Count Renewals Separately- how many patrons actually checked out an item
For collection development purposes, we need to know how popular an item is. Right now, renewals from the same patron counts as a circ. It would help to have renewals counted separately so that we can have an accurate circulation stat. For example, our YA Manga (33090005890258) shows that lifetime circulation is 5 but it's actually 2 patron checkouts with 3 renewals. This number makes it seem that this manga is more popular than it is. New items are easier to count right now but as time passes, looking at the history will become more time consuming.
Idea Value
Time saved for every selectorIssue occurs for every item that is considered for purchase (whether to buy the next one in the series, another book from this author, item replacement, additional copies)Precise measurement of item popularity
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Anita Falltrick commented
She is right. I want to count renewals in my reports for statistical purposes, however, renewals in the item record would help in deciding whether to replace an item or not.
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Susan Millwater commented
I have written many custom reports to weed out renewals from stats since it is the first time circulation that is important for understanding usage of material. It would be a game changer to have the renewals count as a separate field in the item.