User guide
Table Of Contents
- 3M™ Digital Library Assistant Software License
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Staff-level setup options
- Setting general options
- Adjusting the sound volume
- Changing the item width setting
- Selecting a language
- Changing the Reader Timeout setting
- Changing the Items Order Right-to-left setting
- Enabling Check Shelf alerts
- Enabling Backgound inventory
- Changing the Verify setting
- Changing the Time and Date settings
- Setting screen contrast
- Setting screen alignment
- Setting the find function default prefix
- Using the Setup Lists screen
- Administrator level setup options
- Accessing the Admin menu
- Using the administrator setup options
- Tag Data Format option (Model 803/804)
- TDFM Status option (Model 803/804)
- End Admin Mode option
- Shelf reading basics
- Straightening the shelf
- Aligning the antenna
- Adjusting the antenna
- Separating the tags from metal
- Practice exercise
- Managing the DLA work flow
- Customizing the DLA item display information
- Performing tasks
- Preparing the DLA for user
- Battery management
- Common DLA tasks
- Selecting DLA functions
- Using the Change Battery function
- Using display lists
- Saving Item IDs to the memory card
- Using the DLA trigger lock
- Using the Background Inventory function
- Using the screen light option (Handheld Model 702 and Model 802 only)
- Using the Verify option
- Quick access to Volume, Change Battery, About DLA (Model 803/804 only)
- Task quick reference guides
- Using the Check Shelf Order function
- Using the Collect Data function
- Using the Pull Items function
- Using the DLA to locate and pull items
- Using the Sort-and-shelve function
- Using the Find Items function
- Using the Search for Items function
- Using the Shelve Items function
- Using the Change Security function
- Using the Show Item Info function
- Only for libraries using location tags
- Using the Check Location function
- Using the Check Location+Order function
- Using the Inventory Location function
- Troubleshooting
- DLA staff training
- Warranty
- 3M Service
3M™ Digital Library Assistant User Guide
Using the Check Shelf Order function
Most sites use the Check Shelf Order function on a daily basis. This function is a good choice for training
because it combines most of the DLA “best practices.”
1. Shelf-reading basics (demo once and then have students start)
a) Speed of scanning shelves
b) Antenna positioning for shelves
c) Trigger operation – both click on/off and standard operation
d) Meaning of pacing sound and green LED
e) Separation from metal
f) “Not in database errors” can occur if you use the DLA to read items that are not on any of the shelf-
order lists that you exported to the memory card.
2. Finding misshelved items
3. Finding search items (missing items, etc.)
All search lists are active at startup.
Use Setup Lists screen to examine and/or deactivate search lists.
It may be useful to create a search list just for training. This list should include items that are shelved in
the area where you will be training.
4. Checkshelf alerts (easy to create and demo)
5. Finding catalog errors – useful to demonstrate if you can find one.
• If the DLA flags a misshelved item that appears to be shelved correctly, look for discrepancies between
the call number on the spine label and the call number from the circulation system data (usually
displayed on the DLA). If they are different, there may be a problem with the circulation data or the
label.
• If a catalog error (missing barcode, wrong collection code, etc.) causes a record to not be exported in a
shelf-order list, the DLA will display the “”not in database” message if it reads this item. To minimize
this, always check the export log and correct any catalog errors.
6. Defining the Item Width setting
• Change for very thin or very thick books
• Can cause excessive errors or reduced accuracy
7. Using the volume control for audible tones
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