We have a user account set up as 'inhouse'. Any items left out on tables, placed at the ends of shelves, etc are checked out to 'inhouse', discharged, and sorted to shelve. Each inhouse check out shows up in our system as a checkout. This method doesn't differentiate between regular checkouts and inhouse, but it is something. Andrea Mucha Office Assistant Warren Public Library Dorothy M Busch Branch 23333 Ryan Road Warren MI 48091 (586) 755-5750 (586) 756-4292 Fax http://www.warrenlibrary.net/ ________________________________ From: michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org> on behalf of Kelli Perkins <kperkins@herrickdl.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:05 PM To: michlib-l@lists.mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Magazine Use Has anyone found an effective way to count magazine use beyond circulation? Since this is such a browsing collection, I haven't found a way to determine how much use individual titles get from browsers who don't check them out. Ideas? I have seen fancy mechanisms that physically count how many times something is lifted from the shelf, but I'm looking for a more low tech solution! Kelli Perkins Head of Reference Services Herrick District Library 300 S River Ave, Holland MI 49423 616.355.3718 kperkins@herrickdl.org Reading: "Sycamore Row" by John Grisham Listening: "Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier" by Tom Kizzia?