Library People Counters

Maintain Accurate Library Visitor Counts with Traf-Sys

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. Counting patrons by hand using tick sheets distracts staff from more important work, like helping visitors, and often results in inaccurate data.

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Traf-Sys Patron Counters for Libraries

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.

People counters help you collect the accurate data you need to better serve your community. By investing in a library patron counter, 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 traffic 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 traffic counter 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 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 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.

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Our service team is dedicated to helping you implement people counting solutions that work. Request your free quote and see how Traf-Sys traffic counters can make a difference in your library’s operations.

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By utilizing the data collection of traffic, Minnesota State University Moorhead has been able to determine whether it is necessary to boost or reduce staffing as well as determine whether to extend operating hours.

Braden Kuznia

Assistant Director of Event Services, Minnesota State University Moorhead

Discover how Phyllis Gorshe transformed the Dunedin Public Library with Traf-Sys people counting solutions. Hear about the incredible benefits and insights she gained using our technology.

Phyllis Gorshe

Public Library Director, Dunedin

We have noticed numerous benefits by utilizing Traf-Sys people counting systems. It has provided data to help with decision making and has saved us labor by not having to use manual counters. The data we receive from the people counting systems also helps us determine what type of furniture to place at a particular location based on traffic patterns.

Tamene Abebe

Facilities Manager, Colorado State University

The data we receive from our Traf-Sys people counting systems is always valuable when we pull the exact data of how the building is being used for our annual reports. Before using Traf-Sys, we used to think our numbers went down in the summer, but we soon found out that they actually increased.

Dave Shaw

Assistant Director, Facilities, University of Louisville

We benefit from Traf-Sys people counting systems by using our staff more effectively. We have also increased our knowledge of public campaigns and residue public browsing beforehand and afterwards.

Richard Davis

Computer Technician, Pioneer Library System

The Traf-Sys people counting systems have freed our staff from the painstaking and inaccurate manual counts that we used to do. The computerized data is reliable and gives us more credibility when we talk to our patrons.

Donald Tucker

Director of Facilities, Sacramento Public Library Authority

The counters from Traf-Sys are very reliable and have allowed us to collect data without disruption from the day of installation.

Bara Swinson

Circulation Manager, Monroe County Library

I would highly recommend Traf-Sys for traffic count solutions. Our public library system has used their products since 2011 and greatly appreciates the support they provide for the hardware they sell. They are very helpful when questions occur.

George Tuttle

Computer Services Librarian, Piedmont Library

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How Do Our People Counting Systems Work?

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 video counters. Each of these systems works 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 video. Thermal sensors detect a person’s presence by their body heat. Video sensors count people on video footage. Both types have different advantages. Thermal sensors prioritize patron privacy, for example, while video sensors may provide increased accuracy.

No matter what patron counter system 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 95 to 99 percent accurate, so you can use your data to make informed decisions with confidence.

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Improve Your Library’s Operations With Traf-Sys

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.

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