Your library serves patrons by providing the resources, programming and space they need to learn, work and thrive. In order to serve patrons effectively, however, you need to know how they use your services.
Collecting visitor data is an essential part of running a library. This data helps you schedule staff, measure marketing effectiveness and defend important requests for funding. Though visitor data is important, it can also be difficult to collect. Patron counting by hand using tick sheets distracts staff from more important work, like helping visitors, and often results in inaccurate data.
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If you’re manually keeping track of patrons that visit your library, you can probably attest that when the staff becomes busy, the first thing that slips is the tally-keeping.
Door counters for libraries help you collect the accurate data you need to better serve your community. By investing in a patron counter for your library, you can make better use of your time and resources. With Traf-Sys, you don’t have to choose between taking care of your visitors and keeping track of patron counts.
A library door counter allows libraries to gather and analyze patron counting data. Whether you track a simple metric, such as how many people visit daily, or something more complex, such as how many people visit different sections, you can use data from a patron counting sensor to improve your library’s services and operate more efficiently. Here are just a few key ways that you can use a Traf-Sys library people counter in your library:
Patron counters allow you to count visitors easily and accurately. After installing a door counter or other system, you’ll receive reliable, daily traffic counts automatically and eliminate the hassle of using tick sheets. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of your traffic, perform better occupancy monitoring, and detect patterns in usage. Even better, you’ll free up staff for more important tasks.
Accurate library patron counts help you provide evidence in support of funding requests and grant applications. Use the insights you gain from patron counters to form strong grant and funding applications.
Using detailed traffic counts, you can plan to place displays in your busiest areas. Find out where book or other media displays might be better placed, how access can be improved, and how signs can be more useful.
Gain deeper insight by analyzing patron counter traffic in comparison to circulation. How many people enter your library and leave without checking anything out? When you understand your circulation rate, you can work to improve it by providing the resources and guidance your patrons need to make the most of your facility.
Traf-Sys software allows you to differentiate your day-to-day operations and traffic from special events and promotions. A Traf-Sys people counter solution can help you turn these promotions into traffic.
Our service team is dedicated to helping you implement a library patron counter that works for you. Request your free quote and see how a Traf-Sys patron counter can make a difference in your library’s operations.
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In order to provide the best possible data to our clients, Traf-Sys offers a variety of people counting systems, including overhead and horizontal door counters as well as thermal and image processing counters. Each of these patron counters work differently to provide accurate counts in different building layouts.
Horizontal entrance counters work by counting the number of times an infrared sensor is interrupted. These people counting sensors provide accurate data in narrow doorways through which only one person can pass at a time. For wider doorways and open areas, overhead counters provide more accurate numbers.
Overhead systems count patrons in two ways: thermal sensors and image processing. Thermal sensors detect a person’s presence by their body heat. Image processing sensors count people on image processing footage. Both types have different advantages. Thermal sensors prioritize patron privacy, for example, while image processing sensors may provide increased accuracy.
No matter what library people counter sensor you choose for your library, Traf-Sys software can help you analyze the data you collect. You can use our software to generate reports and insights about your library as well as access your data in real time through any internet-connected computer or mobile device.
At Traf-Sys, our systems are up to 99 percent accurate, so you can use your data to make informed decisions with confidence.
Collecting patron data can help your library use resources strategically and serve your patrons more effectively. Traf-Sys offers affordable software and door counters for libraries just like yours. Our systems have proven beneficial in a number of prominent institutions, including the King County Library System, the Indianapolis Public Library, the Orange County Library System, the Harvard Public Library and many more.
Looking to learn more about what a library people counter can do? Check out our online guide to Library People Counters below today.
People counting software tracks the number of people that enter an area during the time that you specify. It uses people counting hardware to detect the people who pass through the area that it tracks.
VisiCount, the Traf-Sys people counting software, can use an overhead or horizontal sensor to count visitors. It delivers real-time results to give you access to the most accurate data possible.
A people counting device can help you build business strategies, understand visitor behavior and make informed staffing decisions. It provides data on visitor behavior to help the user improve their operations and visitor experience. People counters help companies and organizations such as:
The power supply that you will need for your Traf-Sys people counter will depend on the model you choose. If you get a sensor that requires an outlet, we recommend a standard 110V power outlet in the area where you plan to count people. However, some of our sensors don’t need an outlet and use a source such as power over ethernet (PoE) or a battery. Carefully read a sensor’s specifications before you buy it to make sure that you have the required power supply.
If you have any questions about the power supply for a specific sensor we sell, please contact our team online. We can help you find the right model for your facility.
State-of-the-art people counting software such as VisiCount compares traffic data with conversion data to calculate the conversion rate. You can import your sales data from the source of your choice and allow the software to perform the calculations.
Since you get to determine the conversion you want to track, you can use people counting to measure a wide range of results. For example, if a library uses people counting, the staff can calculate a circulation rate by comparing traffic to the number of people who check out books.
With VisiCount, you can create custom reports and filter by date to measure a marketing campaign’s effectiveness. By comparing your conversion rate before, during and after your marketing campaign, you can measure your promotion’s impact on visitor behavior. VisiCount enables you to view traffic by any user-defined period to help you better understand your traffic patterns.
Also known as people counters, door counters count the number of people that enter or exit an area by tracking when someone crosses their detection zone. Our people counters use the following types of technology to detect visitors:
Thermal overhead sensors deliver an accuracy rating of up to 99%. They can provide such accurate data because of these factors:
Compared to other door counting technologies, thermal people counting provides one of the widest detection areas available. Our thermal people counting options can measure a detection zone as wide as 80 feet long. For users who have a large entrance zone, thermal people counters can increase their detection zone by as much as 30% compared to other technologies.
Wireless people counting systems provide the following advantages to wired people counters:
The battery life of your wireless people counter will depend on the model that you choose. Our OmniCounter infrared people counter and Z-900 door counting sensor have batteries that last for about a year. Meanwhile, the Z-WiFi people counting sensor’s battery can last between one and a half and two years. Some models work with an AC adapter if you want to convert your wireless people counter into a wired one.
