ILL format stats

At the halfway point in the year, we can now take a look at the formats libraries are asking for in the NHAIS ILL System. That's thanks to the new Borrowing Activity by Format report that was introduced in April. Below are counts for the formats (as determined by coding in the catalog records used to create requests) of requests created between January 1 and June 30 of this year by all libraries in the NHAIS ILL System. Formats with fewer than 10 requests are omitted.

Book                 86,446     
DVD                   7,099     
Large Print          4,336     
Audiobook CD   1,643     
Visual Materials    834     (includes DVD or videocassette where format coding isn't detailed)
Audiobook            301     (includes books on tape or CD where format coding isn't detailed)
Blu-ray                 162     
Music CD             147     
Audiobook Player 117     (Playaway, Wonderbook, VOX, etc.)
Computer Game     72     
Archival Materials  25     
Videocassette          21     
Music Recording    19     (includes CD or audio cassette where format coding isn't detailed)
Music Score            16     
Serial                       11     

And which formats do borrowers want more time with? Below are counts of renewal requests submitted from January 1 to June 30. Formats with fewer than 10 renewal requests are omitted.

Book                5,596     
Large Print         255     
DVD                  211     
Audiobook CD  116
Visual Materials  25
Audiobook          12