Wisconsin Public Libraries: Another Look At Materials Expenditures

From the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

Column Graph 1:  Talk about flat funding.

Total expenditures for library materials has remained in the $25,000,000 range for 6 years in a row.

The peak occurred in 2009 with $25,985,159.  In the past two years, it has declined 2.8% to $25,247,634.

Column Graph 2:  After a 18% boost in AV materials expenditures from 2004 to 2006 ($4,276,960 to $5,048,615), this category settled into a slower growth mode through 2010.

• 1.7% in 2007
• 6.1% in 2008
• 3.5% in 2009
• 1.1% in 2010

AV expenditures declined 1% in 2011.

Since 2008, expenditures for electronic & all other materials (orange columns) has declined 16%.

Other tables:
Books, audio, and vivdeo holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)