Lise and Don, In the reports interface, you can take the following path from the Item source:
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Flattened MARC Fields That source gives you the means to filter on/display MARC Fields and subfields. Hope that's helpful! Chris ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elisabeth Keppler" <[email protected]> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:42:13 AM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Statistical Categories > > > If you're planning to use the reports module rather than writing your > own SQL code, there are some limits on what statistics can be easily > and accurately captured. Pulling fields and subfields out of the > MARC record is especially tricky, if not impossible. You can, > however, use a combination of circulation modifiers, shelving > locations, call numbers, and/or stat cats to garner useful data. I > can't speak for the NC Cardinal consortium, of course, but I find > that circ modifiers and stat cats are my most reliable friends. The > challenge is to use enough of each to differentiate materials > without overdoing the complexity. > > > Good luck with your migration! > > > Lise Keppler > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Donald Butterworth < > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > Colleagues, > > Here at Asbury Seminary we are rapidly closing in on our Evergreen > migration date in mid July. Our sister institution, Asbury > University, will making their transition after the Fall semester. We > have been testing, testing, testing and feel like we are nearly > ready. There is still at least one area though, where we are seeking > your collective wisdom, Statistics. > > In our legacy system we have a list of statistical codes that > describe the item type. e.g. monograph, annual, bound periodical, > DVD, etc. My understanding is that Evergreen can pull totals for > item types based on elements in the bibliographic record. Is this > correct, or is it a false assumption? > > What statistical categories have all y'all found valuable to keep? We > are particularly interested in the kind of categories other academic > libraries are creating in the Statistical Category Editor. > > Thanks for sharing! > > Don > > > > > > > -- > Don Butterworth > Faculty Associate / Librarian III > B.L. Fisher Library > Asbury Theological Seminary > [email protected] > (859) 858-2227 > > > > > -- > > Lise Keppler > Forsyth County Public Library > > 660 W 5th St > Winston Salem NC 27101 > 336-703-3070 -- Chris Sharp PINES System Administrator Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (404) 235-7147 [email protected] http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
