1. Circulation Data and Collection Development: Trends and Transitions
Paolo P. Gujilde, Coordinator of Collection Development
January 10, 2016

2. The University Regional Comprehensive University Statesboro, Georgia
University System of Georgia
21,000 students
Residential campus
Over 120 programs
Nine colleges including the library

3. The Library Zach S. Henderson Library
18 Faculty Librarians; Over 30 Staff
Open over 140 hours/week
Over 750,000 visitors annually
Over 650,000 print volumes
Consortium/Membership
GALILEO
Center for Research Libraries

4. Old Collection Development
Traditional Approval Plan
mid 1990s through Blackwell
Updated with YBP in
Automatic shipment
Slips
eDDA (subject-specific)
Firm Orders as requested and selected
Direct vendors
Amazon

5. Assessment Assessment as needed Why? Early 2000s 2009-2010 2013 and on
Declining or flat annual budget
Changing technology
New requests, not fulfilled
Declining circulation

6. Print Book Circulation
Data
Voyager Data starting from (FY 2001)
~15 years of data
Print only
Number of titles circulated
Total number of print circulation
Circulation by publication year
Number of titles acquired

7. Acquired Print Books per FY
Healthy budget in the early 2000s
2009 recession

8. Overall Circulation

9. Overall Circulation
Average circulation of just over 29,000 per FY

10. Overall Circulation
1.) FY 2001 is a transitional year…FY2002, all data migrated to Voyager
2.) FY …library underwent a renovation…majority of the materials were stored offsite
3.) Last 8 Fys…Steady decline in circulation…average decline of 1,810.57
Average decline of 1,400 per FY

11. Subject Circulation

12. Top 5 Circulation by LC PS – American Literature E – American History
PR – English Literature
LB – Education (Theory and Practice)
PN – General Literature
LB switched to mostly electronic when the library created a profile with YBP in 2010

13. Top 5 Circulation by LC (2011-2015)
Top four
1.) PS - American Literature
2.) E – American History
3.) PR – English Literature
4.) PN – General Literature
5.) ML – Music Literature

14. Circulation/Acquisition

15. Circulation (2002 Single Titles per FY)
TRENDS in Acquisition Year
Books acquired in 2002
Single Title Circulation per FY

16. Circulation (2010 Single Titles per FY)

17. PS Circulation (Single Titles/Pub Year)

18. Acquired vs. Circulation
18% (2006)
31% (2012)

19. Trends Declining circulation Anomalies can be observed
Overall
Subject-specific
Anomalies can be observed
Renovation years of the library
Most titles circulate in the second year of acquisition

20. Transitions Conversations with library faculty
On the state of collection development
Exploring new acquisition models
Discontinuation of Approval Plan
Focusing on requests
With more librarian involvement
Promoting new collection development to the teaching faculty
Dean involvement

21. New Collection Development
Books
Firm
Orders
pDDA
eDDA

22. THANK YOU! And there are two Starbucks Coffee Shops in town. Woot!
Paolo P. Gujilde
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Collection Development