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Category Archives: Reports
Track Your Item Loading Count
** See past blog posts at www.infosolve.co.za/blog. No login required except for downloads ** This post describes a non-standard report that shows the number of items loaded per staffmember. It also gives a breakdown by Stats Code so that you … Continue reading
Track Your Cataloguer Productivity
** See past blog posts at www.infosolve.co.za/blog. No login required except for downloads ** Here is a report template that will give a count by operator (i.e. cataloguer) of the number of titles catalogued over a specific time period. It … Continue reading
Weed Report
This post describes a non-standard report for listing items you want to weed or discard. It does this by listing items with a Process Code of WEED, DISCARD or similar. It shows the process date, item details, total value, total … Continue reading
System Maintenance 2 : Clean-Up of Scheduled Reports
It is necessary to check your scheduled reports in the RepPrintProgress screen in order to ensure the smooth running of reports. If for some reason a report does not get generated and it remains in the print queue, it … Continue reading
New ‘Where’ Search Training Guide
‘Where’ searches in Amlib enable you to search in almost endless combinations in the Borrower and Stockitem modules. This new ‘Where’ search guide covers a lot of ground. It explains: how to create Where searches in the Borrower and … Continue reading
Posted in Borrower, Reports, Stockitems
Tagged borrower, reports, searching, statistics, stockitem, where searches
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Tracking Stockitem Usage for Collection Management Purposes
An essential part of collection management is analysing the use of your stock. A previous blog post looked at tracking high-usage items, but this post will tell you how to track usage generally. Two guides are available, each … Continue reading
How to Monitor Fines or Fees That Have Been Waived
Waiving of fines is a delicate matter; some libraries allow it and some don’t. If it is allowed, it can sometimes be abused, so it’s a good idea for a supervisor to have a way of monitoring what is going on. … Continue reading
Audit Tracking Within Amlib
Amlib keeps audit information in different ways. Not only does it keep audit trails of who has worked on a record (e.g. who last edited a specific catalogue record), but there are audit reports that list stockitems, authorities and borrowers that have been … Continue reading
Posted in Authorities, Borrower, Reports, Stockitems
Tagged audits, authorities, borrowers, items, reports, statistics
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Export Amlib Data in Excel Format
OCLC has an excellent guide on how to export Amlib data in a CSV format that can be read by Excel and other programs, where the data can be further manipulated, including adding graphs for statistical reporting. Libraries are finding … Continue reading
FAQ Videos on OCLC Content Portal
If you log into the OCLC Content Portal and open Frequently Asked Questions, Amlib FAQs – Videos, you will find useful video clips of some of Amlib’s features, including how to load a new report and how to do stocktakes … Continue reading
Posted in Reports, Stocktaking/Inventory Control
Tagged customer portal, faq, OCLC, reports, stocktaking, videos
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