[Genealib] RE: Obituary look-up stats

[Mary K. Mannix]

Something a little different ... I would love to get any stats that
you all who deal with big obit orders, have obit collections, etc.
have compiled for the last year or two.  Any numbers at all would be
of interest to me. I know many of us probably track different things
and our collections are different, as is how we interact with the
collections and our patrons and different in how we service them, but,
nonetheless this sort of info would be of use to me. :)
Much thanks,  Mary

PS For example, my preliminary stats for the last fiscal year have us
finding 5110 obits, for 280 researchers and we copied them onto 1954
pieces of paper. (We generally copy more than one person per sheet,
obviously).  We don't track how many obits we looked for and did not
find, but that number is included in the 280 reserachers and not every
obit pulled gets copied. :)

Mary K. Mannix
Maryland Room Manager
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, MD