Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report
Summary
Total Number of Records 2017 2016 2015
Bibliographic 860,792 837,406 811,688
Item 1,891,625 1,898,234 1,828,277
Patron 344,351 358,681 353,415
Checkin 6,834 7,188 7,261
Authority 179,068 178,622 178,203
eBook units 6.4 23,329 22,099 24,530
Downloadable AudioBooks units 6.2 8,832 8,419 10,130
Total Circulation 2017 2016 2015
Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) 4,080,871 4,300,304 4,390,780
Intralibrary Loans 330,850 337,675 343,169
(loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.)      
Books-by-Mail* 6,150 6,363 6,725
Holds 2017 2016 2015
Holds Placed 528,306 556,247 574,247
Holds Filled 400,670 415,442 422,718
     % average of hold placed that are filled 76% 75% 74%
Holds Placed (Overdrive) 137,020 110,816 93,447
Website 2017 2016 2015
JCLC Website visits 420,719 459,153 490,404
Catalog visits 1,331,304 1,451,979 1,443,151
Number of Community Reviews added 117 177 184
1. Fairfield closed June 30, 2014 to Jan 20, 2015
2. 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.
3. Trussville closed