Viewing and Exporting Mobile Collections
If your library uses Mobile Collections, you can view the collections that are currently at your library. You can also export collection data to a third-party spreadsheet application if desired.
You should view your library's mobile collections regularly to check for collections that are ready for transfer to the next location.
Viewing Mobile Collections
To view your library's mobile collections:
- Choose Mobile Collections from the Function list. The system displays the mobile collections that belong to your location, which include:
- the collections that were created with your login
- the collections that have been transferred to your location (that is, to a location within your locations served)
- If your library has acquired Consortium Management Extensions and enabled the Limit View of Mobile Collections by Agency feature, you can change your view of the Mobile Collections table to see all of the collections that belong to your locations served, your agency, or another locations served within your agency.
While viewing your library's mobile collections, you can edit, transfer, delete, or print a pick list for a collection. For information about each collection's data elements, see Mobile Collections Display.
Exporting Mobile Collections Data
To export mobile collections data to a different application, such as Excel:
- View the collections you want to export.
- Choose the Export button or Tools | Export from the menu bar.
- Choose an export option and proceed as prompted:
- Open in Excel
- If Excel is installed on your computer, Excel automatically launches and displays the collection you exported in a file called mobilecollection<#####>.xls file. (The appended <#####> is a random number used to distinguish the current exported file from previously exported files.)
- Print to a file
- The system prompts you to specify a file name and a folder on your computer in which to save the collection data, then exports the data to the location you selected. You must choose the program you want to use to view the file. Table entries are formatted into columns separated by spaces.
- Save as csv text
- The system prompts you to specify a file name and a folder on your computer in which to save the collection data, then exports the data to the location you selected. You must choose the program you want to use to view the file. Table entries are separated by columns.
- Save as tabbed text
- The system prompts you to specify a file name and a folder on your computer in which to save the collection data, then exports the data to the location you selected. You must choose the program you want to use to view the file. Table entries are separated by tabs.
For information about the data in the output file, see Mobile Collections Display.