Monday, January 29, 2018

Data Hound Digital Edition






 

Author and Librarian Cari Dubiel has been fishing through the data stacks of ebooks to find the most popular library mysteries in her town so she can share the titles with us. Don't forget to check out details about her book on Ink Shares at the end of the post

Welcome back to Data Hound, the column where we investigate the most popular mysteries in Twinsburg, Ohio – at least by library standards. I’m the Adult Learning and Information Services Manager at Twinsburg Public Library, and I love checking out the stats to see what I can recommend to Mystery Playground readers.

Today we’re going to investigate our digital subscriptions.
My library subscribes to a few different digital platforms for e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music.


We have access to our OverDrive collection through the CLEVNET consortium. All the libraries in the system purchase titles for this platform. Your library may have an OverDrive subscription, but each library purchases different titles, so the selection varies by library. Also, these items are checked out just like real library books, so if someone is using a title, it must be returned before the next person can have it.


Hoopla is a little different – my library subscribes to this individually. All titles are available all the time, but you can only check out 15 titles per month. There is a different selection here than in OverDrive, although some titles overlap.


Biblioboard is super cool. There are independent authors in here, as well as small press and For Dummies books. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you can access this resource as long as you go through my library’s web page! Just go to www.twinsburglibrary.org, click on e-collections, then click Biblioboard. Blatant self-promotion: you can even check out my books through this service.


Now let’s get to the recommending. 


In OverDrive, I was able to see the list of most-viewed titles in the past month. Actually, most of those titles are romances! One most-viewed mystery was an audiobook: The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. 


Data Hound – Digital Edition


Welcome back to Data Hound, the column where we investigate the most popular mysteries in Twinsburg, Ohio – at least by library standards! I’m the Adult Learning and Information Services Manager at Twinsburg Public Library, and I love checking out the stats to see what I can recommend to Mystery Playground readers.


Today we’re going to investigate our digital subscriptions.
My library subscribes to a few different digital platforms for e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music.


We have access to our OverDrive collection through the CLEVNET consortium. All the libraries in the system purchase titles for this platform. Your library may have an OverDrive subscription, but each library purchases different titles, so the selection varies by library. Also, these items are checked out just like real library books, so if someone is using a title, it must be returned before the next person can have it.


Hoopla is a little different – my library subscribes to this individually. All titles are available all the time, but you can only check out 15 titles per month. There is a different selection here than in OverDrive, although some titles overlap.


Biblioboard is super cool. There are independent authors in here, as well as small press and For Dummies books. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you can access this resource as long as you go through my library’s web page! Just go to www.twinsburglibrary.org, click on e-collections, then click Biblioboard. Blatant self-promotion: you can even check out my books through this service.


Now let’s get to the recommending. 


In OverDrive, I was able to see the list of most-viewed titles in the past month. Actually, most of those titles are romances. One most-viewed mystery was an audiobook: The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. 



Kind of interesting, since this book came out in 2012, and Cornwell has released quite a few titles since then. Maybe a book club is reading it?



 

We also had many views on Death’s Door: A Show and Valentine Mystery by Jim Kelly. I have not heard of this author or the title before – it’s the fourth in a series. Many hidden gems here. 


Moving to Hoopla, I’m able to see both trending titles and unique titles borrowed. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express got a bump – probably from the movie. I saw it on opening night.



Another popular title I discovered is When Shadows Fall by J.T. Ellison. I think Ellison is popular in my library in general – I do have people asking for her books frequently. This is a 2014 title, too! A lot of people in Twinsburg are investigating the mystery backlists, methinks. This series follows a forensic pathologist, Dr. Samantha Owens, and it looks great. I’m definitely going to have to check it out.  



And if you don’t mind checking out MY latest book – https://www.inkshares.com/books/how-to-remember – it’s not in the library yet, but it will be soon. Tune in next time for more data sniffing.

 

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