This document provides information from BNC's LibraryData service, including statistics on Canadian library usage in 2019. It notes that over 80% of Canadians borrowed materials from public libraries in 2019, with print books being the most popular format. The top 10 bestselling and most loaned Canadian fiction titles of 2019 are also listed, with Margaret Atwood appearing multiple times. LibraryData offers reporting tools to track circulation, holds, renewals, and collections for libraries integrated with BNC's SalesData service.

1. What’s New from BNC:
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3. Why does this
matter?

4. of Canadian readers borrowed a
book from a public library in 2019

5. borrowed a book from a public
library at least once a month

6. borrowed a book from a public
library at least once a week

7. #1
Print book
27%
Audiobook
30%
Ebook
21%
#2#1

8. Bestselling Canadian Fiction 2019
1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
3. A Better Man by Louise Penny
4. Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
5. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
6. The Gown by Jennifer Robson
7. The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood
8. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
9. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
10. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

9. Most loaned Canadian Fiction 2019
1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2. A Better Man by Louise Penny
3. Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
4. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
5. Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
6. Akin by Emma Donoghue
7. The Innocents by Michael Crummey
8. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
9. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
10. Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson

10. Most loaned Canadian Fiction 2019
1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2. A Better Man by Louise Penny
3. Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
4. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
5. Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
6. Akin by Emma Donoghue
7. The Innocents by Michael Crummey
8. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
9. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
10. Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson

11. LibraryData:
Year in Review

12. New Circulation Data
Loans
Holds
Renewals
Copies Owned
Copies on
Order

13. Systems Reporting
195
Branches Reporting
540

14. Data on over
8,600,000
items weekly

15. LibraryData:
Overview

16. Full integration with
SalesData

18. Tell me more about
those reports...

19. Popular Books:
Based on loans, holds,
or on order

21. Book Activity:
Track the activity of a
single title

23. Collection Gaps:
Identify gaps in a
library’s collection

25. Bestseller Circ:
Circulation of
bestselling titles

27. Trend Analysis:
Performance of a
subject/language over
time

29. What comes
next?

30. Regional Analysis

31. More libraries

32. Dewey Decimal
Number

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existing SalesData
subscribers!

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