets of financing this covputerized management system. Appendices present input worksheets, the "subject headings used, the system's media catalogs,-various examples of ICR (input, confirmation, and rejection) reports, and ether data sheets (JD) *************** * ** *** oductions supplied by EDRS Ar from the origins ********************* ******* *#* *# *1041****# the best that can be made decument. ***************************** *
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AUTHORTITLE
INSTITUTIONPUB DATENOTE
!DRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS
IDENTIFT S
ABSTRACT
D -001_ VISONE
Luckey,.JacguelineThe \placer Media Elam ement System 'Using tkeComputer in the-Sisal Ills Libra y.Placer County Office of EdUcation Auburn, Calif.7881p.; Best copy available
HF-$0.83 Plus.Postagi. HC Wet Available froulDRS. -
Catalogs; Computer Programs; *Ccmpntersv ElectronicEquipment; *Film Libraries; IllustratiopefInstructional media; *Hanagemint Systems; Records(Forms); SUblect Index TermsInquiry Codes; *Placer Media Management SystemProjections
In describing this media maragement system, whicheurren serves 84 public schools (K-12) in four rural fcunties eastof SA a ento, this report suggests that the computer is \a practicalsolution for film libraries trying to keep pace with increased use'while not reducing their expenditures for purchasing and repairingfilm stock., The major ,parts of the description include the creationof its. film catalog, film booking procedures s-and computer programs,emuipment (present and future), and a five-year pro jectior(1978-1983). Also discUssed are the main entry and/or record size,the alliance of the system with the computer department, thepotential for interfacing with the system, ether eomputerized filmbooking operations, and the secrets of financing this covputerizedmanagement system. Appendices present input worksheets, the "subjectheadings used, the system's media catalogs,-various examples of ICR(input, confirmation, and rejection) reports, and ether data sheets(JD)
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from the origins********************* *******
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Don E. Dahl, Deputy SuperintendentBill 1Vtiller, Data Processing...SupervisorRcin rry, Progra riseChris i P ailing,_ Pr gra riserBarba 2 -Benty, Co er'OperatorDonn l Williams, Machine Operator II.Laur e POwers, Machine Operator
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MATION CENTER (ERIC) AND
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BACKGROUND .
rim PLACER MEDIA A-KANAGE NT ,SYSTEM
THE MAIN ENTRY AND/OR RECORD SIZE,
1
2
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THE FIRST PROGRAM: THE FILM CATALOG-- 4Subject Headings-.
The-Educational Film Center, as a unit of the Placer County Office
of Education in Auburn, California, currently serves 84 public schools
(X-12) in four rural counties east of SatiAmento. It operates under a
joint powers agreement with Nevada, ,Sierra and Alpine counties. It has
a,separate agreement to exchange highSchool films with film libraries
In El Dorado, Abador and Calaveras counties to serve high schools.
The potential number of teacher borrowers is approximately 1;500 fqr
the counties of Placer, Nevada, Sierra and Alpine. In ordeeto keep the
file sizeas small-as possible, not all teacher's names are entered, just
th- ose who actually do borrow, or about 1,30&.
The original file for film titles was estimated to be about 2,500
entries, but has increased to about 4,500 due to,dupliCate'copies, the
ne ed to supply books that accompany children's literature films, and the
need to inventory three-dimensional modelsAnd a-v hardware for loans and
insurance purposes.
The origin of the Placer County Office media collection began about
1953, when state funding made possible the establishment of a large re-
gional collection of library books, media (including a-v equip-
ment, repair services, and'professional and clerical staffing to'serve
public school students. Federal funding beginning with NDEA Title III in
1958,. and with ESEA Title 1965, made possible the enlargement of
the materials bane even with the Increase in student population. State
funds dried up In 1964::5. Districts had been contributing only a small
portion to this service, and were unwilling to.replace the entire amount
needed when federal funds were being diminished in the late 1960's.
When the impact of increased labor costs and inflation in cost of
materiald was put with the lessened funding base, county office media
collections throughout California began collapsing. Again and again the
lbw Goat items ( hildren's books, filmstrips, record study'printe)' wewere
placed in schools, and staff was reduced in county 0 Mee. The demise of
such a major service caused serious thinking to occur,about the continuance
of regional ?r county-wide 16mm film collections.. Districts began in-
creasin contributioua -- but invariably staff salary /reases and in-
creased purchase costs chewed into and exceeded the increased contribu-
tiou, When schogl population/4 and film use ascended;, and labor was
needed to supplpservice to them, it was rapidly seen that one new em7-
ployee's salary and benefit package could drastically reduce the funds
available for purchasing and repairing film stock.
The problems of keeping a film collection and serving an increased
audience had to be examined. The bulk of tasks in a film- library are
repetitiVe, monotonous, and can be readily time- studied. So growth of
clerical staffing can be projected. Some tasks may be unnecessary and
eliminated, and some staff may be 'fbatherbedding,!_but when these items
have been halted, staff will have to increase as circulation services
iacrese, if teaks are done manually. The computer can allow an escape
from this truism_-- at least f while. Therefore, if a new employee
would consume a $10,00Csalar outlay why not consider what $10,000
could purchase in computer development to perhaps halt future additional
'staff growth.
The placer Media Mona =ement S stem
The only computer around the Placer County Office of Education'in
1968 was a fairly new one, an NCR 100, replacing financial postinens-,
chines checkwriters, ledger cards in boats,:etc. It had a 16k capacity
(we now have a 32k capacity). it .could uee(Papericard stock of various.
sizesand.carbdas. It was 300 baud to'keep on ice- pensive phone lines,
and to make, alowance for the unknown quality f many-yeAr-oldjhone
lines and diverse small phone companies criss - crossing the mountain area
of these rural counties.. (Baud.is a unit of nerdot per second used in-
measuringthe speed of signaling in telegrap ic'code.)
When a programmer and a data console o erator began work there was
so much to do in the business. office they ere-swamped for two years
Staff was added mQ who able to clear up the excess work, and when
they appeared "ready for another task, that's:when they were contacted.
about putting the-film,catalog data into the computer. They agreed that/ ;
I
when the catalog was in a brand -new issue; that was the time to input it
on to a computer- tape.' (The-reader cap see right here that the key-
punch card was out-of-date.)
The Main Entr and or.kecord Size
This is the crux of'yOur,planning. You haye to put Into thcompUt-1
er everything you Iexpect to ever get back to you on a printed form. The
programmer will say he has a 'record length' of 180 digits or some _umber;
you begin using these digiti up, with 47 or io for title, 6 for each
iobject heading, etc. The annotation and the vendor information will
take you well past the first 180, the second 180, andinto the third 180.
We determined, to'keep the bulk of the finished'catalog'within reason, to(._
limit the annotation t five lines. A'sample of the 'mein entry we ended
with, and have bOnsaAsfied with for five years is shown in APPENDIX A,
page AA, (buff)`. ThO4st Record listing is= illustrated on page 3a.
WIattbd'libraryliorld calls 'main entry,' the programmer calls
'first' record,' so hens* forth the words will be used interchangeably.
The 1st re'ct5tdsize is such that it can be used for library books,and
small media, too; so readers should notexclude-thaiVOsibility. The
'main entry' contains fields (empty splices, for you initiates) for:-
o 6 numbers which alphabetize the item,
o a ldtter to denote which county film library has the
item,
a letter to al w 'restriction' to certain borr -ers,
6 numbers to give the 'call number,'
o a number to give copy number,
o a number to give -'hew many items make up
(as 2 reels, or 4 filmstrips),
o 6 fields of subject nu _rs each is 6 digits long.These -are further co - (see SUBJECT HEADINGS),
o 3 numbers for time, 1 letter for color, 2 numbersfor production date (last two digits of year),
o a title line, 49 characters long,o 5 lines of annotation, each 47 characters long,
o 4 numbers for Purchase Order detail,o ,6 letters for Vendor name,o 4 numbers for Cost of item,o 4 numbers for Month/year of purchase,o and several other fields which are being reexaminep.
Originally planned to show teplaceMent/repaircosts, damage count etc., these.have not beenmeaningful. Plans now call for noting a) pur
chased under special funding (as 92-142), or b)
ESEA Title IV-B (and thus available to parochialschools), . c) latent-edge numbered items, and ,dvideo-taping rights were purchased, etc.'
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From thin main entry the computer can take'any o
(assuming you would want to have programming done fear
into an array. !runts requested to dRte include:
alpha lint elf title (sorted by a number (computernumber), true to the untinable Ow arrangement whenrnmputerm do their own alphabetizing And come to.commas, apoRtropheR, &Wien, .),
tl number lint of call numbers,o nu beg list of call nuabstat showing all COpieff,
taking Rhelf-rack inventory,IA lint, sorted by whiCh county .film lihrnry hOlds
the title,
number list, sorted by which county tilm llhra'ryholds the title,
6 n mher lint of production dates (our' holdings relevant to ehool Roblectn).-
Amber list of subject heads,o number list of mnhject (heads, telrprd by first digit
code .(ore SUBJECT HEADINGS).o alpha lint showing every field
report),
a117titimber list showing eve=n field.list, sh lwin} all copies with co'at, vendor.
date of purchase,summary report of t.ptill number tit items in the
library and the total do,llar Investment.
e above field[,
and mart it
(called FIRST RECORD
Thy First ProzTam: ills I'il'm
Once the fields and record length
[lm center employee (who was not a
the? lot record Were
/lined typist, not-with any
interest in cbmptitersYbegtm typing the catalog onto the console (a type-
writer t .1 what ked like a 7-inch audio tnpu Instead of wiper).
ThAt tape wnm then 4numitted, at high spocd, into the computer and enfld
up dr47"-park. Tido dim( wain putch ' ) aatic1 the t ter
by titer film eel They willho d dal;l. for many yeartm The tape IF
wied caves and over, wh-roam thy dImc to updatt.d In spottm
InH rt fog new 111m (notchloth. d let hig il'144, awl ho
computer to sort on the Control Number (which a phabetizes it). and then
snh-sort on t he lirt dl ;ft in tho subject ht.inlin Field 'tsyi, ;-1'll.I
HEADIN(:S), h)};:1 can he xenerm t I tor varl- 1 levoin, or fm--
inter-county ns.
Subject hendin s. Thy [fold 14-)1- ono :4(00o'c head Ag is six di
ng. The first digit is assigned to ho the ono which triggers Hit! verfon
the catalog in w111r11 the i lim gets printed. A '1' got4 assigned ;1()
K-8 catalog, a '2' g K-8 and 9-1- atnt-- gotm
printed in only the
andj:alaveras im
The next two
1 catalog. The agreement with El Dorado, Amador
the loan of only high school Wi s.
its trigger a new heading to appear on the tut ;fen-
.ter of the page. rhla notek major chapter' hreakdownn in the hoh)Oet
mo'c trin of the rr talog. The next two digits n d the Auh-topics along.
the margin, ndee films 'nr listed. The foal digit allows
nppnrttttlity ftir varfefus clue These rata be At pd by referrIng tAPPFMTX As. page O.. (pink) .
A partial 1 iift of all auh headings ly in une In mil In
APPEND X 8, page PA. We: tuned # milk MAMMiVP Input_ Ayntem to get all stih-
/errs t'ietl clown
In hots included: )6 awhit
huff),,
11-ater7enunty f t 110!-I. An M( ltitietl earlier, thy I 1 m t Ibrar fen
Amador. Cal Ave run on r1 El Dorado ciiunty of f Ire
met 1 me ti
held by Placer. In t 1 vent-I the cull-number
FIPPrnPr ilrh titles. A sample of- that form
la nhoWt iIn APPENDIX A,' _pa
4econdary-level fIlmn vita Plse
to he
mit icin share their
f I lmn chip P titles
these h( IdInga ne
and nerd to he extracted onto the mant.er for' print fug ts'li
secondAry r- (dog. The input sthrrt
gx et The med la co I(
rthnwti in APPENDIX Ii, pow-
ont-of-date
to allow
input
prog drat
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hewn in APPENDIY pnAr A17.
Nr vhnwing these i n t e t c ty I I Im
Inn. Yearly. slat f )(Amines the I tint collec I or
ntent, and low usage yilma removed from t he co 1 lee t t on
in the rarkn for new Items. Only seven digits need to he
1mnntvr to remove all trrice of the film out of the cat:
IL of the honk tug
tge -nutty).
Audit rout in Thy progt-aamk wt
.11talog. The omput -will cheek.
tit them have been 1('1"a 41Mpty. ft1.14111 Pumr ut thin f 11HI n
.1t f o mine and mm.1 led Th1
ipot qheet Is ohown In
Ilny anc11 ill I tifri Into1111) er- f. (1;) and ti ;111
posnthil y of a fil
catalog. httt not In fl
r) eliminates the
afinntatd section of
styli 1 t icated awatcfi
in any school catalog,
in thts case you dellhera
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-tny c l n 1 t a log hot i t : 1irltttecl on a LI,
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in-hoo reports for shelf inventor ven o n cost insurAcepolicies,
etc..).
Another siulit routine rhecki the annotation,-fiel,d, and if one has
not been entered, the noth ion:NO ANNOTATION" is printed in its place.
When editing the annotated section prior to having masters printed for
the press,- ,these lines are noted and annotati .e'preparedyhenever
possible._A
Printing the catsJog arasters. Once the. da in, and masters for
the printing rooS(were ppasible, took only 5 minutes for a 200-age,
catalog of mastat*.to'be printed), there wafrno,wityto stop dreaming
about what other wonders the computer could do for the film center: To
compare : the task of hand typing such a catalog,would take weeks, and be
riddled with transposed call numbers, dropped :lines, film& listed in rice
subject eategorien see APPENDIX B, pages BC and BD.:
The catalog printing program allowed print-
lug data onto formats other than just,.a paper list.
Self- adhesive labels, wi,h permanent sticking ability, were printed
for each film can lid. The 1 repented the full, title, order number,
.annotation, producer, time', production date. and grade,lewl (all of
which are also printed in the catalog); it'proved.to be very valuable in
:towering questions at the ,,olaer, and in informing teachers as to the -
fflm's co tent when a,can had no descriptive. matter from'the producer, or
had the can bent an badly it wa n repriced sample is' below.
T;-_-.;4. APPEND' A, Al', the hip sheet for can -Aid labels.
Printing wheeldex 'cards. Using the= same data di for the catalog-and
labels, and using card stock from the Wheeldex Company with computer-drive
(holes) edges perforated-along the right and ,left edge, Wheeldexcards
were printed with the full annotation data. This was valuable in allowing
staff to know a film's content, and time and grade level, without having
u spend hours typing such data on cards. This card was rubber stamped
to allow the recording of number of copies owned, and annual circulation.
A sample is illustrated below. See input she(gtiri APPENDIX A, AG, (buff).
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The Second Pro Film Bookie
if all the titles were'in and all the call numbers, wouldn't that be
a lot of data that could be matched up with schools and teacher names --
if a booking program-were available? No repeating of the titles would
have to be done; just enter the eighty-four schools, the 1500-teachers
and RICHIr And by Jove, there is-a NCR booking program just a $50
plane fare Away.
A day's trip for tht programmer, his bw;fl, and the author brought
them face to face with a modest film bookfuy, pfogram, written in the
desired language NEAT ITT), and run on gim!lal equipment. Their program
and tapes were obtained free, in exchange for a finance program of Placer's.
Because they were not complex, nor atuned to third or fourth generation
equipment, nor using terminals iv off-site buildings, the programs were not
usable. The programmer's summer vacation through Oregon, and a days per
diem to stop by OTIS (Oregon's Total Information System) brought tack a
goal. A,$50 investment obtained their programs, with language in some-
thing unusuable. A swap of work with another programmer brought a vague
translation -- and two years later serious results were on a trial piece
of paper,
The original planning looked to the future -- of using light pens to
films back in to the library, of off-site terminals, of additional
small-county inter-library loans and union catalog needs; of changing
delivery schedule annually; of changing length of loan periods (1 day to
14 at present); creating innumerable documents for governing board
rel orting; for maintaining history files of loan activities and allowing
-line inquiry into innumberable sub-programs; of security systems to
give only valid inquirers access into managementlprograms. Also, input
from computer and curriculum personnel and the author considered:
the ability to print via terminal, fa a small localprinter, and at the main computer, as report length,and paper forMat dictate;
The
the capacity to use opscan forms direc om teacher(bypass labor needs at film center);
that horizons may call for servin)' in for colleges,parochial schools, and/or part i c i I; -tie in large
multi-agency loan agreements;;
t he pot out 1 ; 1 1 I or pupal se 1 l
mat tsr ls;
learning
the ability to lultut holdings other l.ihrirks (asthe collections of El -rado, Amador and Calaveras,which arc listed in the printed catalog, and appearin some inquiry programs, even though the bookingoperation Is not presently conducted on films fromother libraries. If those libraries so_ desired,however, it would be a simple matter to open theirtilm titles to the hooking program, and a terminalat their sites would allow all to use the datm base,and tiro programs of the PMMS. The field lengths ofthe main entries, the call numbers, and the subject.headings have cou'aiiie rt'ci this possibility.)
computer COO loaded down with linirncinI volume to Id the !Jim
booking work, so the Educational Film Center staff prepared input sheets
with school names, teacher names, delivery day-schedules, route sequences,
etc., and during some weeks the computer staff found an hour to get it on
to tape and disc. See APPENDIX A, page AH, (pink), and APPENDIX B, pages
BE and BF. Input for number of copies of each title owned, and vendor
cost, was made.
There was at least a year delay, and no known date was stated for
resolution. A major confab of the programmer, his boss, the author and
her boss brought about a new appreciation -- the programming of the calen-
dar and how it would function was stymieing the programmer. It was agreed
to contact an expert, to foot a $200 or so consultation; this got us roll
ing, and booking began.
A parallel manual operation was planned, work steps were PERTed, but
somehow we couldn't figure out how to locate the labor to.get all the data
that. was captured on the Wheeldex system on to the computer, and still
operate our daily runs and shipments. The decision was made to just begin
in March -- and we did. When the manual system said to ship this, and the
computer said to ship it Somewhere else, we-followed the manual-system.
We looked forward to the beginning of June and the end of school, for we
knewwecouldgetonthesametra4if_wOcould get the computer_to have
all the teacher requests. The NarchsJune experience allowed us to see the
accuracy cif the programs, the printing of labels, of delivery reports, of
overdue reports, etc. -- and to find out the labor that was needed for the
new system.
By August, 977, we had input our new purchases, deleted old items, .
run masters, printed new catalogs, signed up new borrowers, and begun a
new school:year totally on computer.
Ordering a film. The programmer developed a sample order form out
lining the data that would he needed to activate the booking process. It
felt it, would be similar to an opscan order sheet when'we would be
switching to that and that training of teachers would be a simple task.
A copy of the ordercirm, the MEDIA BOOKING WORKSHEET can be found on the
next page.
Many meet ngs werelield to train one person at each site 'Attendance
was voluntary and sporatic. Trip made to locations throughout the
several countiws to train, plead, answer inquiries, etc. Staff the
film center did massive editing of they rksheets. After more training
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session and re urning all worksheets to teachers haze them scan the
correct ns jus I as they expect their students to co) to proMpt them to
improve; wl fin lly halted .editing -- to let them get the built-in. re-
gponses that they had used a weekend date, or a holiday, or a wrong film/
'number, or a g school n mber- etc.
Frustra was high --Vbut_somewhat successful, Staff returned to
editing sheets aral contemplates. another weaning period immediately.
The data n each sheet is typed at the terminal onto a cassette tape,
diately on to he paper scroll on the terminal. This is a terminal,
later sent via phone 6 the Outer and, he answers get pumped outimme-
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casetteTransport
Controllralicato.
Panel
ControlPad
ThermalPrinter'
Cabinet
Optional SecondCassette Transport
AlphanumericKeyboard
The on-line time to send the and get the responses is about
7 seconds per film requested. The computer has so much activity going
on it that we are not currently on-line for many hours a day, By fall
1978, with the computer update that is pyipned, we will be on-lint much
more.
Ordering a film and a book. A small number of children's picture
books have been filmed directly from the pages. -These books are Usually
the outstanding award winners for the year (the Caldecott Award). Due' to
the quality of these books, and their sizeable motivation in the early.
grades in interestj.ng children in, reading, or in seeing that tales can be
put on paper with words these books have been greatly used in schools. -
Now that films are available it-is possible for a teacher to interest an
atire class in wanting.to read,-orto repeat through reading, the lovely
13,experience. The Eduptional Film Center has made it a practice when
4 put-Chasing such a -film, td also purchase several books that match it, and
to ship both to a teacher. ,Originally the teacher needed to make two
separate orders. to receive both. Now, a computer program will automatically
schedule the book, when'the film is ordered.
The individual confirmation card to the teacher for the book carries
the note 'AUTO BOOKING.'
Inquiry programs. The prograMmer has created many inquiry programs
for use on-line, to locate answers to phone and walk-in traffic. To ob-
tain access -to one of these programs requires three keys be depressed on
the terminal's_keyboard, usually mnemonic to 'the topic of interest. Typing
MBK, for 'media booking,`_ keyboard,' allows a film to be booked instantly.
the program 3-letter codes, the input requested -(usually the i m's call
number or a:date, or a school, and teacher number), and the lc uter's
instant `response on to the paper scroll are demonstrated on the following
five pages.
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''MBK
MBKN
MBT
MBTM
MAV
MBA
MCD'
MOC
MTA
MSB
MVC
MRT
CMD
(SPECIAL)
Samples ofinto the toscroll of ton cathode-
INQUIRY CODES
Media Booking Keyboard Input
Media Booking Keyboard Input (Modified)
Media Booking Tape Cassette ut .[No sample given]
Media Booking Tape Cassette Input (Modified)
Availability Code -Climes, and ListingMedia
MediaAllAll
Bdoking Activityeepies or. specific copy-dates or specific beg-end date
Media Calendar DisplayDisplays available and non-available daysAll months oispecified. beg-end month-yr
Media Other CountiesPCOE copies availableil
Other counties/media no. if available.
Media Title and Annotation
Media Subject Numbers
Media Vendor and Cost (Purchase dates) [Will also showlatent -edge numbering and or video-tape rights]
Media Returhs TapeProvides a;"Returns" tape cassette for EFC
Conversational .Mode with Central Data Processing Operator
Performs Special Media Booking for last minute requests.(By-passing normal two-day lead time for booking, thusfilm staff is responsible for manually creating DeliveryLabels, noting on Delivery Report, etc.)
these inquiry programs (the key strokes the filmrstaff typesrminal are underlined), as they are printed out on the paperhe terminal, follow this page. These-pzuld also be printedray tube, and save the expense of the thermal paper.
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