STATISTICS
Chapter 2. REPORTS
Weeding Report
Purpose: Provides the total number and percentage of the library’s items that have not circulated for a selected period of time.
Report Parameters:
Collections – Weeding Report Screen
- Library (drop-down menu) – determines the library for which the
report will be generated:
For Customer SuperUsers (when logged into the customer-level account for your VERSO system):
- Select the Select All checkbox to generate the report for all
libraries in your system, or, select one or more individual
libraries, as desired. A checkmark
indicates the associated library is selected. An empty checkbox
indicates the associated library is not selected. Clicking a checkbox
repeatedly will toggle it on and off. - If desired, use the Filter Libraries function to filter the
Library menu based on a term (filter) you enter. The Library menu
refreshes as you type to display only those library names that contain your
search term. Select the Select All Filtered checkbox to generate the
report for all libraries in the filtered Library menu,
or, select one or more individual libraries, as desired. A checkmark
indicates the associated library is selected. An empty checkbox
indicates the associated library is not selected. Clicking a checkbox
repeatedly will toggle it on and off.
NOTE: If there are no matches to your term (filter), the message “No Matches Found” displays.
- Select the Select All checkbox to generate the report for all
libraries in your system, or, select one or more individual
libraries, as desired. A checkmark
- Branch (drop-down menu) – determines the branch for which the report will be generated; select All Branches to generate the report for all branches for the current Library selections, or, select one or more individual branches, as desired.
NOTE: The Branch menu lists all branches defined for the current Library selection(s).
- A checkmark
- Date Range (drop-down menu) – determines the time period for which the report will be generated; select Last Year, Last 2 Years, Last 3 Years, Last 4 Years or Last 5 Years, as desired.
To view the Collections — Weeding Report:
Report data is displayed as a “pie” graph, and includes a textual summary of statistics.
- The “pie” graph shows a separate “wedge” for each collection type for the Library and Location selected during report setup. Each “wedge” shows the collection name, the total number of holdings, and the percentage of holdings associated with each collection. Total Holdings, Total Weeds, and the Percentage of weeds for all collections are shown at the bottom of the graph.
Collections – Weeding Report Graph
- The report summary provides the following information for each entry in the listing:
Collections – Weeding Report Summary
- The sequence number (#) for the Material Type
- The Material Type to which statistics apply
- The Total Items for the associated Material Type
- The total number of items that did not circulate during the specified time frame (Weeds) for the associated Material Type
- The percentage of Total Items for the associated Material Type that did not circulate during the specified time frame (Weed %)
- Grand Totals are shown at the end of the summary.