| Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Total Number of Records | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Bibliographic | 884,590 | 878,704 | 870,190 | ||||||||||||
| Item | 1,852,106 | 1,873,513 | 1,878,179 | ||||||||||||
| Patron | 320,476 | 318,469 | 347,629 | ||||||||||||
| Checkin | 6,724 | 6,706 | 6,693 | ||||||||||||
| Authority | 178,667 | 180,243 | 179,646 | ||||||||||||
| eBook units 6.4 * | 77,231 | 47,960 | 59,698 | ||||||||||||
| Downloadable AudioBooks units 6.2 * | 35,149 | 19,291 | 22,962 | ||||||||||||
| Total Circulation | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) | 2,958,369 | 4,823,209 | 4,088,930 | ||||||||||||
| Intralibrary Loans | 249,035 | 331,132 | 313,787 | ||||||||||||
| (loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.) | |||||||||||||||
| Books-by-Mail* | 4,039 | 6,374 | 5,705 | ||||||||||||
| Holds | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Holds Placed | 504,030 | 547,346 | 518,273 | ||||||||||||
| Holds Filled | 390,854 | 410,484 | 397,065 | ||||||||||||
| % average of hold placed that are filled | 78% | 75% | 77% | ||||||||||||
| Holds Placed (Overdrive) | 324,557 | 240,765 | 184,200 | ||||||||||||
| Website | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| JCLC Website visits | 511,705 | 423,221 | 410,323 | ||||||||||||
| Catalog visits | 975,988 | 1,127,822 | 1,190,822 | ||||||||||||
| Number of Community Reviews added | 92 | 35 | 75 | ||||||||||||
| All libraries closed for various times for Coronavirus (COVID-19) starting mid-March 2020. | |||||||||||||||
| Most opened for curbside service in the summer of 2020. | |||||||||||||||
| Some began to open their buildings for limited service later in the summer and fall. | |||||||||||||||
| Central East building closed for renovation Sept 16, 2019-Oct. 1, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Fairfield hours changed to be open three days a week Oct. 1, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Wylam closed for construction Apr. 26, 2019. It is still closed. | |||||||||||||||
| Fifteen of Birmingham Public Libraries closed for Coronavirus (COVID-19) mid-March 2020 and have not reopened. | |||||||||||||||
| *I have included only Overdrive Consortia holding. | |||||||||||||||
| If you have other sources like Overdrive Advantage, Hoopla, Kanopy, etc. you will need to add them. | |||||||||||||||