Annual Report

 

The Glidden Library is in the business of serving the Glidden community.  Our job is to gather books and other library materials and make them available to you, the public. If our borrowers would have had to purchase these items themselves, they would have spent over $200,000 collectively.

 

In 2022

You borrowed 2735 adult books @ $30.                                 $82,050

And 803 Bridge e books @ $30.                                             $24,090

And 1164 Children’s books @ $22.                                         $25,680

And 978 Young Adult books @ $20.                                        $19,560

 

You listened to 663 audio books @ $35.                                 $23,250

267 Magazines were circulated @ $5.                                    $1,335

Library DVD were borrowed 1024 times @ $5.                       $5,120

240 Interlibrary Loans were checked out @ $30                     $7,200

1,952 people enjoyed and learned from the ninety programs held by the library at $5 per person

                                                                                                                   $9,760

The public computers were used 762 times $5 a time         $3,810

For a value of ……………………………………………………………..…$201,855

 

All of these services cost the people of Glidden 60,000. 

Area residents- we gave you a 236% return on your investment in 2022.

YOUR LIBRARY IS A MONEYSAVING INSTITUTION