Library Quarterly Report FY18 Q2: October-December 2017

Cataloging, Collections and Technical Services

Gil Kenner gave a brief presentation on library services at the fall BRAC meeting. Work began with VTRC administrative staffers Mary Bennett and Emily Pudliner to add Implementation Funded Projects to the Technical Assistance Project Database in the library's catalog. Gil also worked with Ken Winter on instructions for a guide to the new Skillsoft Books interface.

The tables below reflect the changes in library holdings and cataloging statistics between FY18Q and FY18Q2. The steep changes reflect the work that was undertaken to update Books 24x7 collection holdings.

OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Statistics - Sept. 30, 2017
	FY18 Q1	FY18 Q2
Transactions	564	424
Holdings Added to WorldCat Records	86	90
Total Titles	106,897	100,378

Catalog Record Count
	Sept 30	Dec 31
Titles	99,246	63,784
Copies	108,657	73,392
Volumes (Items)	111,629	76,373

Print Collection Usage for the Quarter
Type	Items	Location	Print Items
VDOT	319	Lynchburg	100
VTRC	69	Central Office	69
Other In House/ILL	1	Satunton	45
UVA	17	NOVA	41
Total Print Usage	406	Fredericksburg	29
		Salem	21
		Bristol	10
		Culpeper	4
		Richmond	0

The table to the left adds the total number of print items borrowed by each district/division of VDOT (332) to items borrowed by UVA personnel and others, creating a hard copy borrowing total of 406.

The table below adds the number of downloads from the library's virtual collection this quarter to the circulation from the library's print holdings for a total of 3,576 items borrowed or accessed this quarter.

Print Circulation	419
Subscription Downloads	3,157
Library Usage for the Quarter	3,576

The table to the left shows the total collection usage for the past five quarters. The FY18 Q2 bar reflects the total seen in the chart above, 3,576 (a combination of print and virtual collection usage).

Library Quarterly Report FY18 Q2: October-December 2017

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