DOCLINE Quarterly Statistics

By Rosalyn Leiderman, DOCLINE Service Desk, National Library of Medicine

The following July-September, 2000 DOCLINE quarterly statistical reports are now available:

• 1-1A - Summary DOCLINE Borrower Statistics
• 1-1B - Summary DOCLINE Lender Statistics
• 1-2B - Detailed DOCLINE Lender Statistics
• 2-14 - Resource Library Quarterly Report
• 1-2A - Detailed DOCLINE Borrower Statistics
• 5-1 - Loansome Doc Detailed Lender Statistics
• 5-1B - Loansome Doc Throughput Report

In reviewing these reports, please keep in mind that data from the old DOCLINE system was converted to the new system to ensure complete reports for the July-September 2000 quarter. Unfortunately, combining the data resulted in some anomalies in the reports. For example, one or two requests were lost on some but not on all reports. Additionally, please note the following:

1. The number of requests pending at the end of the quarter is not available in reports 1-1A, 1-1B, and 5-1.
2. The number of audiovisual requests received and processed reflects data that was converted from the old system.
3. Some throughput data may appear as '/0'. This means that no requests fell into that category. Future reports will display 'N/A'.

Reports 1-2A and 1-2B will be modified beginning with the October-December 2000 quarterly reports. Starting then, libraries will be grouped by country and will be displayed in the following order: U.S., Canada, and international. (Note that the July-September 2000 reports display international libraries first, followed by U.S., then by Canada, sorted alphabetically by state and province.)

A summary description of the quarterly reports as well as information on printing and saving these reports may be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/docline_manual/requests/statisticalreports.html.

The October-December 2000 quarterly reports will be available in March 2001. Users will continue to have access to the July-September 2000 quarterly reports until the January-March 2001 reports are released in April. Further schedule information may be found in the DOCLINE - Quarterly Reports (Statistics) FAQ at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_quarterly_reports.html.

(Editor's note: This article was modified slightly to reflect current information.)

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