Alma Trends

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Aleph Trend data is now available for 2002 - 2018.

Fiscal Year 2023

	2023						2022
	June	May	April	March	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July
Bibs Created												53,712
Holdings Created												16,211
Items Created												36.898
Portfolios Created												58,604
Invoices Created												1,752
Invoices Sent to AP												866
Invoice Lines Sent to AP												6,459
Orders Created												15,059
Items Loaned												12,821
Resource Sharing Borrowing Requests Processed												1,375
Borrow Direct												741
ILLiad												555
SCSB												50
ILLiad In-Library Use												24
SCSB In-Library Use												5
Patron Requests Placed												9.220
Requests Transferred to HD												2,902
Requests Transferred to ReCAP												143
ReCAP SCSB Lending to Partners												1,224
Columbia University Library (Retrieval / EDD)												432 / 104
New York Public Library (Retrieval / EDD)												286 / 76
Princeton University Library (Retrieval / EDD)												287 / 39
Reading Lists Created												169
Reading List Citations Created												2,061
Vendors Updated												61
Logins Created/Updated
Alma Support Tickets Submitted
Alma Support Tickets Resolved
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Submitted
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Resolved

Fiscal Year 2022

	2022						2021
	June	May	April	March	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July
Bibs Created									26,521	28,816	21,439	36,786
Holdings Created									15,986	18,018	16,586	18,526
Items Created									25,554	23,921	24,063	22,838
Portfolios Created	39,757	14,082	129,900	20,623	36,123	69,123	55,358	232,324	99,849	11,652	6,201	20,699
Invoices Created									1,908	1,809	1,727	1,805
Invoices Sent to AP	1,653	2,368	1,770	1,835	1,682	1,866	985	1,483	1,710	1,617	1,247	918
Invoice Lines Sent to AP	17,928	22,164	16,717	16,161	13,933	17,114	12,764	15,326	14,460	14,494	10,373	7,092
Orders Created									13,204	14,624	15,552	14,072
Items Loaned									27,651	28,221	19,397	4,750
Resource Sharing Borrowing Requests Processed									3,161	3,385	1,172	815
Borrow Direct									1,947	2,230	662	566
ILLiad									1,048	971	492	225
SCSB									129	129	1	14
ILLiad In-Library Use									33	38	17	10
SCSB In-Library Use									4	17	0	0
Patron Requests Placed									19,401	20,709	8,999	4,505
Requests Transferred to HD	2,306	2,666	3,706	4,109	3,844	3,312	1,881	3,831	3,504	3,731	1,612	1,229
Requests Transferred to ReCAP	193	216	234	326	207	196	97	252	251	248	92	63
ReCAP SCSB Lending to Partners	1,337	1,399	2,183	2,193	2,140	2,204	1,157	2,554	2759	2575	835	67
Columbia University Library (Retrieval / EDD)	438 / 104	519 / 87	891 / 161	950 / 157	948 / 149	920 / 232	460 / 82	1,059 / 183	1,254 / 202	1,078 / 218	395 / 149	38 / 4
New York Public Library (Retrieval / EDD)	309 / 57	245 / 62	312 / 78	324 / 61	257 / 48	196 / 63	130 / 40	352 / 48	393 / 88	309 / 73	103 / 47	23 / 2
Princeton University Library (Retrieval / EDD)	387 / 42	438 / 48	681 / 60	646 / 55	685 / 53	714 / 79	414 / 31	870 / 42	764 / 58	851 / 46	131 / 10	0 / 0
Reading Lists Created									63	122	396	166
Reading List Citations Created									1,004	2,129	5,891	1,382
Vendors Updated									68	80	61	71
Logins Created/Updated
Alma Support Tickets Submitted												166
Alma Support Tickets Resolved												174
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Submitted												115
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Resolved												112

Fiscal Year 2021

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	FY21	2021						2020
	Total	June	May	April	March	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July
Bibs Created	796,321	100,557	47,192	115,560	49,588	24,364	80,297	47,152	56,774	52,363	18,977	55,337	148,160
Holdings Created	170,349	8,428	19,910	19,925	18,707	13,359	19,601	22,976	17,871	17,355	5,364	3,829	3,024
Items Created	227,925	17,656	25,750	27,797	27,862	21,623	20,457	17,773	23,050	24,515	9,040	7,435	4,967
Portfolios Created	1,067,772	133,456	3,878	2,837	54,285	70,954	114,905	172,609	104,591	37,534	105,280	115,017	152,426
Invoices Created	19,138	1,592	2,596	2,095	2,026	1,927	1,699	1,440	1,803	1,605	1,059	654	642
Invoices Sent to AP	14,890	2,034	2,088	1,498	1,742	1,426	1,493	928	1,332	885	736	388	340
Invoice Lines Sent to AP	130,502	22,337	21,870	16,912	17,450	12,143	16,186	9.487	12,850	5800	2,481	1,270	1,194
Orders Created	153,060	7,586	18,638	20,346	17,538	14,229	15,118	13,611	16,467	16,806	5,318	4,089	3,314
Items Loaned	65,958	5,443	4,875	6,539	7,098	6,922	8,173	3,738	6,531	7,298	7.948	5,013	4,320
ILL Borrowing Requests Processed	7,464	724	779	946	1,071	856	921	399	711	635	419	3	0
Patron Requests Placed	67,643	4769	4607	5904	6,771	5995	7281	4450	5864	6554	6850	5122	3476
Requests Transferred to HD	24,630	1,593	1,510	2,080	3,191	3,322	2,146	1,714	2,070	1,768	2,038	1,781	1,417
Requests Transferred to ReCAP	462	57	42	60	56	41	36	35	30	45	46	14	0
Reading Lists Created	2,115	534	47	17	44	66	370	155	114	43	143	410	172
Reading List Citations Created	20,718	2138	441	451	560	1283	4883	1637	959	778	1447	4627	1514
Vendors Updated	1,560	123	107	110	111	141	153	432	124	37	68	65	89
Logins Created/Updated		10	12	5	10
Alma Support Tickets Submitted	2,188	212	171	250	201	177	192	146	200	179	176	122	162
Alma Support Tickets Resolved	2,037	229	156	239	168	150	200	128	178	181	141	115	152
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Submitted	2,188	139	115	181	190	158	175	126	158	222	247	224	253
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Resolved	2,239	147	122	207	179	176	162	145	170	219	261	198	253

Fiscal Year 2020

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	FY20	2020						2019
	Total	June	May	April	March	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July
Bibs Created	455,528	14,714	107,287	44,363	59,558	32,394	23,687	27,665	27,911	26,792	37,796	23,017	30,344
Holdings Created	198,094	1,419	1,491	8,665	17,225	22,282	20,265	20,951	18,922	23,699	19,990	19,683	23,502
Items Created	319,026	3,306	14,047	10,622	22,289	35,930	36,485	27,384	26,923	33,492	35,480	35,419	37,649
Portfolios Created	3,787,323	26,196	924,653	2,055,731	446,195	79,007	5,664	44,511	61,319	16,277	65,935	23,213	38,622
Invoices Created	20,875	731		1,098	1,644	2,481	2,254	1,933	2,095	2,193	2,015	2,192	2,239
Invoices Sent to AP	18,932	854	1,542	1,006	1,530	2,133	2,233	1,409	1,613	2,037	1,578	1,774	1,223
Invoice Lines Sent to AP	170,888	7,076	15,495	8,590	15,455	16,784	21,591	14,445	14,854	18,392	12,688	15,592	9,926
Orders Created	168,529	1,781	13,164	8,998	13,488	15,998	15,600	13,844	14,689	17,937	15,226	17,288	20,516
Items Loaned	348,678	380	199	139	26,696	49,374	36,822	29,118	43,324	53,759	54,569	27,222	27,076
ILL Borrowing Requests Processed	25,509	0	0	0	1,593	4,486	2,970	2,088	3,020	3,901	3,936	1,793	1,722
Patron Requests Placed	232,425	308	0	2	14,188	32,982	29,896	17,896	28,141	34,049	36,387	19,993	18,583
Requests Transferred to HD	66,671	138	0	0	4,339	8,335	8,510	5,077	7,433	9,506	9,556	6,420	7,357
Requests Transferred to ReCAP	2,921	0	0	0	240	393	330	215	300	479	356	315	293
Reading Lists Created	1,595	62	12	8	21	63	522	92	85	37	164	437	92
Reading List Citations Created	19,480	849		92	571	956	5,915	942	903	794	2,188	4,946	1,324
Vendors Updated	1,254	78		69	101	160	177	89	134	110	81	105	150
Logins Created/Updated	199	7	7	11	16	14	8	9	15	21	32	26	33
Alma Support Tickets Submitted	2,783	161	191	145	232	215	276	207	252	260	268	253	323
Alma Support Tickets Resolved	2,915	194	180	136	234	287	279	290	244	245	238	281	307
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Submitted	2,757	230	183	248	229	191	209	167	198	256	252	265	329
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Resolved	2,728	226	200	219	231	229	229	145	202	232	243	292	280

Fiscal Year 2019

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	FY19	2019						2018
	Total	June	May	April	March	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July
Bibs Created	425,815	28,661	21,538	62,039	42,179	27,571	22,570	24,768	28,541	83,033	34,822	18,867	31,226
Holdings Created	240,996	11,282	19,936	28,148	23,013	22,559	20,959	18,837	20,255	23,886	20,827	16,372	14,922
Items Created	566,267	24,842	62,481	125,017	104,487	36,732	37,407	26,620	30,910	37,658	20,814	16,015	43,284
Portfolios Created	607,326	89,905	8,179	74,493	29,922	170,999	4,308	44,440	22,049	92,395	16,769	10,501	43,366
Invoices Created	26,523	1,714	2,512	2,536	2,347	2,268	2,344	2,082	2,540	2,418	2,067	1,959	1,736
Invoices Sent to AP	22,467	2,112	2,470	2,258	2,107	1,890	2,368	1,491	1,769	1,811	1,574	1,358	1,259
Invoice Lines Sent to AP	204,383	20,201	21,887	19,482	19,619	15,871	22,122	15,496	20,241	16,152	14,203	11,311	7,798
Orders Created	184,938	8,154	17,256	18,114	18,526	15,445	15,799	14,658	16,805	17,335	15,719	14,806	12,321
Items Loaned	485,773	24,658	34,932	49,738	44,958	51,182	35,553	33,704	48,364	55,263	55,338	27,847	24,236
ILL Borrowing Requests Processed	37,194	1,900	2,018	3,631	3,561	4,578	2,917	1,959	3,560	4,589	4,215	1,885	2,381
Patron Requests Placed	324,719	17,238	20,831	30,422	30,781	34,061	35,553	20,242	32,295	34,804	30,062	20,660	17,770
Requests Transferred to HD	95,297	5,934	7,490	9,473	8,672	8,387	8,384	6,279	9,299	10,277	9,504	6,335	5,263
Requests Transferred to ReCAP	3,839	260	356	370	424	302	362	329	313	305	319	244	255
Reading Lists Created	1,624	91	38	24	22	87	445	95	54	22	210	404	132
Reading List Citations Created	14,062	1,098	39	152	256	1,199	3,648	486	813	170	1,971	3,495	735
Vendors Updated	9,960	78	141	153	197	142	141	817	1,301	2,636	1,917	2,269	168
Logins Created/Updated	1,089	14	13	41	33	32	14	9	26	67	118	39	683
Alma Support Tickets Submitted	5,335	265	364	384	447	383	465	288	338	451	469	602	879
Alma Support Tickets Resolved	5,344	269	442	391	464	405	670	284	342	481	419	515	662
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Submitted	3,247	245	186	248	233	264	289	147	198	281	311	316	529
Discovery & Portal Support Tickets Resolved	3,375	257	224	263	280	268	314	184	205	301	343	360	376