All sizes of Ohio libraries have more books to choose from than their national counterparts do. The separate paper on Ohio Library statistics that I prepared for OCLC indicates the following for Ohio. Ohio libraries are visited more often on a per capita basis than their national counterpart libraries. Collections in Ohio see a collection turnover rate very close to that of the rest of the country. Circulation per staff member is very similar to that found in most sizes of libraries nationally.
People check out a lot more books per person in all sizes of Ohio libraries.
Reference per capita in Ohio Libraries is much higher than one finds nationally. Regardless of size, Ohio libraries check out more items per hour that the library is open. The larger libraries in Ohio are visited less often per open hour than their national counterparts. On an average visit, Ohio residents usually borrow more items from their libraries than most U.S. residents do. The following are my speculations.