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Custom Reports and Files Created by Blob Searches on MARC Records. … and other VRS added features. GUGM May 17, 2007 Presenter: G. Randall Cravey, Coordinator GIL Service Site @ Georgia State University rcravey@gsu.edu. Voyager Reporting System: Design Overview. Workstation Application.
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Custom Reports and Files Created by Blob Searches on MARC Records … and other VRS added features GUGM May 17, 2007 Presenter: G. Randall Cravey, Coordinator GIL Service Site @ Georgia State University rcravey@gsu.edu
Voyager Reporting System: Design Overview Workstation Application
Acquisitions Reports 7 report options that include • Titles on Order • Titles by Line Item Status • Donor List • Requestor List • Requestor Notice • Item Expenditures • Titles by User Fund
Circulation Reports • 26 report options covering • statistics; • charges, fines and status; and • patron information
Cataloging Reports • 29 report options that provide information on • collection size, • distribution, and • content.
Cataloging Reports (continued) Reports of specific interest in this session
Cataloging Reports (continued) Why distinguish between Keyword Selections and Blob Search? Keyword Selectionsis based on the content of the Bib_Index table. (supports left-anchor searching) Blob Search is based on the content of the Bib_Data and the MFHD_Data tables. (contain full MARC records) ** The Voyager Keyword Index is maintained outside the boundaries of the Oracle DB and is not accessible through the ODBC connection.
Example Bib_Data Entries Example MFHD_Data Entries
Features of the Two Search Options • Keyword Selections • Predefined Voyager Access Points • VRS Advanced Filters • Maximum Number of Output Choices • Blob Search • Search Bib or Holdings Records • Access to All Tagged Data • Field Independence
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Search for: Korea* /or/ japan* china /or/ chinese Field: 245
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Qualify using Advanced Selections
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Assign a type of Filter
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Select the specific Filters
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Assign additional Filter types or submit the search
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) • Choose to display counts by: • Location • Language • Medium • Form of Material • Type of Record
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Transcribe counts, redistribute by different group or print the report
KeywordSelections (subject specialty count) Printed report
KeywordSelections (simple search) Field: 245 Search for: folk* /and/ songs
KeywordSelections (Excel spreadsheet – based on content of MS Access tables)
KeywordSelections (MARC output specifications) Additional search qualification is optional.
GIL Library-File Utility The utility is called by the VRS Build command; it starts and stops automatically Used to format Full MARC output
KeywordSelections (Full MARC Print Output) Text-file display using Notepad
KeywordSelections (MARC output specifications) Screen Display with Interleaved Blobs
KeywordSelections (MARC output specifications) • In a Blob Search Field Tag textbox, the search results can be refined further by using embedded subfield symbols: • minus (-) : specifies subfield is missing or not found ex.: 245-b = 245-Field, $b missing • plus (+) : specifies subfield is included or found ex.: 245+h = 245-Field, $h included
KeywordSelections (Excel Interleaved Output) Specify Excel output fields Filter on “sound recording”, 245-Field
KeywordSelections (Interleaved Excel Spreadsheet : sound recording)
Blob Search - Direct • Search entire record for: • song* /OR/ poetry AND • birds /OR/ prose Tag “000a” will default to searching entire Blob
poetry, prose song*, bird
Blob Search - Direct Output Bib Fields 001, 245, and 856 Search 856-Field for “http”