How should a consortium count web-based renewals?
The consortium members can decide how to credit web-based renewals in the members circulation counts. What matters most is the consistency of the application of the method chosen over the years.
Here are some possible scenarios:
- The renewal could be credited to the library where the patron initially checked out the book.
- The renewal could be credited to the library that owns the book.
- The web-based renewals can be proportioned among the members based on the ratio of circulation of the members. For example, Blue Library checks out 6,000 items a year. Mauve Memorial checks out 3,000 a year, and Green Library checks out 1,000. Blue has 60% of total area circulation, Mauve 30% and Green 10%. Given 100 web-renewals, Blue gets 60, Mauve 30 and Green 10.