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Gate Count

  2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020
July 5,596 6,771 6,686 5,621 n/a*
August 38,094 41,994 31,854 18,021 34,954
September 67,739 75,554 71,740 42,102 118,883
October 64,666 67,208 64,843 38,446 118,238
November 57,461 65,666 63,899 33,446 96,786
December 17,296 23,216 38,337 15,482 51,800
January 22,588 39,820 24,761* 13,887 34,747
February 56,292 68,315 47,460* 22,518 95,578
March 37,945 58,741 55,420 28,287 44,878
April 62,345 64,359 60,346 31,524 5,589
May 10,476 17,434 20,666 11,264 3,177
June 398 6,671 8,082 6,771 3,510
Keycard entrances  4,824  2,653  2,498 438  384
TOTALS: 451,723  538,402 496,592* 267,925 608,524
*gate counter experienced malfunctions, so numbers do not accurately reflective of traffic

Notes

2023-2024: The gate count decreased from last year by over 86,000, most of which occurred in the second half of the year. 

2022-2023: Compared to 2021-2022, every month had increased traffic except for December, May, and June. Some of the increases are artificially high due to some gate counter malfunctions in the previous year.

2021-2022: The overall total and each month's traffic was higher than last year. This increased traffic is most likely due to relaxed COVID-19 protocols and behaviors. Summer hours have been shortened permanently due to low traffic. The library now has a public entrance in the back of the building, beginning December 2021. The Keycard entrance data is now obtained directly from ITS.

2020-2021:  Our summer hours were shortened compared to previous years, but regular semester hours remained the same.  Tech's COVID-19 pandemic response included some university classes moving online for the academic year, resulting in fewer students present on campus.  These factors led to a large decrease in library traffic.

2019-2020: The gate count was not installed and functioning until after July 2019.  The gate count was comparable to previous years until COVID-19.  Our campus went to online classes only in March through the rest of the statistics year, which resulted in a drastic reduction in patron traffic at the end of March and all of April, May, and June.

2018-2019: The front entrance was remodeled in July 2018, and the gates were removed as part of this remodel.  A new people counter was installed in Summer 2019, so there are no gate count statistics for the 2018-2019 year.

2017-2018: The gate count decreased every month this year except December. Enrollment decreased at the University as well.

2016-2017: This is our highest gate count despite decreased enrollment. The biggest difference was a large increase in August traffic. The gate did not malfunction significantly this year, so this year's gate count report is much more reliable than last year.

2015-2016: Our gate count increased despite repeated issues with the gate functionality. We are investigating a new counter method to avoid malfunctions in the future. The months of November, February, and March has large increases over previous years.

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