Learning about an academic statistical consulting center through data

What does an academic statistical consulting center look like? What missions does it fulfill? Who are the clients and what kind of help are they getting? We collected 8 years of data of all consultation meetings in a consulting center at a land-grant university. In this article, we demonstrate how the collected data could be used to learn about the daily operation in a consulting center, how various scientific fields use statistics, and changes over the years. We offer some practical guidance for academic consulting centers on how to evaluate their effectiveness and impact using appropriate metrics and data.