Door Count Week

DOOR COUNT
JULY, 2013
WHEN: Door Count is taken three times each fiscal year, the third weeks in July, October, and April. The count begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. This Door Count will run from Sunday, July 14th through Saturday, July 20th.

WHAT: The July, 2013 Door Count will measure 2 things:
1. Visitors by the hour, through gate counts
2. In-House materials used, by the day
Gate counts are measured by recording the P number on your gate each hour. This way we get a general idea of what times of the day are busiest at your location.
In-House material counts are counted manually but we only need a daily total. This count is used by libraries nationally to measure use of print-based materials.

HOW:
Please review the Door Count template before Door Count begins.
 Count any item that is removed from the shelf or stacks, by staff or the public. All formats are counted and each physical item is counted as one.
 Enter your gate’s P numbers hourly and materials use, daily.
 If your location closes before 5, or 8pm, enter your closing P number for each of the remaining hours. And, your closing P number should be the same as the opening number for the following day.
 If one or more of your locations has a broken gate or no gate, your staff or a volunteer will need to count visitors manually, and will enter the hourly visitor counts into the spreadsheet’s P number section.

Carol will have the door count sheet for Acres Monday morning.

Thank you all.

Pedro