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Who uses the library?
By plnkh | March 1, 2007
I recently finished our annual report for the state, detailing library use for our fiscal year July 2005 to June 2006. The numbers tell the story of how busy to bursting our library is.
141,535 items: books, audiobooks, videos, DVDs and music CDs were checked out. We borrowed 21,824 items from other libraries for our patrons, and lent 11,054 from our collections to patrons of other libraries. 20,728 people used our public computers to, among other things, edit photos, write resumes, research school papers, check and send email (”my computer died and I have to email this file to a business contact”), and print out documents (”I don’t have a printer at home and I need to print this report for class”). Over the course of the year 6613 came to the 397 programs we sponsored. We also assisted with 10,353 reference inquiries.
These numbers clearly tell the story that our library is a valued community resource.
To those of you who have visited the library or accessed us online, thank you. The input of our patrons is necessary and welcome. To those of you who haven’t been here in a while, or who think the library has nothing to offer, I invite to to visit and check us out.
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