VITAL RESOURCES Digital Commons Publishing 2021-22 Channels Cedarville Review Use of physical resources rose compared to the previous year, though 2020-21 featured a compressed academic calendar making this comparison of limited value. Compared to the last pre-pandemic academic year, 2021-22 saw declines in usage of the main book collection, OhioLINK, and A/V materials. On the other hand, checkout totals for reserve items (course materials and equipment) and the CMC collection rose. This mirrors long-standing patterns of library usage, as the chart below shows. Usage of library print materials has been declining for about a decade, but this decline is not evenly spread across library collections. In fact, usage of our reserve materials has been on the rise, indicating that physical holdings still play an important role for many students in the resource landscape. Musical Offerings (2 issues) Usage of digital resources remains a complex area to assess accurately, with the variety of platforms and metrics complicating accurate data gathering. Some of the digital platforms recorded dramatic changes in usage that suggest counting methodologies may not be as consistent as desired. Overall, the usage of digital resources showed a decline compared to the prior year, perhaps as high as 5-10%. While some databases saw growth in use, this was offset by drops in usage elsewhere, though not all databases have been assessed as of this date. Total Checkouts of Physical Materials Over the Last 10 Years 10 Years Ago 2011-12 88,715 5 Years Ago 2016-17 68,256 Current Year 2021-22 65,965
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