Never mind, it's not proximate dates at my public library. We have 221 discs with more than 200 checkouts, all feature films, and these are numbers by years added:
2008 -- 3 2007 -- 45 2006 -- 65 2005 -- 49 2004 -- 25 2003 -- 23 2002 -- 11 Mike -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Michael May Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 8:29 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos A common thread might be approximate acquisition dates? -Mike -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:09 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos And if there's a logical or common thread in that list, John, I'll be damned! (not excepting the two forlorn documentaries in the group) gary > And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. > > THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT = 581 > SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - CHKOUT = 487 > BIG LEBOWSKI - CHKOUT = 459 > MULAN - CHKOUT = 445 > RUSHMORE - CHKOUT = 419 > CASABLANCA - CHKOUT = 408 > HIGH FIDELITY - CHKOUT = 406 > ERIN BROCKOVICH - CHKOUT = 401 > TWELVE MONKEYS - CHKOUT = 400 > TOY STORY 2 - CHKOUT = 393 > THE MATRIX - CHKOUT = 381 > MOULIN ROUGE - CHKOUT = 380 > LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - CHKOUT = 378 > EMMA - CHKOUT = 376 > ANY GIVEN SUNDAY - CHKOUT = 369 > SEX AND THE CITY, SEASON 1. - CHKOUT = 364 COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE - > CHKOUT = 364 THE DEER HUNTER - CHKOUT = 358 SLEEPY HOLLOW - CHKOUT = > 355 THE FALL OF THE I HOTEL - CHKOUT = 349 > > - John > ___________________________________ > http://www.lib.washington.edu/media > > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Pearson, Jeffrey wrote: > >> OK, here is our top 20. Multiple copies not combined, which accounts >> for Amelie at both 4 and 14 (total 531 circs). Forrest Gump came in >> at position 265, with a still respectable 166 circs... >> >> The prestige >> Requiem for a dream >> The Royal Tenenbaums >> Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain >> The lion king >> Memento >> American psycho >> Good Will Hunting >> Aladdin >> The Shawshank redemption >> The usual suspects >> Rushmore >> Wedding crashers >> Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain >> Anchorman >> The departed >> The wire. Season one, disc 1 >> City of God >> Mulholland Dr. >> >> - Jeff P. >> U of Michigan > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current > and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It > is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for > video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
