no.1983-LIBRARY USAGE STATISTICS

From: Lynn F. Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:04:57 -0800
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
From: Aurora Ioanid <aioanid_at_hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

Dear colleagues,

I would like to know if there is anybody out there who has actually devised
a method for counting library usage, that is, usage of books both inside
and outside the library. The reason I am asking is because while our
checkout statistics are going down, the library is obviously a whole lot
more used recently, but we have a hard time proving it, or linking it to
collection development decisions.
Please respond to me, unless other people are interested in the issue.
PS. Does anybody know how I could subscribe onto a "Public
Services-Circulation" listserv?

Thanks you very much for your help

Aurora Ioanid
Head of Bibliographic Control
Monmouth University
Guggenheim Memorial Library
West Long, New Jersey 07764-1898
732-263-5364
Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 09:03:42 EST