Reporter: A Brief Introduction

Reporter:A Brief Introduction John Smith Access Services Librarian Pence Law Library Washington College of Law American University

Reporter – What and Why • What? • Web based • Multi-dimensional and visually elegant reports • Data for all aspects of library operation • Why? • Ease of use • The right data at the right time • Make informed decisions and debunk myths

Not so hypothetical? • You need to cut 10% out of your materials budget. • What information would you want to take into consideration? • Let’s look at some options.

Circulation Reports

Collection Reports

Who is borrowing?

What is circulating?

What is not circulating?

What are you adding?

Where are you spending?

Caveats • Garbage in, Garbage out • Trust but verify • Not the only tool for the job

Planning for the future • Selection of multiple values on many of the filters • SCAT (call number) reporting on circulation, collection and expenditure data • Collection value report • Encore search and discovery stats • ABA Report data – maybe …

Additional Information • Reporter documentation on CSDirect: http://csdirect.iii.com/documentation/reporter.php • Reporter Listserv – contact Ken Wells (kwells @iii.com), Reporter Project Manager

Questions? John Smith jasmith@wcl.american.edu 202-274-4354

Reporter: A Brief Introduction

Reporter: A Brief Introduction

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