Data Services

Locally-subscribed resources

• Includes:
  • Ancestry 
  • Consumer Reports
  • Flipster
  • Gale products (Ebooks, Chilton Library, Literature Resource Center)
  • Novelist Plus
  • Transparent Languages
• Flipster and Gale updated twice yearly in January and July. All other products updated monthly.

Overdrive

• "Checkout by Month" and "Checkout by Format" data updated monthly.
• "Costs" data updated annually.

Badgerlink databases

• Includes:
  • Auto Repair Source
  • Britannica
  • Badgerlink-provided EBSCO databases
  • TeachingBooks
• Updated twice yearly in January and July.

Most Requested Titles by Library

• Compiles data from the Most Requested Titles by Library ILS report.
• Counts of holds placed on bib records for the most recent 6 months of report data.
• Limited to records with at least 3 holds placed for pick-up at the selected library.
• Updated monthly.

Most Circed Titles Not Owned by Library

• Titles not owned by a library most frequently checked out by residents of the library's municipality in the past 6 months.
• "Resident" definitions can be customized by library based on patron PSTAT.
• Updated monthly.

Grubby Report

• For tracking CD & DVD maintenance.
• Updated monthly.

MPL - Items Not Owned by MPL Checked Out by Madison Residents

• Items most frequently borrowed by Madison residents that MPL does not own.
• Data from monthly 'items-owned' and 'LINKcat-circ' extracts.
• Updated quarterly.

MPL - Most Used Titles

• All-time circulation counts.
• Data from the most recent monthly 'items-owned' extracts.
• Updated upon request.

Library Statistics Summary

• Data from the monthly Library Statistics Summary report.

LINKcat Library Circulation by PSTAT

• Views of circulation data for the past 12 months:
  • by PSTAT with details by library and item format.
  • by library with details by PSTAT and item format.
• Data from the most recent monthly circulation extracts.
• Updated monthly.

Circulation by Time

• Breakdowns of circulation data over different time periods.
• Data from monthly circulation extracts.
• Updated annually.

2024 Circulation - Top 20 lists

• List of the most popular circulating items in 2024.
• Filters for collection and library/branch/system.

Library Cardholders in Dane County

• Cardholder counts and estimated population proportions by Census tracts and Census blocks.
• Includes breakdown of cardholders by patron home library.
• Also incorporates selected demographic data from the US Census Bureau.
• See "Data Notes" tab for further details.
• Created by request for Madison Public Library Planning Team. Service area definitions added for other Dane County libraries.

Circulation by Age Group

• Includes counts of unique borrower barcodes and circulation per borrower estimate for each age group.
• Data from Bibliovation.
• Updated annually.

Home Library Cardholders by Age Group

• Borrower age group counts by patron home library or patron municipality.
• Data from the 'LINKcat-patrons-registered' ILS data extract.
• Updated annually.

Middleton Public Library | Middleton Common Council District Comparisons

• Comparing circulation, holds, and library cardholder data between Alder districts in the City of Middleton.
• Created to encourage alders to promote library services and card sign ups.
• Based on original designs by Middleton PL.

New Glarus Public Library | Love ♥ of Community Matching Grant

• Created to support New Glarus Public Library fundraising campaign.
• Formerly embedded on the New Glarus Public Library website.

Columbus Public Library | 2023 Community Survey Results

• Created for the Columbus Public Library Strategic Plan.

Dane County Libraries - Circulation for Madison Residents

• Data tracking use of Dane County libraries by City of Madison residents.
• Separates hold pick-ups and "browsing circs" of non-hold items.
• Created by request of the Dane County Library Service.

Monona Public Library | City of Monona Ward Comparisons

• Comparing circulation, holds, and library cardholder data between wards in the City of Monona.
• Uses geocoded patron addresses to match cardholders and their associated data to wards.

Portage County Public Library | Monthly Branch Snapshots

• Summarizes monthly data for each of the Portage County Public Library branches.
• Non-ILS data provided via Google Sheets.
• Updated monthly.

Reedsburg Public Library | Borrower Maps

• Counts and per capita measures of borrowers and circulation.
• Data for patrons with at least one checkout at Reedsburg PL between January 2021 and March 2024
• Mapped by municipal wards and US Census blocks

Rosemary Garfoot Public Library | 2024 Community Survey Results

• Created as part of the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library strategic planning process.

Columbus Public Library | Service Population 20-year Forecast

Sun Prairie Public Library | Circulation Data

Per Capita Service Measure Comparison

• From Public Library Service Data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Uses data from the 2019 - 2023 Annual Reports (Note: 2022 & 2023 data is PRELIMINARY).

Columbia County Libraries - Adjacent County Payments, Non-resident Circulation, & Financial Service Data Summary

• From Public Library Service Data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Uses data from the 2016 - 2023 Annual Reports (Note: 2022 & 2023 data is PRELIMINARY).

Green County Libraries - Adjacent County Payments, Non-resident Circulation, & Financial Service Data Summary

• From Public Library Service Data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Uses data from the 2016 - 2023 Annual Reports (Note: 2022 & 2023 data is PRELIMINARY).

Sauk County Libraries - Adjacent County Payments, Non-resident Circulation, & Financial Service Data Summary

• From Public Library Service Data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Uses data from the 2016 - 2023 Annual Reports (Note: 2022 & 2023 data is PRELIMINARY).

Wood County Libraries - Adjacent County Payments, Non-resident Circulation, & Financial Service Data Summary

• From Public Library Service Data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Uses data from the 2016 - 2023 Annual Reports (Note: 2022 & 2023 data is PRELIMINARY).

Wireless network access

• Connections to the "Library-Wireless" signal.
• Updated monthly.