Facts & Figures
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Annual Reports
Statistics
Usage Statistics |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Total Circulation |
1,256,993 |
1,311,122 |
1,361,888 |
1,346,924 | 1,386,273 |
Books/Magazines |
715,185 | 725,014 | 742,304 | 765,098 | 799,349 |
Videos, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, etc. |
541,808 | 586,108 | 619,584 | 581,826 | 586,924 |
Total Collection |
193,153 |
201,275 |
204,977 |
198,292 | 201,838 |
Average Loans per volume |
6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
Items added to collection |
21,860 | 23,052 | 24,805 | 24,804 | 25,470 |
Items withdrawn from collection |
12,653 | 14,545 | 22,574 | 24,687 | 20,369 |
Borrowers |
31,058 |
27,176 |
26,405 |
38,453* | 31,149 |
Ames registered borrowers |
22,476 | 19,536 | 18,808 | 31,900* | 22,767 |
Circulation per Ames borrower |
55.9 | 53.3 | 57.4 | 33.2* | 48 |
Circulation per capita for Ames |
24.8 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 25 |
% of Ames population |
44.3 | 38.5 | 36.0 | 61.0 | 41.6 |
Visitors |
471,164 |
476,517 |
459,000 |
462,967 | 424,504 |
Programs |
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Youth/Family-# of programs |
485 | 1,008 | 1,502 | 1,637 | 1,801 |
Youth/Family-program attendance |
14,051 | 22,068 | 29,148 | 30,163 | 34,437 |
Young Adult-# of programs |
49 | 52 | 60 | 102 | |
Young Adult-program attendance |
709 | 1,230 | 1,259 | 1,143 | |
Adult-# of programs |
282 | 222 | 314 | 291 | 263 |
Adult-program attendance |
13,146 | 10,476 | 10,882 | 10,165 | 9,131 |
Total Programs |
767 | 1,279 | 1,868 | 1,988 | 2,166 |
Total Program Attendance |
27,197 | 33,253 | 41,260 | 41,587 | 44,711 |
Meetings |
1,018 |
1,383 |
2,201 |
2,170 | 2,182 |
Attendance |
27,356 |
24,528 |
41,778 | 41,109 | 40,869 |
Volunteers |
355 |
534 |
525 |
534 | 544 |
Hours contributed |
12,454 | 14,752 | 13,681 | 14,675 | 15,825 |
FTE (Full-time equivalent) |
5.9 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
Interlibrary Loans |
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Borrowed for APL users |
1,104 | 905 | 790 | 752 | 1,421 |
Loaned to other libraries |
3,529 | 3,465 | 3,773 | 4,582 | 4,941 |
Reference Questions |
49,478 |
48,048 |
52,780 |
51,584 | 54,548 |
Electronic Resource Usage |
68,069 |
69,985 |
77,110 |
68,105 | 197,872 |
Computer Use |
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| Number of Customers | 54,650 | 51,918 | 56,040 | 56,241 | 59,073 |
| Hours of Use | 41,000 | 36,900 | 35,491 | 37,494 | 39,382 |
* Borrower registration statistically corrected for FY 2007/2008