Sending Circulation Statistics to Library Journal

Library Journal collects and compiles statistics about fiction and non-fiction titles borrowed and requested from libraries throughout the United States. The top titles are ranked and listed twice a month in Library Journal’s “Best Sellers: Books Most Borrowed” feature, available at www.libraryjournal.com. A number of Polaris customer libraries contribute to these statistics.

In participating Polaris libraries, circulation and hold request statistics for the library system are sent automatically to Innovative Interfaces on the 1st and 15th of each month. Innovative Interfaces combines the lists from all participating Polaris libraries, totals the number of circulation transactions and holds for the 60 days prior to the list date, sorts the titles by popularity and exports them in a spreadsheet to Library Journal. Library Journal does not receive, save, or publish statistics associated with each specific library that supplies statistics to Innovative Interfaces.

You can control whether your system participates in the Library Journal feature through a Polaris Administration setting. At the system level, double-click the Patron Services profile Contribute to LJ Books Most Borrowed and select an option:

• No - Opt out - Select this option if you do not want to participate.
• Yes - Via Web Service - Default. Select this option to participate. The job gathers the statistics and transmits them automatically to Innovative Interfaces.
• Yes - Via FTP - Future functionality. Do not use.

If Yes is selected, your statistics are automatically sent to Innovative Interfaces for processing on the 15th and 30th of each month. You do not need to do anything else to participate.