Abstract: This article studied the first circulation pattern of monographs from the aspects of overalls, broad subject categories, languages and secondary subject categories taking the example of the circulation statistics from 2013 through 2018 at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Library. It proposed some comprehensive suggestions from the viewpoints of subject service for improving the utilization rate of collection and optimizing the quality of the collection.

Key words: Circulation statistics, First circulation pattern, Collection development, Subject service, Business library