Irma,
I have just begun trying to track the number of print issues checked-in each
month, and I am using the Create Lists function of Millennium.  I save the
list as Checkin and Card and have the system retain each box separately.
Then I search for boxes with the status Arrived and a transaction date
between the first and the last of the month.  It seems to be pretty
accurate.

This system will not work for historical numbers very far into the past as
you should be deleting boxes as materials are bound or discarded.  But I am
planning to run this list each month and keep count going forward.

Good luck,

Christina Torbert
Head of Serials & Assistant Professor
J.D. Williams Library
University of Mississippi
ctorbert@olemiss.edu
662-915-7059
662-915-6744 fax

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Irma Nicola
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:53 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] can anyone give practical advise on annual piece counts
for inventory stats

Hi,

The dreaded question, is there some fairly uncomplicated way to count the
number of checkin over the course of time on the automated systems?  We are
using III Milenium.  While there are piece counts in place for grand totals
historic stats are not available that I know of and I would like to know if
there is some simple, keyword, simple way to get to these?

Blessings,

Irma Harue Nicola
Serials Coordinator
Azusa Pacific University
inicola@apu.edu