2011 a Year of Record Circulation @ the Mount Prospect Public Library

Ten years after expansion, Mt. Prospect library sees record circulation. (Daily Herald, 1/11/2012)

 Excerpt: It was 10 years ago that the Mount Prospect Public Library received voter approval for a building expansion. 

 That’s a good thing, officials say, because in the last five years the library has seen demand for circulated items shoot up 30 percent. 

 In 2006, a total of 816,716 items were circulated. Last year, that number reached 1,063,364 items, the most ever recorded at the library, officials said. 

 Circulation figures measure the number of physical items — books, CDs, DVDs — checked out at the library. The figures do not include e-books. 

 “We would not have been able to handle this demand in the old building,” Executive Director Marilyn Genther said.