Dear Alison and fellow art museum librarians,
I am also under considerable pressure to submit very similar statistics as soon as possible. Is there a way to share through the Museum
library SIG blog that Catherine Petersen has set up? We were discussing the need for comparative stats. I am willing to submit ours and would appreciate shared data, as Alison is requesting.
Thanks also, Marilyn
Marilyn Carbonell
Head, Library Services
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Office: 816.751.1381
Fax: 816.751.0498
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Where the power of art engages the spirit of community
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Museum Library Usage
Fellow museum librarians,
I have another inquiry. My administration is showing some concern about library usage. We keep stats on our library attendance and circulation (this includes both checkouts and in house use). I know different libraries have different
use and circulation policies, some with public hours, some by appointment only.
I am interested in trying to get an idea of how our library compares in usage to other museum libraries.
If you have the time could you answer the following questions?
1.
Do you have public hours?
2.
Do you serve any significant patron base outside of museum staff?
students for example
3.
Who is the biggest user of your physical library space? (for example, our staff uses our collection, but almost always uses it in their own offices).
4.
What is your annual library attendance?
5.
Does any of your collection circulate outside of the library?
6.
Do you keep circulation stats (including for library use only material)?
7.
If you have circulation stats, what is your annual circulation?
I won’t be sharing any information with institution names attached.
Thank you so much for any help you can provide,
Alison
Alison L. Huftalen, M.A., M.L.S.
Head Librarian
Toledo Museum of Art
419-255-8000 x7386
http://www.toledomuseum.org/learn/library
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