Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report
Summary
Total Number of Records 2016 2015 2014
Bibliographic 837,406 811,688 791,052
Item 1,898,234 1,828,277 1,899,622
Patron 358,681 353,415 365,535
Checkin 7,188 7,261 7,351
Authority 178,622 178,203 176,887
eBook units 6.4 22,099 24,530 20,881
Downloadable AudioBooks units 6.2 8,419 10,130 8,813
Total Circulation 2016 2015 2014
Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) 4,300,304 4,390,780 4,522,233
Intralibrary Loans 337,675 343,169 365,716
(loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.)      
Books-by-Mail* 6,363 6,725 5,844
Holds 2016 2015 2014
Holds Placed 556,247 574,247 609,612
Holds Filled 415,442 422,718 451,005
     % average of hold placed that are filled 75% 74% 74%
Holds Placed (Overdrive) 110,816 93,447 63,444
Website 2016 2015 2014
JCLC Website visits 459,153 490,404 676,544
Catalog visits 1,451,979 1,443,151 1,266,886
Number of Community Reviews added 177 184 118
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.