Some Data
There’s plenty of LibrariesWest data that is interesting, but probably not interesting enough to warrant a full post for each one. So, here’s lots of random library data.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| 8,531 | The number of children aged 4-11 that joined as new members to LibrariesWest libraries during the 3 months of the Summer Reading Challenge this year |
| 2,592 | The number of children aged 4-11 that joined LibrariesWest libraries in the 3 months prior to the Summer Reading Challenge. |
| 30th July | The day this year that saw the most new members joining LibrariesWest (906). It was a dry cloudy day. |
| 52,071 | The number of items currently ‘In Transit’. That means they are either moving between libraries to fulfil reservations, or being returned to their home branch. |
| 3,959,353 | The number of times items have been borrowed from LibrariesWest libraries so far in 2018. |
| Adult Fiction | The most popular item type so far this year, with 1,510,317 issues. |
| 504,313 | The number of reservations fulfilled this year by LibrariesWest libraries. |
| 786,077 | The number of titles in the LibrariesWest catalogue. |
| 30th July | The day this year that saw the most items borrowed (27,363) |
| 17th September | The day this year that saw the most reservations being placed (2,929). It was cloudy with some light drizzle. |
| 11am - 12pm | The hour of the day when people most commonly place reservations while visiting libraries |
| 4pm - 5pm | The hour of the day when people most commonly place reservations using our website. |
| 8pm - 9pm | The hour of the day when people most commonly place reservations using our mobile app |
To discover more about public library data, delve into our Open Data extracts, all documented in our Open Data book.