Defining Item Statistical Codes

Item statistical codes are useful for creating specific circulation reports an organization may require. You can also limit Find Tool searches for item records by statistical code. (Unlike material type definitions, statistical codes do not affect loan limits.) Statistical codes should not duplicate material type, collection, or genre descriptions, but you can use them to make finer distinctions for any of these. For example, a branch might define item statistical codes for Adult Books on Compact Disc and Comic Books, among others. As another example, some libraries use these codes to break out shelving areas into smaller units for reporting purposes, so that Adult Non-Fiction is broken down with a statistical code for call numbers 000-099, another for 100-199, another for 200-299, and so forth. The item statistical codes are displayed for selection in the Statistical code box on the Item Record workform.

 

You define the available statistical codes in the Item Statistical Class Codes policy table. The policy table can be opened on an organization workform or with the Administration Explorer. If a branch needs statistical reporting, you must specify statistical codes for that branch because they are not inherited from parent organizations.

When you open the policy table at the system level, you can view, add, and change entries for any branch. At the library level, you can view, add, and change entries for any branch that is part of the library. At the branch level, you can view, add, and change entries for the selected branch.

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These System Administration permissions are required to work with this table: Access administration: Allow, Access tables: Allow, Modify item statistical class codes table: Allow.