Size of building

App. 25,000 sq ft

Population of community

24,117 (2006 - Connecticut Economic Resource Center)

Hours of operation

58 hours per week

10-6 pm M, W & F

10-9 pm Tu & Th

9-5 pm Saturday

1-5 pm Sundays (closed summer Sundays)

Staff

Total Staff = 43 people (26.7 FTE)

Number of positions requiring professional MLS degree: 7 full-time and 4 part-time

Operating Budget

$ 2.085  million in 2007-2006

(town grant covers app.75% of operating budget; Library fund raising efforts generate the remaining amount)

Collection Size

135,673 as of 6/30/07

Circulation

397,622 in 2006-2007

Circulation per capita

16.5

Turnover rate of the collection

2.93 (meaning each item in the collection would have gone out app. 3 times in the year if the borrowing pattern were to be spread evenly)

Average daily visits

1,150 in 2006-2007

Reference questions

17,411 in 2006-2007 (average over 51 queries a day, in person, by phone and via e-mail)

Website hits

58,824 in 2006-2007 (including remote access to electronic database products)

Wireless log-ins

3,245 in 2006-2007 (first full year)

Adult Program attendance

5,664 in 2006-2007 (230 programs)

Children's Program attendance

11,057 in 2006-2007 (576 programs)

Public Workstations

22 adult stations

4 children's stations