[Michlib-l] Magazine Use

[Jocelyn Baldwin]

I've worked in libraries that have baskets on the tables near magazine and
newspaper shelving.  There are signs indicating that all magazines should
be placed there rather than back on the shelf.  Every couple hours, a staff
member empties the baskets and scans these as "used" in the automated
system or just makes a tally mark under the magazine's name on a piece of
paper to keep track of what is being used.  That way the magazines don't
stay in the baskets too long and they can be reshelved regularly.

Jocelyn Baldwin, MLIS
jmb.mlis at gmail.com


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Andrea Mucha <amucha at cityofwarren.org>wrote:

>  We have a user account set up as 'inhouse'.  Any items left out on
> tables, placed at the ends of shelves, etc are checked out to 'inhouse',
> discharged, and sorted to shelve.  Each inhouse check out shows up in our
> system as a checkout.  This method doesn't differentiate between regular
> checkouts and inhouse, but it is something.
>
>
>
> Andrea Mucha
>
> Office Assistant
>
> Warren Public Library
>
> Dorothy M Busch Branch
>
> 23333 Ryan Road
>
> Warren MI 48091
>
> (586) 755-5750
>
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> http://www.warrenlibrary.net/
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> *From:* michlib-l-bounces at mail.mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mail.mcls.org>
> on behalf of Kelli Perkins <kperkins at herrickdl.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:05 PM
> *To:* michlib-l at lists.mcls.org
> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Magazine Use
>
>
> Has anyone found an effective way to count magazine use beyond
> circulation? Since this is such a browsing collection, I haven't found a
> way to determine how much use individual titles get from browsers who don't
> check them out. Ideas? I have seen fancy mechanisms that physically count
> how many times something is lifted from the shelf, but I'm looking for a
> more low tech solution!
>
>
>          Kelli Perkins
> Head of Reference Services
> Herrick District Library
> 300 S River Ave, Holland MI 49423
> 616.355.3718
> kperkins at herrickdl.org
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