VITAL RESOURCES Use of physical library resources rose for the second year in a row in 2022-23. The biggest growth was in reserves, including both course materials and non-course items. Use of the Main book collection rose by 15%, which is especially notable since many course textbooks are now located in print reserves and since OhioLINK functioned normally in 2022-23, both of which can serve as alternatives to using the Main collection. Other parts of the physical collection saw minor fluctuations in usage. This year saw a significant growth in the use of course reserves. This may be due in part to changes made to streamline the processes necessary to manage this service. An additional benefit was the improved availability of course materials for students. Overall, use of course items nearly doubled in one year, validating our efforts to improve our back-end processes for this service. Use of non-course reserves (such as equipment and test prep materials) increased as well. Usage of digital resources remains a complex area to assess accurately, for a variety of factors. Some usage metrics showed a slight decline while others showed a modest jump in usage. In any event, over 200,000 digital journal articles were used by library patrons, while e-books were accessed nearly 190,000 times by faculty, staff, and students. 2022-23 Print Usage Checkouts 54,168 Renewals 16,941 Internal Use 9,629 Main Collection 16,858 Reserves 24,534 Audio/Visual 528 CMC 8,541 OhioLINK 2,934 Other 773
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