[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Weeding Report

[Rebecca Larocque]

Good afternoon all,

This subject has come up from time to time, and the response has been vague.  What I'm looking for is suggestions on how to create weeding reports, to see how other libraries are doing it, what filters to use, etc.

Currently, we're still on 2.0.7, and the report I wrote filters on the following:

*         Organization ID

*         Total Circulation Count (with the operator set to "Less than or equal to") - we've been on the system for almost a year, so anything that hasn't circulated 10 times (or less than once a month) can go

*         Circulation Modifier code (with the operator set to "In List") - because I want to weed certain AV collections

The results aren't that great:

*         I'm getting far fewer results than I'm expecting (i.e. the VHS video collection is lightly used, and considering that a big chunk of it is in storage and never go out, I should be getting all of them but I don't.  Ditto the Talking Book on Cassette collection.)

*         It's picking up material with other circ modifiers.

Can anyone offer suggestions, pointers, corrections and whatnot?

Thanks,
Rebecca

Rebecca Larocque, BA (Hons), MLIS
Head of Information Services
North Bay Public Library
271 Worthington St. E, North Bay ON
P1B 1H1
Phone: (705) 474-4830 x2821
Fax: (705) 495-4010
http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca/library

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