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Elihu Burritt Library Impact: Dashboard: FY2021-22 Dash (Static)

Featured library data demonstrating our impact on student learning and scholarship

Library Visits: Online & In-Person


Library Building Visits

252,993

Source: June 1 Burritt COVID Patron Gate Count--Shared Copy spreadsheet, 8/26/21-6/6/22

51,291
Occupancy in library-specific spaces

Source: Manual counts entered into Gate Count spreadsheet hourly by library workers, 8/24/21-5/27/22


Lending & Borrowing - Total Circulation

8,132 Circulation of General Library Materials (books, etc.)
6,036 Course Reserves circulation
9,148 InterLibrary Loan (ILL) Requests handled

Source: Access Services Annual Report 2022

Library Website/Guides Usage

Website & Guides

330,808 Sessions
214,575 Users
436,362 Pageviews

Source: Google Analytics, 7/1/21-6/30/22


CentralSearch

97,241 Sessions
151,451 Total Searches & Browses

Source: P.A.: 07/01/21-06/30/22

20,599 Users
20,257 New Users
124,734 Pageviews

Source: Google Analytics, 7/1/21-6/30/22

Online Library Resources Usage

Subscription Databases, Articles, Ebooks, Streaming


E-Resource Usage FY21-22
605,547
Database Searches
314,948
E-Journal Full text requests
15,008
E-Book Title requests
7,509
Media streams

Source: E-Resources Annual Report, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Top Databases by # of Searches FY21-22
Database Name # of Searches
PsycInfo 52,864
Academic Search Premier 51,420
Jstor 38,408
Ancestry 28,822
Business Source Premier 18,168

Source: E-Resources Annual Report, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Top Databases by # of Article Requests FY21-22
Journal Collection # of Article Requests
Jstor 52,864
Proquest 41,951
ScienceDirect 37,684
Sage 24,127
Springer 12,258

Source: E-Resources Annual Report, 7/1/21-6/30/22

Student Support


Ask a Librarian / Library Staff

7,845
Questions/requests for support handled by librarians / library staff
1,033
Sessions handled via live chat, text, Twitter, Instagram

Source: LibAnswers, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Support & Help provided

3,335
Questions about circulation, ILL, reserves, office supplies, basic information
2,308
Questions (support tickets) handled re: tech support, printers, hardware, software, LMS (see also: research / reference, not included here)

Source: Libanswers, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Reference/Research Questions

1,954
Reference, Special Collections/Archives, Government Documents questions
Top 20 subject areas covered: History, Psychology, Education, Language, Social Work, English, Nursing, Business, Sciences, Art/Design, Math, Health, Engineering, Political Science, Biology, Anthropology, Counseling, Philosophy, Criminal Justice, Computer Science

Source: LibAnswers, 7/1/21-6/30/22

Research & Learning


LibGuides: Research, Course & Subject Guides

113
# LibGuides for course, research, subject support (of 167 published guides)
212,646
Visits to online research, course, or subject guides

Source: LibGuides, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Students attending instruction

3,543 students instructed
202 faculty requests for instruction

Information literacy instruction provided by reference/instruction librarians
Source: LibWizard, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Librarian Bookings

155

In-depth research consultation referrals
Source: LibAnswers, 7/1/21-6/30/22


Data Sources

Where did this information come from?
Library website / guides usage 2021-22
Library Building usage - 2021-22

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