Ball State University Libraries’ Circulation Statistics, FY 2006-2007

During the past fiscal year, July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, the University Libraries circulated 282,143 items. There are 47 categories of materials, such as art items, books, 16mm films, music scores, theses/dissertations, and youth books.

There are nine categories of materials that account for 91.1% of the Libraries’ circulating items:

Books 43.8% Youth books 8.7% Music scores 1.9%
DVD videos 13.3% Periodicals 5.0% Bestsellers 1.5%
Music CDs 10.7% VHSs 4.9% Audio CDs 1.3%

We can learn more about our customer segments by analyzing the percentage of their borrowing. For example, 123,858 books were borrowed by these users:

Undergraduates 49.4%
Faculty 7.2%
External Users 19.0%
Graduates 18.3%
University Staff 4.9%
Others 1.2%

When analyzing undergraduate borrowing, we see the following results for circulation among each student segment: Freshmen 10.4%, Sophomores 9.8%, Juniors 10.8%, Seniors 15.9%, and other undergraduates 2.5%.