An upward trend in State Library database usage can be seen in the following statistics curated by SDSL Digital Resources Coordinator, Kim Bonen:
Electronic Resources Views
- Fiscal Year 2019: 2,822,969
- Fiscal Year 2020: 3,674,507
- Fiscal Year 2021: 4,418,689
Electronic Resources Sessions
- Fiscal Year 2019: 1,202,330
- Fiscal 2020: 1,507,498
- Fiscal Year 2021: 2,401,185
There was a 28% increase from 2019-2020 and a 20% increase from 2020-2021 in SDSL electronic resource views. Sessions showed a 25% increase from 2019 – 2020 and a 59% increase from 2020-2021.
The South Dakota State Library subscribes to a variety of general and subject-based online databases with statewide access. A complete listing of these databases can be found at library.sd.gov.