Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report
Summary
Total Number of Records 2012 2011 2010
Bibliographic 752,119 744,999 731,298
Item 1,864,614 1,910,868 1,940,289
Patron 376,717 374,946 360,958
Checkin 7,371 7,354 7,350
Authority 170,203 168,574 165,114
eBook units 12,037 7,389 1,877
Downloadable AudioBooks units 6,795 5,188 3,686
Total Circulation 2012 2011 2010
Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) 4,987,854 5,146,658 5,407,451
Intralibrary Loans 404,779 384,560 407,394
(loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.)      
Books-by-Mail* 13,364 41,521 39,516
Holds 2012 2011 2010
Holds Placed 698,401 713,973 744,454
Holds Filled 508,700 495,567 504,390
     % average of hold placed that are filled 73% 69% 68%
Renewals 2012    
Total Number of Items Renewed by the Jefferson County Renewals Line between Oct. 2011 and Sept. 2012 3,203 0.38% of all renewals
Total Number of Items Renewed by Patrons through the WebOPAC between Oct. 2011 and Sept. 2012 496,386 58.88% of all renewals
Total Number of Items Renewed by Patrons through the Automated Telephone Renewal (TRS) between Oct. 2011 and Sept. 2012 23,846 2.83% of all renewals
Overdues, Missing, and Other Items 2012 2011 2010
Billed and Lost (item status n) 59,733 59,324 61,572
Missing (item status m) 21,759 25,619 10,259
Claims Returned (item status z) 365 441 486
Lost and Paid (item status $) 11,577 12,478 16,762
Website 2012 2011 2010
JCLC Website visits 926,060 669,728 658,794
Catalog visits 1,251,083 1,277,750 1,021,388
Number of Community Reviews added 553 104 165
*All Pratt City items have status of m.
*Books-by-Mail stopped delivery to nursing homes on January 1, 2012
*East Lake closed as of June 19, 2009 to November 18, 2010
*Fultondale closed April 27 to May 31, 2011
*Gardendale closed August 13 to December 12, 2011
*Midfield closed September 26, 2011 to March 13, 2012
*North Birmingham closed temporarily June 25, 2012 and are still closed as of Septemeber 30, 2012
*Powderly closed May 22, 2009 to August 26, 2010. Books by Mail continued to operate in the CM Area.
*Pratt City closed indefinitely on April 28, 2011 because of Tornado damage.
*Slossfield closed for good July 30, 2010
*Titusville closed September 11, 2010 to November 9, 2010
*VH closed to move to new location from September 19, 2010 to December 12, 2010
*Woodlawn closed most of August 2011 for Air conditioning problems