Monday, December 14, 2009

No Wonder Why We're Tired

Tired, yet happy!

We've updated the Library Facts and Statistics page with the past fiscal year's details. Library visits have gone up almost 7% over the past year.

Some more fun facts:
  • Our borrowers (that's you with a library card!) increased 8.22%
  • Library visits increased almost 7%
  • Our circulation—books and other items checked out—increased 21.12%.
  • Almost 24% of those items were Children's.
  • Young Adult circulation increased by 43%.
  • Self-check out increased by almost 55%
  • 28% more holds were filled
  • 499 Programs were just for Children, almost 10% more than last year
  • 15,126 Children attended library programs, for a 12.17% increase
  • Adult Program attendance increased by 60%
  • Reference questions increased by almost 7% (Who says the Internet will replace librarians?)
Interestingly, use of our public PCs decreased by about 4%. Even though it seems as if our computers are always in use, we believe that the Wifi at every branch has freed up the PCs a bit. We're still waiting on those statistics.

Still curious about us? Be sure to check our Library Facts and Statistics page for every number you can dream of.

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