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Annual Report 2010 / 2011


Service and Population
Service Area 8,141 square miles
Population Served 846,883
Total Public Service Hours 26,619
Facilities
Main Library 1
Branches 25
Bookmobiles 2
Bookmobile Stops 11
Borrowers and Circulation
Registered Borrowers 175,723
% of Population Registered 21%
Circulation 1,554,073
Circulation per Capita 1.84
Interlibrary Loan
Borrowed 129,286
Lent 155,258
Reference
Reference Questions 228,659
Programs
Programs Offered 1,388
Attendance 30,510
Library Materials
Total Library Materials 1,097,438
Total Book Volumes 1,081,266
New Volumes 59,968
New Titles Added 14,822
Government Documents 16,172
Microforms 14,358
Periodical Subscriptions 191
Audio-Visual Items 65,003
Computer Usage
Public Computers Available 236
Total Computer Users 222,243
Computer Hours Logged 161,856
Staff
Total Staff 126 = 92.3 FTE*
Volunteers 901 = 13.5 FTE*
*Full-Time Equivalent; does not include extra help
Expenditures
Total Expenditures $8,203,359
Per Capita Expenditures (excludes capital, General Services Maintenance, utilities, and custodial costs) $9.69
Board of Supervisors
1st District Jon McQuiston
2nd District Zack Scrivner, Chairperson
3rd District Mike Maggard
4th District Ray Watson
5th District Karen Goh
Interim Director of Libraries
Sherry Gomez
 
   
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