Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Big Year* for Lexington Public Library

(Yeah, it's a Kentucky kinda night.)

(*Fiscal year July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010)

Link to July 18 Lexington Herald-Leader article, "Lexington library reports record circulation".

Excerpt:   Lexington Public Library patrons last year checked out at record 2.92 million items — roughly 10 items per Lexington resident.

It's an increase of 5.5 percent from the previous year, according to a press release.
Books made up 77 percent of the total, with DVDs and videos making up 17 percent and music 6 percent.

The number of visitors to the library's six locations also increased by 10 percent, totaling almost 2 million. Items where checked during the fiscal year that ended June 30
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