| Jefferson County Library Cooperative Annual Statistical Report | Public Library Survey questions are in blue | ||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Total Number of Records | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Bibliographic | 940,682 | 908,016 | 884,590 | ||||||||||||
| Item | 1,882,430 | 1,858,502 | 1,852,106 | ||||||||||||
| Patron | 273,573 | 299,087 | 320,476 | ||||||||||||
| Checkin | 6,774 | 6,764 | 6,724 | ||||||||||||
| Authority | 177,737 | 177,331 | 178,667 | ||||||||||||
| eBook units 6.4 | 96,713 | 92,918 | 77,231 | ||||||||||||
| Downloadable AudioBooks units 6.2 | 53,669 | 48,019 | 35,149 | ||||||||||||
| Databases provided by State Library Agency 6.5 | 114 | 114 | n/a | ||||||||||||
| Databases provided by JCLC 6.6 | 2 | 2 | n/a | ||||||||||||
| Total Circulation | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson County Library Cooperative (includes Overdrive) | 3,641,238 | 3,483,646 | 2,958,369 | ||||||||||||
| Intralibrary Loans | 265,166 | 282,321 | 249,035 | ||||||||||||
| (loans between the public libraries of Jeff. Co.) | |||||||||||||||
| Books-by-Mail* | 9,630 | 7,065 | 4,039 | ||||||||||||
| Holds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Holds Placed | 451,045 | 481,288 | 504,030 | ||||||||||||
| Holds Filled | 343,592 | 391,525 | 390,854 | ||||||||||||
| % average of hold placed that are filled | 76% | 81% | 78% | ||||||||||||
| Holds Placed (Overdrive) | 340,516 | 333,024 | 324,557 | ||||||||||||
| Website | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| JCLC Website visits | 339,341 | 471,124 | 511,705 | ||||||||||||
| 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 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Central East building closed for renovation Sept 16, 2019-Oct. 1, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Midfield closed Nov 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Due to HVAC issues, the East Lake Library closed temporarily, June 15, 2021- | |||||||||||||||
| Ensley closed indefinitely for flooding issues June 22, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Powderly closed for repairs Nov. 2021-Feb. 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Springville Road Closed for repairs Jan. 2022-Feb 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Avondale Closed July 5-16, 2022 for World Games | |||||||||||||||
| Wylam closed for construction Apr. 26, 2019 and reopened early in 2021. | |||||||||||||||