Information on Library Usage
Library Financial Allocation
These documents are compiled and summarized statistics of the usage of various library services.
* 2025 – Added new staff positions for South Branch
** 2025 – Added new book collections for South Branch
*** 2025 – Janitorial contracts for Main were re-bid; new contracts for the Integrated Library Service Maintenance, Wireless service, and Microsoft; Advertising costs went up due to increase in costs to attend Health Fairs, Back to School Fairs, and Career and Business Expos
**** 2024 – Draw down from Fund Balance to appropriate funds for future Capital Improvement Projects for Delmont Gardens and Zachary Branch Libraries
Current Reports
- This is a 10-year budget projection based on the 8.3 mills rate.
- This is a description on how the current funds for the library are earmarked for planned projects.
Year to Date indicators 2025 (July 16, 2025)
- This is a chart of data describing library services usage for the last several years up to this posted date.
- This document outlines the projected cash flow to the library until 2035 following the passage of the millage
Library Capital Improvements Budget
- This chart outlines funds spent on library capital improvement programs to date since 2023
Previous Years’ Statistics
- This is a one-page graphic detailing how patrons were most served by the library in 2024.
- This document summarizes the number of patrons recorded by month and branch entering all library locations, and compares these numbers to the previous year’s traffic.
December 2024/2023 Circulation Statistics
- This is a summary of the number of item circulations for the month of December for all branches, compared against the same data from 2023
- Reference statistics by branch indicating the number information inquiries addressed by staff.
2024 Programming Statistics by Department
- This document summarizes the number of participants in library scheduled programming and activities.
- This is a summary of the use of computers and the total number of sessions utilized by patrons by branch for 2024.
- This is a summary of the number of WiFi sessions by patrons by branch for 2024.
