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.
