Looking back...

It hasn't even been a full week since graduation, and already University Libraries has new products and services that we've rolled out.  I'll devote an entire blog post to these tomorrow!  For today, though, I wanted to highlight a few of the "top items" from the 2010-2011 school year.  You may have already seen this posted on the University Libraries News Feed, but I wanted to share them again here.

• Top 10 downloaded electronic theses and dissertations
• Top 15 CDs checked out of Newman Library
• Top 25 DVDs checked out of Newman Library
• Top 10 books checked out of Newman Library
• Top 20 Addison searches
• Top 10 databases used

I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised that the number one most frequently checked out book was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, rather than something lighter!  Also, what do you think it says about Virginia Tech students that the two most checked out DVDs were Battlestar Gallactica and Star Trek, the next generation?

A huge thanks to Robert Sebek, our amazing webmaster here at University Libraries, who uses Google Analytics to track all of these statistics and compiles these interesting reports.  

Stay tuned for information about new services and products in a blog post tomorrow!