Waggoner Library Statistics

Librarians instruct both undergraduate and graduate students about library resources and search strategies. This table reflects the number of sessions they taught as well as student attendance for the Spring of 2019.

In the Spring Semester of 2019,

the library staff answered a total of 1165 questions, an average of 64.72 each week.

The library differentiates the complexity of answering the questions that patrons ask. There may be:

• Information questions (about general locations, services, and hours)
• Research questions (about locating and using library resources)
• Research doctoral questions (more extensive inquiries for graduate level research)
• Technology questions (using computers, printers, or copiers)

Here are the statistics by day of the week and by time of day for Spring Semester, 2019.

Student workers are trained to assist patrons with some queries.

During the Spring 2019 Semester, many students found research assistance by using several of the library's research guides. They could identify databases, follow links, find examples for documentation, and understand key resources by using the guides. 

Overall, Waggoner Library's research guides were used 63,762 views (January through April, 2019).

The top seven research guides were:

EdD                              6786 views

Distance Learners        2931 views

Psych/Couns                1824 views

RefWorks                     1223 views

EdS                                853 views

Literature                       715 views

MBA                              700 views

Spring 2019 Circulation

January 1 through April 30, 2019

Total: 5544 circulation transactions

CATEGORIES OF CIRCULATION

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Items Borrowed from other libraries

Items Loaned to other Libraries, Spring 2019

The gate counts both people who enter and exit the library, so actual attendance is half this total.

Total Gate Count for Spring 2019:

114,414

Attendance: 57,207

Waggoner Library Gate Count , Spring 2019, by month

A library has many ways of measuring its usage and activity--the number of users, number of items checked out, number of databases used, numbers of times librarians assist students in finding information, number of instructional sessions, number of loans to or from other libraries, and many others. 

Does it matter? Sure! Statistics help us to have evidence that we are meeting our students' needs. That's the bottom line. Here's some of that proof for Waggoner Library.

In the end, though, student success = library success. Have you found what you need?