For librarians

Reading the reports

See your collection, usage, and demand at a glance on the Reports tab.

The Reports tab is the story you take to whoever funds the library: a collection that’s growing, books that get used, and demand worth acting on. No spreadsheets, no query writing.

The numbers at the top

A row of cards summarises the library:

  • Titles and copies in the collection.
  • Available now, out of the total.
  • On loan, and how many are overdue.
  • Loans in the last 30 days.
  • Members, and how many are new this month.
  • App accounts, and holds waiting.

Borrowing activity

A small chart shows loans per week over the last eight weeks, so you can see the trend at a glance rather than reading a table.

The Reports tab with summary cards, a weekly borrowing chart, Most borrowed, and In demand
Reports. The weekly chart and Most borrowed list are the quickest read on how the library is doing.

Most borrowed and In demand

Two lists sit below:

  • Most borrowed (90 days) ranks the titles your readers actually use. Useful for buying more of what works.
  • In demand shows open requests with their counts, drawn from the Requests tab. This is your evidence for what to buy next.

For a full copy of everything (members, holdings, loans, holds, requests), use Export library data under Exporting your data.