just OverDrive! It’s More Than The WPLC WAPL 2019.pdf · The Racketeer 18,155 11. The Hunger...
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The WPLC: It’s More Than just OverDrive!
Transcript of just OverDrive! It’s More Than The WPLC WAPL 2019.pdf · The Racketeer 18,155 11. The Hunger...
The WPLC: It’s More Than just OverDrive!
What we Plan to Cover TodayAnnual
Meeting Recap
WPLC ProjectsFun Facts!
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Upcoming Events & Projects
Questions Get SWAG!
1.Annual Meeting OverView
What happened at the meeting, stays at the meeting.(Just kidding! Weren’t there? We’ll fill ya in!)
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2.Fun Facts!
About the Digital Collection!
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Comparables/Scale #1 circulating collection in the US
#2 in holds for peer collections
Longest average waiting period of peer libraries at 45.2 days
Spend the least amount money on content of peer libraries
Lowest spend per user and spend per checkout of peer libraries
80% of RTL titles are purchased!
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Flashy statsNearly 20% increase in checkouts from
2017 (19.9%)
An average of 82,587 unique users per month in 2018
A 2018 cost per circ of $ .28
Nearly 35% of checkouts originate in Libby
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Percentage of Collection that CirculatesWhoa. That’s awesome!
Excluding Project Gutenberg titles
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98%
Top 15 Circulating Titles *1. Gone Girl
32,734
2. Fifty Shades of Grey, Book 124,842
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,Book 1 24,052
4. The Next Always, Book 1 23,877
5. The Litigators23,849
6. The Girl on the Train 22,399
7. The Book Thief 22,006
8. Dark Places 20,747
9. Unbroken 20,388
10. The Racketeer18,155
11. The Hunger Games, Book 1 (Audio) 18,097
12. Big Little Lies 17,655
13. Gray Mountain 16,959
14. Gone Girl (Audio) 16,049
15. Fifty Shades Darker, Book 2 15,904
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*from inception
8,739 Patron Survey ResponsesThat’s a lot of patrons!
5000+ in patron focus groupSuch helpful patrons!
93% are satisfied or very satisfiedThat’s a whole lotta satisfaction!
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3.WPLC Projects!
Exciting things are happening with the WPLC!
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BiblioBoard
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BiblioBoard
WI Author ProjectSELF-e BiblioBoard
Library
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Pressbooks
Pressbooks✖ Software for creating ebooks and print ready books
SELF-e✖ Program to find readers (and maybe fame?)
Wisconsin Author Project✖ Libraries supporting literacies (always, but especially through June 30th)
✖ Wisconsinites are creative!
✖ Come to WLA Annual Conference in October to meet the winner
BiblioBoard Library✖ All of the above ends up in the Library
✖ No waiting. No logging in. Just reading!
✖ 9 collection and rotating curations
BiblioBoard
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Historical and Local Collections Committee
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Historical & Local Collections✖ WPLC + Recollection Wisconsin ✖ Newspaper project✖ Experiments with BiblioBoard
Creator
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8 Systems
✖ Arrowhead Library System
✖ IFLS Library System
✖ Milwaukee County Federated Library System
✖ Manitowoc-Calumet Library System
✖ Nicolet Library System
✖ Outagamie Waupaca Library System
✖ South Central Library System
✖ Southwest Wisconsin Library System
Transparent Languages
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3.Coming soon!
Hear ye! Hear ye!
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WI Author ProjectApplications open now!
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Lucky Dayoh yeah.
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Thanks!Any questions?
You can contact us at:[email protected]
More info can be found at:wplc.info
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