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Library Facts and Figures


Library Fiscal Year 2009-2010, Updated May 2010

Population Served: 27,000
Registered Borrowers: 14,018
Library System: DuPage (DLS)
# of board members: 7, Elected Board, 4 year terms
Square Footage: 52,000, built in 1995, 3 floors
Staff: 78 (21 full time, 57 part time)
Total Budget: $2,927,038

Materials:
Adult Expenditure: $312,956
Youth Expenditure: $124,502
# of Adult books: 102,901
# of Youth books: 78,299
# of Periodicals: 318 Subscriptions, 12,340 total copies
# of Audio Recordings: 18,108
# of DVDs/VHS: 10,902

Electronic Resources:
# of Databases: 43
Expenditure: $64,300

Checkouts per year (2009-2010 fiscal year): 626,452
Adult Items: 331,360
Youth Items: 295,092
Interlibrary loan to other libraries: 40,496
Interlibrary loan from other libraries: 31,637

Reference Questions per year: 43,269
Public Computers: 37

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