THE USE OF STANDARD STATISTICS IN AN ON-LINE LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

At the Pikes Peak L~braryin Colorado Springs most ot'tht. functions of the library have been automated and it is now feasible to provide statistical indicators on most functions. The traditional service statistics. such as the number of books checked out. the number of people that enter Ihcilities. and the number of' questions answered have been incorporated into the management information svstem. The production statistics Rom materials processingand other areas are also being incav porated into a decision support system. It has been the goal to be able to analyze the use of librarv resources by the public in sufficient detail ro provide a basis for daily decision making.