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 wag...@lincoln.library.on.ca From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Shum Sent: September-05-12 5:11 PM To: open-ils-general@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 wag...@lincoln.library.on.ca -- Benjamin Shum Open Source Software Coordinator Bibliomation, Inc. 32 Crest Road Middlebury, CT 06762 203-577-4070, ext. 113
