A new report is now available which shows users the average age of their collection. This report is a useful tool for libraries looking to keep their print material up-to-date respective to their individual collections. The report may be run on the entire catalog, or a find set can be defined to view the average age of a specific subject or catalog type. When run, results will display the total catalog records reported on, how many records contained a year in their publication field, and the average age of the collection.
To access the report, log in to your LibraryWorld account and access your library's page. Click
Reports->Average Age of Collection Report (located in 'Other Reports').
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| Location of Avg. Age of Collection Report |
If you would like run the report for a specifc find set, be sure to define that find set by executing a search on your main page before navigating to the Reports page. NOTE: this is a batch report which touches every catalog record. Please be patient as this type of report takes longer to run than most reports.
Love this feature. As a medical librarian I routinely report to my library committee how current our collection is. This is a report I will run before my next meeting. Thanks! Kathy Fatkin. Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
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