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• This year our most circulated item was a laptop lock, which was checked out 74 times.
• The most heavily used book was Oxford History of Western Music, which checked in at 68 (v.2) and 66 (v.1).  It was clearly on reserve, as it is now in Reference.
• The book Mahler, which must also have been on reserve, came in with 49 checkouts.
• The most heavily used DVD was Presentation Zen, used 17 times this year.
• 33,434 of our items circulated at least one time. The average circulation per item circulated was 1.3, although the median was 1.
• Additionally in our system at this time, there is evidence of at least 1,045 orbis records (indicating items borrowed through Summit).

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