Data Services

Locally-subscribed resources

• Includes:
  • Ancestry
  • Consumer Reports
  • Flipster
  • Gale products (Ebooks, Chilton Library, Literature Resource Center)
  • Novelist Plus
  • Transparent Languages
• Updated monthly.

Overdrive

• Usage data updated monthly.
• "Checkout by Format" and "Costs" data updated annually.

Badgerlink databases

• Includes:
  • Auto Repair Source
  • Britannica
  • Badgerlink-provided EBSCO databases
  • TeachingBooks
• Updated bi-annually in January and mid-July.

Wireless network access

• Connections to the "Library-Wireless" signal.
• Updated monthly.

Grubby Report

• For tracking CD & DVD maintenance.
• Updated monthly.

MPL - Most Requested Items

• Compiles data from the Most Requested Titles by Library ILS report.
• Updated monthly.

MPL - Items Not Owned by MPL Checked Out by Madison Residents

• Items most frequently borrowed by Madison residents that MPL does not own.
• Data from monthly 'items-owned' and 'LINKcat-circ' extracts.
• Updated quarterly.

MPL - Most Used Titles

• All-time circulation counts.
• Data from the most recent monthly 'items-owned' extracts.
• Updated upon request.

LINKcat Library Circulation by PSTAT

• Views of circulation data for the past 12 months:
  • by PSTAT with details by library and item format.
  • by library with details by PSTAT and item format.
• Data from the most recent monthly circulation extracts.
• Updated monthly.

Circulation by Time

• Breakdowns of circulation data over different time periods.
• Data from monthly circulation extracts.
• Updated annually.

Circulation by Age Group

• Includes counts of unique borrower barcodes and circulation per borrower estimate for each age group.
• Data from Bibliovation.
• Updated annually.

Home Library Cardholders by Age Group

• Borrower age group counts by patron home library or patron municipality.
• Data from the 'LINKcat-patrons-registered' ILS data extract.
• Updated annually.

Library Cardholders in Dane County

• Cardholder counts and estimated population proportions by Census tracts and Census blocks.
• Includes breakdown of cardholders by patron home library.
• Also incorporates selected demographic data from the US Census Bureau.
• See "Data Notes" tab for further details.
• Created by request for Madison Public Library Planning Team. Service area definitions added for other Dane County libraries.

New Glarus Public Library | Love ♥ of Community Matching Grant

• Created to support New Glarus Public Library fundraising campaign.
• Formerly embedded on the New Glarus Public Library website.

Columbus Public Library | 2023 Community Survey Results

• Created for the Columbus Public Library Strategic Plan

Middleton Public Library | Middleton Common Council District Comparisons

• Comparing circulation, holds, and library cardholder data between Alder districts in the City of Middleton.
• Created to encourage alders to promote library services and card sign ups.
• Based on original designs by Middleton PL.