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WYLD Usage Statistics - Historical

2000 - 2007 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Participating Institutions 82 88 88 90 100 100 106 110
Item Records 3,282,247 3,432,535 3,519,163 3,705,912 3,624,363 3,392,561 3,681,126 3,700,720
Bibliographic Records 923,930 989,120 1,004,426 1,051,194 1,070,833 998,782 1,130,089 1,114,703
Patron Records1 313,807 316,160 297,170 329,463 355,102 306,550 322,090 333,026
Circulation2 3,258,993 3,364,265 3,922,264 4,099,648 4,384,672 4,669,655 4,700,749 4,674,290
WYLDCAT Searches 2,045,004 1,155,207 1,984,395 1,629,058 1,696,870 2,099,229 1,813,293 1,899,979
Licensed Databases, Sessions n/a n/a 169,061 276,528 452,497 498,222 515,658 906,510
Licensed Databases, Searches 442,228 507,367 639,911 879,677 1,396,096 1,818,986 1,907,540 2,140,978
Licensed Databases, Retrievals3 n/a 936,939 1,042,027 1,149,092 1,325,177 1,669,076 1,335,610 1,655,683
Audiobooks Downloads & Renewals 12,510
Learning Express - Tests Taken 2,378
1 users considered 'active' include patrons whose accounts showed activity within the past five years previous to the reported year.
2 circulation includes checkouts, renewals (online and staff), and mark item used transactions.
3 'Retrievals' includes: articles viewed; full text displayed.
**Statewide licensing began July 1, 2000.

1996 - 1999 1996 1997 1998 1999
Participating Libraries 40 54 65 79
Item Records 2,433,817 2,922,698 3,071,510 3,397,708
Bibliographic Records 616,605 892,901 887,773 954,060
Active Patron Records 158,194 225,277 262,738 290,253
Circulation NA 3,450,692 3,526,710 3,537,397
WYLDCAT Searches (Information Gateway) NA 2,523,259 2,654,999 2,081,983
Accesses to Other WYLD Databases NA *134,521 22,790 52,970
External Databases, other accesses (not including searches)* NA 134,521 104,675 622,844
External Databases Searches NA NA NA 155,711
*1996 Database Use includes Univ. Wyo.
Prior to 1999 only external database accesses were tracked, not searches.
'Other Accesses' includes: articles viewed; full text displayed; abstracts viewed; & other services from the vendors.

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