“Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.”
― Louis L'Amour, Education of a Wandering Man
In the library, "circulation" means a lot of things. What's sometimes called the "library card desk" is also known as "circulation". When we look at a book's record, we count how many times it has checked out as its "circs". The library's collection floats (items checked out at one branch and returned at another stay at the branch at which they are returned), but its items circulate.
Are you ever curious about which titles get checked out the most in the library system? We've generated a couple of lists of the top circulating titles from the last three months. We start with fiction:
Top Circulating Fiction Titles
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December 2013
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January 2014
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February 2014
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1
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Never Go Back by Lee Child
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Doing Hard Time by Stuart
Woods
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Never Go Back by Lee Child
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2
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W is for Wasted by Sue
Grafton
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Never Go Back by Lee Child
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Inferno by Dan Brown
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3
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Inferno by Dan Brown
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Inferno by Dan Brown
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W is for Wasted by Sue
Grafton
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4
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Doing Hard Time by Stuart
Woods
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W is for Wasted by Sue
Grafton
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Sycamore Row by John
Grisham
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5
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The Heist by Janet
Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
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Takedown Twenty by Janet
Evanovich
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Doing Hard Time by Stuart
Woods
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6
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by
Robert Galbraith
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Sycamore Row by John Grisham
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The Gods of Guilt by
Michael Connelly
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7
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Sycamore Row by John
Grisham
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Spider Woman’s Daughter by
Anne Hillerman
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by
Robert Galbraith
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8
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Storm Front by John
Sandford
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And The Mountains Echoed by
Khaled Hosseini
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Takedown Twenty by Janet
Evanovich
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9
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12th of Never by
James Patterson
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by
John Galbraith
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King and Maxwell by David
Baldacci
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10
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Spider Woman’s Daughter by
Anne Hillerman
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The English Girl by Daniel
Silva
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Second Watch by J.A. Jance
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Here's non-fiction:
Top
Circulating Non-Fiction Titles
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December 2013
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January 2014
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February 2014
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1
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Fables by Bill Willingham*
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Fables by Bill Willingham*
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Fables by Bill Willingham*
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2
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Saga of the Swamp Thing by
Alan Moore*
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Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly
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Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly
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3
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Y by Brian K. Vaughan*
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Y by Brian K. Vaughan*
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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4
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Unbroken by Laura
Hillenbrand
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Saga of the Swamp Thing by
Alan Moore*
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Y by Brian K. Vaughan*
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5
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The Power of Habit by
Charles Duhigg
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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Saga of the Swamp Thing by
Alan Moore*
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6
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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The Power of Habit by
Charles Duhigg
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Zealot by Reza Aslan
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7
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Invincible by Robert
Kirkman*
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David and Goliath by
Malcolm Gladwell
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Unbroken by Laura
Hillenbrand
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8
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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Invincible by Robert
Kirkman*
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Jack of Fables by Bill
Willingham*
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9
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Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly
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Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy
Crystal
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The Pioneer Woman Cooks by
Ree Drummond
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10
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House of Mystery by Matthew
Sturges*
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Unbroken by Laura
Hillenbrand
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David and Goliath by
Malcolm Gladwell
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Are you surprised by any of the titles? Have you read any of them? Would you consider reading them based on their popularity?
*graphic novel series
2 comments:
I would love to see this for the children's and/or young adult books as well!
Look for more posts about circulation in the future!
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