User guide

3M™ Digital Library Assistant User Guide
Overview
The 3M™ Digital Library Assistant (DLA) consists of a handheld RFID reader running
DLA software. This battery-powered portable unit offers a comprehensive set of advanced
functions that a library can use to efficiently and accurately manage its collection.
• Simplifies otherwise impractical or difficult tasks.
• Helps find data errors in circulation system records.
• Helps find errors in bibliographic records such as incorrect barcodes, call numbers and
spine labels.
• Provides a full range of functions for all libraries, including location tag processing if
used.
• Home screen displays a scrolling menu of DLA functions, which can be customized to
include only the functions used by your library. Prioritize the menu by moving most often used functions to
the top of the list. Each Home screen menu selection is listed below.
DLA Home screen menu selections
Check Shelf Order (see page 57) - Finds mis-
shelved items and graphically shows current
position and where they belong. Also provides
Goes Between information to help shelve
misshelved items.
Collect Data (see page 63) - Collects and saves
Item IDs to a memory card. After collecting data,
use 3M™ Digital Data Manager software to
import data from a memory card. Import function
creates text files to update your circulation
system.
Pull Items (see page 68) – After using Data
Manager to export pull lists to a memory card,
select a pull list and use this DLA function to
locate and pull items. Functions include pulling
items that are on hold, or weed items. Data
Manager can import pull results (items found or
not found) as text files to update your circulation
system.
Sort & Shelve (see page 73) – Use to help shelve
items by temporarily storing and shelving fine-
sorted items, fine-sorting items on a cart and then
shelving, or placing unsorted items on a cart and
Shelve Items (see page 82) – Helps you find item
shelf locations. Sounds, lights, text and graphics guide
you to the correct shelf location, which increases the
accuracy of shelving and saves the time typically
needed to inspect each call number.
Change Security (see page 85) – Scan an item and
change its security status (on/secure or off/unsecure).
Show Item Info (see page 86) – Scan an item and
display item ID and other information.
Check Location (see page 88) – Only for libraries
using location tags. Scan a location tag and an item to
check location.
Check Location+Order (see page 89) – Only for
libraries using location tags. Scan a location tag and
multiple items to check location and order.
Inventory Location (see page 90) – Only for
libraries using location tags. Scan a location tag and
all items in that location to check that location’s
inventory.
Change Battery (see page 98) – DLA goes into
“sleep” mode so you can change batteries or remove
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Check Shelf Order
Collect Data
Pull Items
Sort & Shelve
Order Collect Pull
Sort
Digital Library Assistant