Interesting Facts about Broward County Library

From October 1st of 2006 through September 2007 the library:

• Checked out 9,265,195 items to the public
• Answered 2,2334,285 reference questions
• Library programs were attended by 686,348
• 106,031 people signed up for a library card
• 1,042,052 "holds" of library items were provided
• 2,919,782 people signed up to use a library computer
• 139,759 people used a library meeting room
• 9,916,698 people entered a Broward County Library facility
• 2,963,154 people visited the library electronically (through our web site)
• Web site pages were accessed 68,344,535 times
  

Did you know that by the population served, the Broward County Library is the NINTH* largest public library in the United States?

Of those NINE, the Broward County Library is:

• FIRST in program attendance (the total number of people attending library programs)
• SECOND in "visits per capita"
• FIFTH in the total number of circulation materials.

(*Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles County Public Library, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Queens Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Harris County (Texas) Public Library and Miami-Dade County Public Library.) From the Public Library Data Service, 2006 complied and released by the Public Library Association.

Did you know for libraries serving above 1.8 million, Broward County Library is the fifth highest for the percent of the total budget expended on library materials?

Did you know for libraries serving above 1.8 million, Broward County Library is second in the nation for the amount its total collection gets used?

Did you know for libraries serving more than 1.8 million, Broward County Library is the third highest in the nation for the check out of library materials per capita?

Did you know your library card allows you to use 3 million items in the library's collection?
Did you know Broward County Library has over 200,000 videos and DVDs?

Did you know over eight and half million items are checked out from the library every year?

Did you know almost 3 million reference questions are asked staff by the public every year?

Did you know over 200,000 residents received technology instruction at Broward County Library last year?

Did you know Broward County Library provides 1,500 computers for public use?
 
Did you know more than one million people own a Broward County Library card?
 
Did you know over 240 librarians who work for Broward County Library hold a master degree in library science? That's the second highest number of professional staff for all U.S. libraries serving between one and two million residents.

Did you know that Broward County delivery vans pick up and deliver an average of 29,000 pounds of books and library materials every day?

Did you know Broward County Library delivery vans pick up and deliver an average of over 36,000 books and library materials each and every day?