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Online Resource Usage

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Locally-subscribed resources

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

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

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

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

Library Collections

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Grubby Report

  • For tracking CD & DVD maintenance.
  • Updated monthly.
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MPL - Most Requested Items

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

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

Circulation and Borrowers

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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.
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Circulation by Time

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

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

Strategic Planning and Projects

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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.
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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.
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Columbus Public Library | 2023 Community Survey Results

  • Created for the Columbus Public Library Strategic Plan
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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.

More Data Dashboards

Additional dashboards are available on the SCLS Tableau Public profile page.

 
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