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Single-Site Inventory Report in LibraryWorld

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Pulling the report is easy, as a payloaded hyperlink is provided for each library branch. Getting a manipulable inventory report is a bit more labor intensive, but still easy.

Necessary Applications:

  • Microsoft Edge or another browser
  • Microsoft Excel

Necessary Sites:

  • LibraryWorld (admin)

Time: 5 minutes (internet speed and network/server loads can swing this one way or they other)

THESE STEPS WILL HELP YOU AUTOMATICALLY FILTER TO THE APPLICABLE RECORDS:

  1. NOTE: When the new tab opens, close the new tab (not the browser) to return here



     

  2. NOTE: Again, when the new tab opens, close it to return here
    Click here to activate the full library catalog

     
  3. Run a SCOHS Holdings Report or run a SRMH Holdings Report (do not close the new tab that opens)

     
  4. In the left pane, click Reports  (Show Image)

     
  5. In the right pane, beside Holdings Report by:, click Call Number  (Show Image)

     
  6. Click Catalog Find Set Only (the new tab may take a few moments to populate) (Show Image)

     
  7. Grab the vertical thumb (the little indicator on the scrollbar that shows where you are on the page), and drag it to the bottom of the page  (Show Image)

     
  8. In the last cell of the last row, click inside the whitespace (if there is text in this cell, click inside the cell to the right of the text)  (Show Image)

     
  9. Grab the vertical thumb again, and drag it to the top of the page (take care not to click on the webpage, just on the thumb)  (Show Image)

     
  10. In the first cell of the header row, click inside the whitespace to the left of the text; this should highlight all of the text in the table as shown in the image (if the text does not highlight, go back to Step 7 and try again)  (Show Image)

     
  11. Press Ctrl+C

     
  12. Open Microsoft Excel, and if prompted, select Blank workbook  (Show Image)

     
  13. Ensure cell A1 is selected, and press Ctrl+V  (Show Image)

     

You now have the inventory for the site you selected fully loaded in Excel. You can now save, sort, resize, hide/delete, and print data at will. Go forth and conquer.