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On 17/01/12 15:58, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Library@boystown.com.au">Library@boystown.com.au</a> wrote:
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi There,</font>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I have received a large donation
of
books for my library and would like to run a report summing the
number
of items donated, totalling the rrp of the books donated so that
I may
determine a value for the donation.</font>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">For the time being as I catalogue
I
have put donor info in the supplier id and rrp in price field in
the items
record.</font>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Any suggestions as to how this
might
be done? I would like to set up a system which I can use for
other
donations.</font>
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Hi Amanda,<br>
That sounds right: in the Item record use the Source of Acquisition
and Cost Price fields (or perhaps better, if you have rrp, is to use
Replacement Price). To compile the report, you of course need a
unique value to select on, so that probably means just being careful
with the Donor name.<br>
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For large, valuable donations, we have also seen libraries create a
Collection code, but sometimes that has been associated with a
specific space as well.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Bob Birchall<br>
CALYX<br>
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