Greetings Michigan Library Community, Could you name the libraries with the highest circulation numbers of 2017? We asked the State Library Data Coordinator Joe Hamlin for some information from the most recent Public Library Survey and learned MeLCat is number 12! Location Total Physical Circulation Kent District Library 7,045,551 Ann Arbor District Library 6,501,554 West Bloomfield Township Public Library 2,774,828 Capital Area District Libraries 2,189,403 Rochester Hills Public Library 1,849,839 Clinton-Macomb Public Library 1,712,291 Kalamazoo Public Library 1,658,332 Genesee District Library 1,437,664 Grand Rapids Public Library 1,278,705 Canton Public Library 1,224,159 Farmington Community Library 1,081,644 MeLCat 1,080,000 Troy Public Library 1,073,031 Traverse Area District Library 1,069,893 Herrick District Library 1,035,104 The busiest month of 2017 for MeLCat, like most other years, was January. In January 2017, a grand total of 101,366 items were loaned! We've only gone up from there: this past January 105,178 items were loaned through MeLCat. Our best guess as to why January is such a popular borrowing month lies in the traditionally slowest month: December. After a break around the holidays it seems Michiganders are kicking everything back into gear in January! Who knows, maybe it is all those New Year's Resolutions? All we know for sure is that the success of MeLCat would not be possible without two elements: LSTA funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services<https://www.imls.gov/>, and all the countless library staff around the state who make sure it continues to run. Brought to you by Kathy Kosinski of the MeL Team. [cid:image003.jpg@01D3B6BC.0C677510] MeL databases are available to Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for the next MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact@mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org>, visit http://mel.org<http://mel.org/>, or sign up for the MeL Minute and other Library of Michigan e-mail lists via GovDelivery<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MILOM/subscriber/new>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your colleagues and networks. Sonya Schryer Norris Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-4457 http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> http://michlibrary.org<http://michlibrary.org/> [cid:image001.png@01D169A3.73327F50]
