Facts & Figures
Today is 2/4/2012
Annual Reports
Statistics
Usage Statistics |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Total Circulation |
1,361,888 |
1,346,924 | 1,386,273 |
1,431,023 | 1,388,273 |
Books/Magazines |
742,304 | 765,098 | 799,349 |
820,728 | 803,770 |
Videos, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, etc. |
619,584 | 581,826 | 586,924 | 610,295 | 584,503 |
Total Collection |
204,977 |
198,292 | 201,838 | 221,375 | 226,009 |
Average Loans per volume |
6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
Items added to collection |
24,805 | 24,804 | 25,470 | 28,777 | 29,069 |
Items withdrawn from collection |
22,574 | 24,687 | 20,369 | 9,240 | 30,114 |
Borrowers |
26,405 |
38,453* | 31,149 | 34,202 | 37,723 |
Ames registered borrowers |
18,808 | 31,900* | 22,767 | 27,055 | 27,817 |
Circulation per Ames borrower |
57.4 | 33.2* | 48 | 41 | 40 |
Circulation per capita for Ames |
26.1 | 25.8 | 25 | 25 | 23.5 |
% of Ames population |
36.0 | 61.0 | 41.6 | 47.8 | 47.2 |
Visitors |
459,000 |
462,967 | 424,504 | 435,572 | 437,622 |
Programs |
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Youth/Family-# of programs |
1,502 | 1,637 | 1,801 | 1,927 | 1,943 |
Youth/Family-program attendance |
29,148 | 30,163 | 34,437 | 38,099 | 42,736 |
Young Adult-# of programs |
52 | 60 | 102 | 70 | 94 |
Young Adult-program attendance |
1,230 | 1,259 | 1,143 | 919 | 1,602 |
Adult-# of programs |
314 | 291 | 263 | 264 | 267 |
Adult-program attendance |
10,882 | 10,165 | 9,131 | 11,197 | 12,466 |
Total Programs |
1,868 | 1,988 | 2,166 | 2,261 | 2,304 |
Total Program Attendance |
41,260 | 41,587 | 44,711 | 50,215 | 56,804 |
Meetings |
2,201 |
2,170 | 2,182 | 2,145 | 2,198 |
Attendance |
41,778 | 41,109 | 40,869 | 39,874 | 42,991 |
Volunteers |
525 |
534 | 544 | 552 | 576 |
Hours contributed |
13,681 | 14,675 | 15,825 | 16,174 | 16,801 |
FTE (Full-time equivalent) |
6.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
Interlibrary Loans |
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Borrowed for APL users |
790 | 752 | 1,421 | 1,587 | 1,629 |
Loaned to other libraries |
3,773 | 4,582 | 4,941 | 4,907 | 4,241 |
Reference Questions |
52,780 |
51,584 | 54,548 | 52,442 | 43,398 |
Computer Use |
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| Number of Customers | 56,040 | 56,241 | 59,073 | 66,015 | 58,478 |
| Hours of Use | 35,491 | 37,494 | 39,382 | 42,910 | 38,985 |
* Borrower registration statistically corrected for FY 2007/2008
