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Greetings Michigan Library Community, <o:p></o:p></p>
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Could you name the libraries with the highest circulation numbers of 2017? We asked the State Library Data Coordinator Joe Hamlin for some information from the most recent Public Library Survey and learned MeLCat is number 12!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Total Physical Circulation</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kent District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7,045,551<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ann Arbor District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6,501,554<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">West Bloomfield Township Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2,774,828<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Capital Area District Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2,189,403<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rochester Hills Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,849,839<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clinton-Macomb Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,712,291<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kalamazoo Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,658,332<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Genesee District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,437,664<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grand Rapids Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,278,705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Canton Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,224,159<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Farmington Community Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,081,644<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">MeLCat</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">1,080,000</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Troy Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,073,031<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Traverse Area District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,069,893<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Herrick District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,035,104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The busiest month of 2017 for MeLCat, like most other years, was January. In January 2017, a grand total of 101,366 items were loaned! We’ve only gone up from there: this past January 105,178 items were loaned through MeLCat. Our best guess as to why January
is such a popular borrowing month lies in the traditionally slowest month: December. After a break around the holidays it seems Michiganders are kicking everything back into gear in January! Who knows, maybe it is all those New Year’s Resolutions?
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All we know for sure is that the success of MeLCat would not be possible without two elements: LSTA funding from the
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/">Institute for Museum and Library Services</a>, and all the countless library staff around the state who make sure it continues to run.
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