As a librarian I have to agree with Alvaro's comment. With so many Koha libraries out there, I can easily see there being lots of requests to have the data parsed just so.

That said, if the request really is for something as simple as YTD checkouts (+/- renewals), then perhaps this could be added to the Reports page (reports-home.pl), joining the Item type count report, etc.

Preferable in my view would be some kind of basic dashboard functionality. I know there are 3rd party options for this (for example), but librarians are lazy & a native solution is more likely to be used :-)

Just one librarian's opinion ...

Cab Vinton, Director
Plaistow Public Library
Plaistow, NH