[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Circulation stats

[James Wagner]

Ben:

 

Thank you for your  response. Your answers will help me design reports
to get the information my staff wants.

 

 

James Wagner

Technical Services Co-ordinator

Lincoln Public Library

Vineland, Ontario

905-563-2799 ext 216

wagner at lincoln.library.on.ca

 

 

 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Ben Shum
Sent: September-05-12 5:11 PM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Circulation stats

 

Seems to me it depends on how your reports retrieve data from Evergreen.
In the circulation table, Evergreen records the library where the item
was circulated from (the "lending branch") but you can also retrieve
either the item's circulating library or item's volume's owning library
(usually equivalent to the "owning branch").

So you could conceivably create a report to show circulations either
from the circulating library or the owning library.  In our consortium,
we write both forms of the report so that libraries can see the amount
of circulations done at their site, but also for their items via other
sites.

As for the renew question, it depends on how you've configured
Evergreen.  By default, I believe OPAC renewals will use the home
library of the patron to define where the circulation occurs.  This can
be changed to instead use the original circulating library where the
item began its journey.

With desk renewals (i.e. renewing using the staff client), it'll use
apply the circulating library to be the library where the workstation is
registered.  Someday I hope to have options here to force renewals to
follow the originating library as well.

-- Ben



On 09/05/2012 04:51 PM, James Wagner wrote:

	We were wondering how Evergreen records circulation stats. If an
item is sent from one branch to another for a patron to sign out, does
Evergreen record the check out as a statistic for the lending branch or
the owning branch? When the item is renewed, which branch gets the stat?


	 

	James Wagner

	Technical Services Co-ordinator

	Lincoln Public Library

	Vineland, Ontario

	905-563-2799 ext 216

	wagner at lincoln.library.on.ca

	 





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Benjamin Shum
Open Source Software Coordinator
Bibliomation, Inc.
32 Crest Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
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