Circulation Data: Business Library FY13

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

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 ReCAP Columbia University

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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University

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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 • Business • Business Reserves • Offsite ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University

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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 ReCAP Columbia University