1. Circulation Data: Business Library FY13
Zack Lane
ReCAP Coordinator
July 2013
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2. Business Circulation Data
Looks at Business Library circulation activity
Is only one measure of collection usage
Circulation Desk uses several happening locations: Business, Butler, Borrow Direct, HSL
No circulation data for non-circulating collections
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3. Business Library Happening Location
Data from Business Library Happening Location only
Five primary types of circulation activity: charge, discharge, renewal, recall and hold
Most renewal, recall and hold are done in the OPAC happening location, dynamically by patrons themselves
Note: circulation data includes primarily on campus collections
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6. Observations
Total volume of charges has declined by 58.4% (compared to 27.4% decline system- wide)
Volume of discharge predictably mirrors charges
Decline due in part to large volume of transfer to ReCAP
Noticeably sharper decline for graduates students than other patron groups
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7. Circ Activity by Collection
Data for all transactions in the Business Happening Location
Increasing proportion of activity for the Reserves collection
Offsite charges are placed in the Butler Happening Location
Data unavailable for non-circulating collections
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10. Circ Activity by Sub-Collection
Little use of Reserves by faculty
Majority of usage of Offsite collections are from faculty and graduate students
Fine grained usage charts
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Business Reserves
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14. Business Circulation by Patron Group
Undergraduates and graduates use Reserves more heavily
Faculty focused on main collection
Patron Group definitions have changed:
Adjunct faculty, in 2008 grad students were given primary group OFF instead of GRD
Pie charts break down data for FY13 only
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18. Monthly Patron Group Activity
Greater proportion of charges are going to undergraduates
Perhaps triggered by competition for library space across campus
Heavier use by graduate students in Fall term compared to Spring
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22. Patron Group Activity Increasing use by undergraduates
Increase of faculty may be graduate students with teaching responsibilities (temporary OFF borrowing privileges)
Expectation that undergraduate usage will continue to grow and grad to decline
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25. Patron Group Activity
Usage by faculty and visitors heavily tilted towards the general collections on campus
Breakdown of collection usage by patron group
Indicates which sub-collections are used proportionally more per user group
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30. More Data Available
More information and data can be found on the Business/ReCAP website
ReCAP Data Center includes more information about system-wide data and special projects
Tailored data sets and analysis will be provided to staff via the ReCAP Coordinator
Please see the main ReCAP website for general information about CUL procedures and systems
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