Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report
Summary
Total Number of Records 2015 2014 2013
Bibliographic 811,688 791,052 760,312
Item 1,828,277 1,899,622 1,888,024
Patron 353,415 365,535 378,779
Checkin 7,261 7,351 7,349
Authority  178,203 176,887 173,591
eBook units 24,530 20,881 15,592
Downloadable AudioBooks units 10,130 8,813 8,332
Total Circulation 2015 2014 2013
Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) 4,390,780 4,522,233 4,824,272
Intralibrary Loans 343,169 365,716 393,721
(loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.)      
Books-by-Mail* 6,725 5,844 6,170
Holds 2015 2014 2013
Holds Placed 574,247 609,612 678,615
Holds Filled 422,718 451,005 495,044
     % average of hold placed that are filled 74% 74% 73%
Website 2015 2014 2013
JCLC Website visits 490,404 676,544 1,279,482
Catalog visits 1,443,151 1,266,886 1,187,943
Number of Community Reviews added 184 118 221
1. Adamsville closed August 4 to 10, 2014
2. Central limited hours May 10 to June 21, 2014
3. Fairfield closed June 30, 2014 to Jan 20, 2015
4. Inglenook closed August 2 to 18, 2013. Then in temporary location with limited collection until March 28, 2014. Re-opened May 22, 2014
5. Pratt City closed April 28, 2011 to February 10, 2014 because of Tornado damage.
6. Hoover did a “Library Makeover” project starting Monday, August 3.
    Only limited library services was available from August 3 through September 2, 2015.
    The library was closed Thursday, September 3 through Monday, September 11, 2015.