Last week, libraries across Oklahoma submitted their annual reports to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. It’s a good time to get a snapshot of the past year and to start making future plans and goals.
In the annual report, I get to tell the state how we spent our money, how many items we have available to our community, and how many community members we served in various ways.
In our physical collection, we have 33,789 bound books; 1,371 audiobooks and music CDs; and 1,460 DVDs. This means our building currently holds 36,620 items.
In our digital collection, we have 42,927 ebooks; 10,937 audiobooks; and 682 videos. This makes our complete collection an impressive 91,166 items available to our community.
I’m proud to say we had 50,024 items checked out of our physical library. When we add the number of items checked out of our digital library, that number goes up to 77,715 checkouts. That’s a lot! You guys were busy!
Speaking of you guys, we’ve got 12,182 active library users. In a town of less than 10,000 and a county of just over 40,000, I’m quite pleased with that number. And I’m even more excited every month when I look at how many more people get new library cards — almost 70 a month!
Last but not least, my two favorite statistics to watch: We had 63,886 visitors through our doors (over 200 each day) and we answered 21,187 questions! We love answering your questions, so keep them coming!
Thank you so much for using your Pryor Public Library so often and so well. We are truly having a wonderful time serving our community. And if you haven’t been to the library in a while, come check us out!
If you’d like to let us know how we can serve you better, come to our focus group meetings on Aug. 27th and 30th from 6 – 7 PM in our meeting room. We’ll have cookies.