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subscription to Alliance Plus Online, the Reading Program option will be
disabled.
Important:
Depending on the size of your database and the available bandwidth
of your network, the Reading Program Recon process may take
several hours. We suggest you run this process overnight.
Note:
Unlike Autorecon, if you decide to interrupt the Reading Program
Recon process, it will always start at the beginning. You do not have
the option to select your starting call number.
Preparing for a Reading Program Recon
In order to process a reading program recon, you must extract a quiz file from
Accelerated Reader or Reading Counts. It is important to have this file available
before you begin the recon.
Reading Program Recon examines all bibliographic records with a standard
number and at least one copy that contains a call number. To help you make the
most of the Reading Program Recon feature, we suggest you run the Titles
Without Copies and the Copies Without Call Numbers Reports before starting
the process. The information contained in these reports gives you the opportunity
to locate and correct any bibliographic records without copies or copies without
call numbers.
We also suggest you run the Titles Without Standard Numbers Report (see page
534) before starting the process. The information contained in this report gives
you the opportunity to locate and correct any bibliographic records without an
ISBN, ISSN, or LCCN.
Important:
Bibliographic records that do not contain a standard number or
bibliographic records that represent a temporary copy will be skipped
by this process.
Note:
To perform a Reading Program Recon for Accelerated Reader or Reading
Counts, Alliance Plus Online must be selected.
Running a Reading Program Recon
Important:
Only one workstation can access the Alliance Plus module at a time. If
you attempt to start Alliance Plus while the application is running at
another workstation, you receive a warning message.
Before starting Reading Program Recon, make sure no one is adding, updating,
or importing bibliographic records into the library database. This reduces the
likelihood that Alliance Plus will encounter any problems during the process and
ensures that the application checks every bibliographic record in the library
database.