Little bits ‘o news about our download collection.
2008 Circulation figures
- As of this afternoon we’ve checked out 40,918 download titles.
- December 2008 has been our all time busiest month with 3,974 checkouts.
I’m betting we’ll break 4,000 for December and 41,000 before the end of day.
Top 10 Most Popular Downloads of 2008
Title, Author, checkouts
- Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm, 103
- Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors 94
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 89
- Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm 79
- City of Masks by Daniel Hecht 74
- All Audio Spanish Step 1 by Living Language 72
- 7th Heaven by James Patterson 68
- The Appeal by John Grisham 65
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 65
- How To Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman 63
2008 Collection summary
People are always asking about the makeup of the collection. Here’s a little summary of what the collection looks like as we enter 2009.
Purchased Titles in Collection (counting each format of a title only once): 4907
- OverDrive MP3 Audiobook: 955
- OverDrive Music: 622
- OverDrive Video: 160
- OverDrive WMA Audiobook: 3169
Purchased Copies in Collection (counting each copy of each format of a title): 7101
- OverDrive MP3 Audiobook: 1723
- OverDrive Music: 955
- OverDrive Video: 205
- OverDrive WMA Audiobook: 4217
- OCR Titles in Collection: 17
- OverDrive Music: 17
Checkouts: 40924
- OverDrive MP3 Audiobook: 2714
- OverDrive Music: 1377
- OverDrive Video: 3553
- OverDrive WMA Audiobook: 33280
Holds: 18082
- OverDrive MP3 Audiobook: 2021
- OverDrive Music: 159
- OverDrive Video: 225
- OverDrive WMA Audiobook: 15677
Holds are managed automatically
Just as we do with other materials we maintain a 5 to 1 holds to copy ratio for downloadable material. A report runs each night that checks the holds ratios for the collection adding titles when necessary. The wonderful thing about digital materials are that they are instantly available, as soon as the additional copies are added keeping wait times to a minimum.
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