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Here's a newsletter for the Bibliostat software you use to submit your annual report to the Texas State Library & Archives Commission. You might want to hang on to the information for that golden moment when you plunge into next year's report. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks Sharon Herfurth CTLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Welcome to the Spring 2002 edition of the Bibliostat Collect customer newsletter. Below you'll find information about product enhancements, planned upgrades and tips to help you get the most out of your subscription. As always, we like to hear your feedback about Bibliostat Collect. Send us a note at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Include any comments, questions or success stories that you'd like to see featured in the next issue. And thank you for your continued support of Bibliostat Collect. For additional information about Bibliostat Collect, visit our product website at www.informata.com. Table of Contents :: Upcoming Enhancements :: User Tips :: Bibliostat Connect : The Other Half Upcoming/Recent Enhancements : Under Status and Printing, all views will now be printable. This includes the ability to print the Edit Check report, Unanswered Questions and Flagged Questions. : A new View will be added called View all Required Unanswered Questions. This will give the user the ability to only see those questions that are unanswered and required before they can submit their survey. : Locked fields such as Automatic Calculations will be 'gray' to more easily distinguish them from fields that require input. (as new survey's are created - doesn't affect current survey) : The Library Name will appear on each page of the survey. This will be helpful at the state level when accessing individual surveys through the administration login. : Question numbers that do not have associated help linked to them will no longer be underlined, thus preventing a link to an empty definition box. : A new Link will be added to the tool bar called Help. This is customizable at the state level to include important State contact names, numbers, websites, etc. Informata Product Support contact information will also be included. : The ability to request an Excel spreadsheet directly from the application without having to contact your support rep. (SDC Level Only) : New SDC Links on the Status and Printing page that will enable you to view all libraries that have submitted, or only those libraries that have not submitted their survey. You will still have the option to view all or broken down alphabetically. User Tips :: Edit Checks If a question fails an Edit Check (meaning it is out of range, etc.), it will show up in the Edit Check Report. In order to satisfy an Edit Check for submission purposes, you must annotate why the Edit Check failed. This annotation can be a Local, State, or most likely, a Federal Note. The Edit Check will tell you what note to use. Once you have annotated the Edit Check using the proper note, and clicked update, the Edit Check will turn green. This indicates that you have annotated that question successfully. :: Unanswered Questions When viewing unanswered questions, keep in mind that these are all questions within the survey that have not been answered. This does not necessarily mean that all these questions are required in order to submit your survey. Collect will not allow you to submit your survey until all required unanswered questions are answered. In a coming release of Collect, the ability to view only 'required' unanswered questions will be available. :: Saving Your Survey When you go to submit your survey, Collect will prompt you to make sure that you have printed a copy and saved an electronic copy if necessary. To accomplish this task, do the following: : If you are using the WebReport, go to File and choose Save As. : Choose a directory to save to, give the file a name and click Save. : If you are using the PDF report, click on the 'floppy disk' icon (top left of the toolbar). This serves as the Save icon. : Choose a directory to save to, give the file a name and click Save. : If you don't see the 'floppy disk' icon, you are using an older version of Adobe Acrobat, and need to upgrade to the most recent version. See the Documentation Link in Collect for the link. : You have now saved an electronic copy of your report, and may access it at anytime to print another copy. Bibliostat Connect : The Other Half of the Story Bibliostat Connect is a web-based tool that gives you quick and easy access to comparative statistics about libraries in your local region or throughout the country. Use this data to make compelling presentations to your library board, the city council or other organizations. Follow the link to find out more! http://www.informata.com/eshop.cfm?id=6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
