Fast Facts Dashboard
Online Resource Usage
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.
Library Collections
Most Requested Titles by Library
- Compiles data from the Most Requested Titles by Library ILS report.
- Counts of holds placed on bib records for the most recent 6 months of report data.
- Limited to records with at least 3 holds placed for pick-up at the selected library.
- Updated monthly.
Grubby Report
- For tracking CD & DVD maintenance.
- 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.
Circulation Data
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.
Borrower Data
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.
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.
See also: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census for demographic data visualization at county and Census Tract levels.
Strategic Planning and Projects
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.
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.
Dane County Libraries - Circulation for Madison Residents
- Data tracking use of Dane County libraries by City of Madison residents.
- Separates hold pick-ups and "browsing circs" of non-hold items.
- Created by request of the Dane County Library Service.
Monona Public Library | City of Monona Ward Comparisons
- Comparing circulation, holds, and library cardholder data between wards in the City of Monona.
- Uses geocoded patron addresses to match cardholders and their associated data to wards.
Library Services Data
Wireless network access
- Connections to the "Library-Wireless" signal.
- Updated monthly.
More Data Dashboards
Additional dashboards are available on the SCLS Tableau Public profile page.