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Circulation Data: Health Sciences Library FY13

Circulation Data: Health Sciences Library FY13. Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator July 2013. ReCAP Columbia University . Health Sciences Circulation Data. Looks at HSL circulation activity Is only one measure of collection usage Presents data both HSL specific and system-wide

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Circulation Data: Health Sciences Library FY13

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  1. Circulation Data: Health Sciences Library FY13 Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator July 2013 ReCAP Columbia University

  2. Health Sciences Circulation Data • Looks at HSL circulation activity • Is only one measure of collection usage • Presents data both HSL specific and system-wide • Circulation Desk uses several happening locations: Health Sciences Circ, Health Sciences Reserves, Butler, and BorrowDirect • HSL Library data is available from the implementation of Voyager, July 2003 • No usable data for non-circulating collections ReCAP Columbia University

  3. HSL Happening Location • Data from HSL Happening Location only (includes Reserves) • Five primary types of circulation activity: charge, discharge, renewal, recall and hold • Renewals and recalls are done in the OPAC happening location, dynamically by patrons themselves • Circulation data for special collections pertains only to exceptions: • Interlibrary loan • Exhibits • Scanning ReCAP Columbia University

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  6. Observations • Total volume of charges down overall since FY04 • 40.5% decline from FY04 to FY13 • Compare to 32.3% decline system-wide • Charge volume fluctuated FY04-FY08 • Since FY09 the total volume consistently rose by a small margin until FY13 • Larger volume of discharge in FY08 may be attributable to project processing collections for transfer to ReCAP ReCAP Columbia University

  7. Circ Activity by Collection • Data for major collections in the HSL Happening Location • Borrow Direct data included only past 2 years • 47.0% are for reserves collections • “HSL Other” includes • hsl,mcrs • hsl,over • hsl,medi • And others • Data unavailable for non-circulating collections ReCAP Columbia University

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  10. Circ Activity by Sub-Collection • Detailed Patron Group info for • General stacks (hsl,stx) • Reserves (hsl,res) • HSL Offsite(off,hsl) • Noticeable decline is stacks activity when renovation began • Increase in usage of Offsite collections as they become available for request (after transfer from Brewster) ReCAP Columbia University

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  14. HSL Circulation by Patron Group • All status patron/pseudopatron charges are excluded • Special patron group HSA is included • Both REG and GRD show significant declines over the past decade – primarily undergraduates and graduates • OFF (faculty) usage has been steady • Drop in undergraduate borrowing between FY07 and FY08 is attributable to intercampus delivery ReCAP Columbia University

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  18. Monthly Circulation by Patron Group • Usage pattern for graduate students demonstrates more activity in Fall than Spring term • Proportionally more use by undergraduates during the summer • Undergraduates have declining proportional of charges over the past decade ReCAP Columbia University

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  22. Circulation by Patron Group • Proportionally more activity to OFF (faculty) in FY13 than the past decade • Increasing use by visitors ReCAP Columbia University

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  25. Observations • Patron Group definitions have changed: • Adjunct faculty : in 2008 grad students were given primary group OFF instead of GRD • Almost 85% of all charges are to graduate students and faculty in FY13 • Graduate and undergraduate charges have been declining • Peak borrowing period is Fall semester • Faculty activity is consistent throughout the calendar year ReCAP Columbia University

  26. HSL Circulation by Patron Group • Different patterns of usage by patron group • Grads and Undergrads use Reserves often • Faculty drawing much material from Morningside Campus • Heavy borrowing by graduate students in fall compared to spring may indicate adjustment to med school – “learning how to study” ReCAP Columbia University

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  32. More Data Available • More information and data can be found on the HSL/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 ReCAP Columbia University

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