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Public Library Profiles - 1997

Libraries Serving Populations of ...

100,000 and More	25,000 - 99,999	10,000 - 24,999	5,000 - 9,999
2,500 - 4,999	1,000 - 2,499	Fewer than 1,000	Resort Libraries

Ratios and Statistics
Definitions and uses for library statistics, input-output measures and ratios.

1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 100,000 and More The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Adams County Library System Arapahoe Library District Aurora Public Library Denver Public Library Douglas Public Library District Fort Collins Public Library Jefferson County Public Library Mesa County Public Library District Pikes Peak Library District Pueblo City-County Library District Weld Library District Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Capita FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 25,000 to 99,999 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Boulder Public Library Broomfield-Eisenhower Public Library Canon City Public Library Delta County Public Library District Englewood Public Library Littleton/Bemis Public Library Longmont Public Library Loveland Public Library Montrose Library District Security Public Library Westminster Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Capita FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 10,000 to 24,999 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Alamosa/Southern Peaks Public Library Cortez Public Library Craig-Moffat County Library Elbert County Library Fort Morgan Public Library La Junta/Woodruff Memorial Library Lafayette Public Library Lamar Public Library Louisville Public Library Park County Public Library Rampart Library District/Woodland Park Rio Grand Library District Sterling Public Library Trinidad/Carnegie Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Capita FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 5,000 to 9,999 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Bent County Library District/Las Animas Berthoud Public Library Clear Creek Library District Conejos County Public Library East Morgan County Library District/Brush Florence Public Library Huerfano County Public Library Lake County Public Library Manitou Springs Public Library Northern Chaffee County Library District/Buena Vista Pine River Public Library District/Bayfield Rocky Ford Public Library Saguache County Public Library South Chaffee County Regional Library District/Salida Upper San Juan Library District Windsor-Severance Library District Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per 1,000 Served FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 2,500 to 4,999 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Baca County Public Library Burlington Public Library Costilla County Public Library Dolores Library District/Montezuma County Gilpin County Library District Ignacio Library District Meeker Regional Library District Penrose Library District Rangely Regional Library District Red Feather Lakes Community Library Wellington Public Library West Custer County Library District West Routt Library District/Hayden Yuma Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per 1,000 Served FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of 1,000 to 2,499 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Akron Public Library Cotopaxi School/Community Library Dacono Public Library Dolores County School/Public Library/Dove Creek East Cheyenne County Library District Fowler Public Library Holyoke/Heginbotham Library Jackson County Public Library Julesburg Public Library Kiowa County Public Library District La Veta Public Library District Limon Memorial Library Lyons Depot Library Mancos Public Library District Nederland Community Library District Ordway Public Library Ouray Library District San Miguel Library District #2/Norwood Public Library South Routt Library District Southern Teller County School/Public Library District Wray Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Capita FTE Ratios Staff per 100 Reference Questions Staff per 1,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Populations of Fewer than 1,000 The terms "per capita", "per 1,000 served" and "Percent of LSA Population" all refer to numbers derived from the Legal Service Area Population of the library.
Population Group Members Aguilar Public Library Flagler Community Library Fleming Community Library Haxtun Public Library Hinsdale Library District/Lake City Holly Public Library Hugo Public Library Manzanola School/Public Library Mineral County School/Regional Public Library Nucla Public Library Ovid Public Library Silverton Public Library Stratton Public Library Swink School/Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Capita FTE Ratios Staff per 1,000 Reference Questions Staff per 1,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Served Items-per-1,000-Served Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Served Videos per 1,000 Served	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Program Attendance, Registration, and Turnover Program Attendance per 1,000 Served Registered Borrowers as a Percent of LSA Population Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Per Capita Measures Circulation per Capita Visits per Capita Reference Questions per Capita Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Attendance at Children's Program as Percent of Total Attendance Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Capita Funding Ratios Local Income per Capita Materials Expenditures per Capita Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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1997 Libraries Serving Resort Communities
Population Group Members Basalt Regional Library District Durango Public Library Eagle Valley Library District East Routt Library District Estes Valley Public Library District Garfield County Public Library System Grand County Library District Gunnison County Public Library Pitkin County Library San Miguel Library District #1/Telluride Summit County Library Vail Public Library Input Measures Volumes Volumes Held per Visit FTE Ratios Staff per 1,000 Reference Questions Staff per 10,000 Circulation Staff per 1,000 Visits Items-per-1,000-Visits Ratios Subscriptions per 1,000 Visits	Output Measures Hours Evening & Weekend Hours as Percent of Hours Open Public Service Hours Open per Week Programming and Turnover Rate Turnover Rate (Circulation divided by Volumes Held) Program Attendance Per Visit Measures Circulation per Visit Reference Questions per Visit Interlibrary Lending ILLs Borrowed per 1,000 Circulation Children's Services Circulation of Children's Materials as Percent of Total Circulation Funding Measures Per Visit Funding Ratios Local Income per Visit Materials Expenditures per Visit Percent of Operating Expenditures Materials Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures Staff Expenditures as Percent of Operating Expenditures
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