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Delaware Library Catalog Stats for FY2009

Written on: August 7th, 2009 by: in News

Some number-crunching for the weekend- FY2009 ran from July 2008 to June 2009, and we saw good increases in key indicators for the us of the Kent and Sussex County public libraries as well as the Delaware Techs and other academic members of the Delaware Library Catalog consortium:

FY 2009 Circulation
FY 2008 FY 2009 % of Change
Total Circ 1,920,397 2,067,368 7.65
Checkouts 1,542,397 1,625,571 5.39
Checkout Reserves 6,608 7,037 6.5
Staff Renewals 220,308 241,268 9.5
Online Renewals 104,963 135,443 29
Use Item* 46,121 58,049 25

*Use Item refers to items that are tracked as being used by patrons within the library but are not checked out.

Top 5 Item Types Circulated
Item Type Total Circ % of Circulation
Book 1,228,538 59.4
DVD 384,718 18.6
Paperback 119,022 5.75
CD Book 70,034 3.38
Video 42505 2.05
Top 5 Home Locations Circulated
Home Location Total Circ % of Circulation
DVD 315,174 15.25
Fiction 311,725 15
Nonfiction 200,357 9.7
Juvenile Easy 189,073 9.14
Juvenile Fiction 92,692 4.5

Note- there are a lot of item types and home locations in addition to the ones listed above, which is why the reports don’t total 100%

You can see other stats for FY09 as they are added and link to reports for previous years here.




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