Below are some recent statistics from our Unit:
NOTE: The Metadata / Catalog Unit has been working remotely since March 17, 2020 and will continue to until further notice.
December 2020 (The unit shut down for the winter break on 12/19/20 along with the rest of the Library. Averages are based only on the first 18 days of December.)
- Bibliographic records added: 6,506 (Average of 361 records per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 220 (Average of 12 records per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 20,383 (Average of 1,132 records per day)
- Item records edited: 3,242 (Average of 180 records per day)
- Authority records edited: 59 (Average of 3 records per day)
November 2020
- Bibliographic records added: 237 (Average of 7.9 records per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 89 (Average of 2.9 records per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 13,062 (Average of 435.4 records per day)
- Item records edited: 7,187 (Average of 239.5 records per day)
- Authority records imported: 47 (Average of 1.5 per day)
October 2020
- Bibliographic records added: 123 (Average of 3.9 records per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 227 (Average of 7.3 records per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 22,063 (Average of 711.7 records per day)
- Item records edited: 133 (Average of 4.2 records per day)
- Authority records imported: 31 (Average of 1 record per day)
September 2020
- Bibliographic records added: 2,302 (Average of 76.7 records per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 437 (Average of 14.2 records per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 23,637 (Average of 787.9 records per day)
- Item records edited: 81 (Average of 2.7 records per day)
- Authority records imported: 24 (Average of .8 records per day)
August 2020
- Bibliographic records added: 90 (Average of 2 per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 21,418 (Average of 691 per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 21,308 (Average of 687 per day)
- Item records edited: 947 (Average of 30.5 per day)
- Authority records imported: 17 (Average of .5 per day)
July 2020:
- Bibliographic records added: 338 (Average of 10.9 records per day)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 541 (Average of 17.4 records per day)
- Bibliographic records edited: 245,174 (Average of 7,908.8 records per day)
- Authority records added: 14 (Average of .5 per day)
- Item records edited: 1,257 (Average of 40.5 per day)
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 year end statistics:
- Bibliographic records added: 37,179 (Average of 3,098 per month)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 28,428 (Average of 2,369 per month)
- Bibliographic records edited: 263,936 (Average of 21,9994.6 records per month)
- Authority records added: 568 (Average of 47.3 per month)
- Authority records withdrawn: 74 (Average of 6 per month)
- Item records edited: 20,653 (Average of 1,721 per month)
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 year end statistics:
- Bibliographic records added: 17,897 (Average of 1,491.4 per month)
- Bibliographic records withdrawn: 19,455 (Average of 1,621.25 per month)
- Bibliographic records edited: 1,730,115 (Average of 144,176.25 per month)
- Authority records added: 15,387
- Authority records withdrawn: 136
- Authority records edited: 583
- Item records edited: 34,806
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018:
- Volumes added to the collections (print, media, digital): 42,462
- Volumes removed from the collections (print, media, digital): 15,063
- Bibliographic records edited (print, media, digital): 809,579
Questions? Contact Metadata / Catalog Librarian, Heather Fisher, at x7053 or hgfisher@svsu.edu.