Collection Statistics - Summary Report

Examine the circulation, age and value statistics of your collection. With this report, users can view circulation statistics for the current day, month and year, or drill down into call number ranges for more specific details.

Note: Your district may limit the time and days when certain reports and tasks are performed. If you cannot run a report, talk to your Destiny Administrator.

To access the report:

Select Reports > Library Reports.
Under Statistics, select Collection Statistics - Summary.

Use the statistics provided on the sub-tabs of the Collection Statistics - Summary page for:

Circulation Gives an overall look at your collection statistics using a Dewey range. Circulations for today, this month, this year, and total are displayed by Dewey range. You can drill in to each Dewey range to get more detailed information. This report can also be customized.
Age Gives an overall age of your collection by Dewey range for copies that have dates within their record. Gives average age of a Dewey range. You can drill into each Dewey range to get more information that is detailed.
Value Gives an overall value of your collection by Dewey range for copies that have prices within their record. The report shows actual value for those copies with prices and creates an estimated value based on an average price for those copies without price information.
Batch Gives the district user the option to schedule the report to run at off-peak times. See District Collection Statistics by Library Report (Batch tab).

Note: If the dates, numbers and currencies are not in the correct format, the Destiny Administrator can change the regional format and currency.

From the bottom of the page, you can customize the report. Limit it by call number range(s), timeframe and/or number of circulations. For example, this setup will run a list of all copies not circulated this year. Use it to:

Track the circulation of materials in your collection that are being recommended for curriculum-specific projects
Identify sections of your collection that need to be weeded, enhanced through additional acquisition or promoted for better usage of the current resources available
Identify the value of your collection for insurance claims or budget requests, such as estimating the cost of replacing or updating a portion of your collection

Note: The Destiny Administrator must configure when the statistical year starts. This is done in Setup > Sites. Edit the district, and set the Statistical Year Starts In drop-down to the appropriate month.

After you run this report, you can remove erroneous call numbers by doing a global update (Catalog > Update Copies > Global Update). This lets you mass replace information in a field with information in that same or another field of those copies.