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Montana Public Library Statistics

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COMPARISONS

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CONTEXT

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PROGRAMS

LibraryTotal YTD FY14

Total YTD FY13

% change Y-T-D

Bigfork # programs 57 55 3.64%attendees 643 804 -20.02%

CFalls # programs 147 120 22.50%attendees 3,270 2,987 9.47%

Kalispell # programs 310 234 32.48%attendees 14,418 8,861 62.71%

Marion # programs 14 13 7.69%attendees 123 124 -0.81%

Systemwide # of Programs 528 422 25.12%

Attendees 18,454 12,776 44.44%

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44% increase in attendance

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MONTANA STATE LIBRARYPUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS

Support for accuracy data presentation

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Library Users in Typical Week

This information is used to calculate a yearly total for the following: 58 Library Visits-

Appendix E This is the total number of persons entering the library for whatever

purpose during the year. Note: If an actual count of visits is unavailable, determine an

annual estimate by counting visits during a typical week in October and multiplying

the count by 52. A "typical week" is a time that is neither unusually busy nor unusually

slow. Avoid holiday times, vacation periods for key start, or days when unusual events

are taking place in the community or the library. Choose a week in which the library is

open its regular hours. Include seven consecutive calendar days, from Sunday

through Saturday (or whenever the library is usually open). Note: Include the hours

open for public service for centrals (data element #23), branches (data element #24),

bookmobiles (data element #25), and books-by-mail only. For each bookmobile,

count only the hours during which the bookmobile is open to the public. For

Administrative Entities that offer ONLY books-by-mail service, count the hours that

the outlet is staffed for service. Minor variations in scheduled public service hours

need not be included, however, extensive hours closed to the public due to natural

disasters or other events should be excluded even if the staff is scheduled to work.

READ DEFINITIONS

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I came up with 1,577 by adding the circulation from

MTLib2Go and the circulation of our locally

held e-books. I then added 200 of this to children’s and 1,377 to other circulation to

be included in my total circulation.

1,577

DOCUMENT METHODS

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Yep, that looks like a good number for my hours open per week.

REVIEW HISTORICAL REPORTS

USE DATA COLLECTION WORKSEET

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REPORTS

REPORTS: Collection Distribution by Format

REPORTS

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YOUR LIBRARY COUNTS…LET’S PRACTICE!

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Go Get ‘em!