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Annual Report 2008 / 2009


Service and Population
Service Area 8,141 square miles
Population Served 827,173
Total Public Service Hours 43,493
Facilities
Main Library 1
Branches 25
Bookmobiles 2
Bookmobile Stops 11
Borrowers and Circulation
Registered Borrowers 186,977
% of Population Registered 23%
Circulation 1,709,149
Circulation per Capita 2.07
Interlibrary Loan
Borrowed 115,484
Lent 132,043
Reference
Reference Questions 271,199
Programs
Programs Offered 2,112
Attendance 50,118
Library Materials
Total Library Materials 1,034,578
Total Book Volumes 985,093
New Volumes 44,938
New Titles Added 13,340
Government Documents 21,686
Microforms 14,358
Periodical Subscriptions 625
Audio-Visual Items 62,547
Staff
Total Staff 164 = 127.7 FTE*
Volunteers 504 = 10.74 FTE*
*Full-Time Equivalent; does not include extra help
Expenditures
Total Expenditures $9,361,439
Per Capita Expenditures (excludes capital, General Services Maintenance, utilities, and custodial costs) $11.32
Board of Supervisors
1st District Jon McQuiston
2nd District Don Maben
3rd District Mike Maggard
4th District Ray Watson
5th District Michael J. Rubio,
Chairperson
Director of Libraries
Diane Duquette
 
   
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