Dear People,

We have recently been able to generate  a report that reflects how many
times a journal has been charged out or taken off the shelf (the journals
have barcodes and we have a rolodex for the current issues) by using a
portable scanner.

I wanted to ask what someone would consider low usage.  We have 400 titles -
and the report reflects 7 months.

That is if a journal shows that it was used 25x  would this be considered
low?  I work in a medical library in a large hospital - 788 beds.
Mainly residents,medical students, staff etc.

The New Eng. Jou. of Med showed 700+ times of use.  So I realize that would
reflect heavy usage.

I am just courious what guidelines other libraries use.

Thank you

Rose M. LaJudice
Buffalo
rlajudic@hs1.buffalo.edu