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Aleph Report Request Help

Last updated March 28, 2006

To request a report, use the same Aleph Report Form for requesting reports at:
http://www.itd.umd.edu/cgi-bin/ALEPHform.cgi

Please provide as much information as you can in the Description box:

  1. Review information on the report that you'd like to request so that you can provide the appropriate information

  2. Select Aleph Report Form and fill in all fields as you do when reporting Aleph problems

  3. Choose Report Request from Functional Area of the drop down list

  4. Email - put in your email address if you wish to receive a copy of your request. Otherwise the request will go to ITD.

  5. Complete Description - detail the following:
    Report title: title of the report you wish to use, e.g., Call numbers H - I report
    Selection criteria: what you want for the report, or the condition of processing the report, e.g., collection code 'stacks' and call number 'HD'
    Display/Listing: what you want to see on the report, report columns, e.g., title, sublibrary,collection code, and barcode.
    Sorting: provide sorting preference. See each report for details.
    For example:
    sort by system number
    sort by sublibrary/collection/call number

  6. ITD will review the request and ask for additional information if necessary. **

  7. To provide additional information, reply via the web request form, not to the email you have received.

  8. If for some reason a request can not be satisfied, requester will be informed.

  9. ITD will notify the requester via email and close the web request form when report is delivered.

    ** Please keep in mind that it's a negotiation process in order to understand what exactly is requested. It may be followed by phone calls or email exchanges.
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