Circulation Infographic
Electronic Resources
Electronic resources continue to be popular with the library community. 556,750 items were added in the fiscal year including things such as databases, streaming video, ebooks, and journals.. Throughout the fiscal year, electronic titles were accessed 1,326,588 times.
Woodson Research Center
Collectively the Woodson served over 1200 patrons in person, and an additional 330 via live virtual access.
Digital Media Commons
- Number of posters printed
- Total posters printed: 1,115
- Busiest day: 71 posters printed, Tuesday, April 11, 2023
- About 4 per day on average.
- Equipment check-outs
- Total checkouts: 1,859
- Busiest day: 31 checkouts, Monday, November 28, 2022
- About 12 per day on average.
- Studios usage
- Total uses: 389
- Busiest day: 7 usages, Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- More than once per day on average.
Regarding studio usage, it’s also notable that the DMC has seen an increasing trend in use of studio space since 2019. Usage of the studio spaces has more than doubled since this tableau was created.
DMC Studio Statistics 2019-Present.
Reference/Research Guide Usage FY23
Live chat sessions: 330
Reference asynchronous questions: 1445
Total reference transactions: 1775
Top 10 FAQ’s from the FAQ System:
Is the library open to the public?: 1275
How can I access the Houston Post archives via your website?:570
Where should I park when I come to the library?: 462
Is free wifi access available to library visitors?: 363
Do you have an alumni directory?: 320
How can I find out how many citations a faculty member has had over the last 5 years?: 267
How can I find dissertations?: 239
How can I access online journals and databases from off campus?: 224
Can I make copies from microfilm? Can I get a digital copy?: 219
Is there a food vending machine?: 213
Total number of all guides: 464
Total views of all guides: 53,755
Most popular Guides by views:
- Archives of the Impossible: 1906
- Newspapers: 1621
- Cat Videos on the Web: 1596
- Graduate Students & Postdocs: 1464
- NAICS and SIC Codes:1402
- Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938: 1372
- PTRC Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights: 1166
- Philately:1135
- Paranormal Studies: 1004
- Government Information: 995
The Philately Guide was featured in the Jan-Feb 2023 issue of the American Topical Association’s Topical Time magazine.
Business Information Center
Daily average: 65 users per day
Highest total: 145 users per day
Library Service Center
- Total LSC inventory: 1,200,212
- Fondren items: 1,154,796
- WRC boxes and books: 26,020
- Fondren - Art Rare books: 10,462
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) owned items: 8,934
- Items delivered to Fondren Library in 2023:
- Total retrievals (requests) delivered to circ: 1,668
- Total retrievals (requests) delivered to Woodson Research Center (WRC): 2,307 (includes WRC boxes and Fondren Art rare books)
- Total retrievals (requests) delivered to Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH): 73
Note, the total inventory numbers above are lifetime, not items added in FY23.
Technical Services
Technical services encompasses Acquisitions and Cataloging & Metadata Services. These departments work together to first acquire new materials and then describe them to make them available for search in the catalog. There is a constant rotation of new items coming in and items going out of the department to meet patron needs. Throughout the FY there were around 30,000 items acquired and cataloged. The linear trendline demonstrates an overall reduction of items in the department, demonstrating that turnaround times are being reduced, and that things are being processed efficiently.
