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How’re we doing (nationally)?

Written on: July 6th, 2009 by: in News

We recently received these rankings from the National Center for Education Statistics’ report, Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2007, June 2009
The figures in the columns 2002-2007 are Delaware’s ranking of all the U.S. states for the particular categories.

Delaware Public Libraries- National Rankings

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2007 DE	2007 National average	2007 National best
Library visits per capita	37	36	30	26	22	21	5.64	4.91	7.63
Reference transactions per capita	45	47	47	45	42	44	.66	1.00	1.72
Circulation per 1,000 population	29	29	30	28	11	11	9.97	7.42	15.89
Total collection expenditures per capita	34	28	25	25	29	27	4.17	4.59	9.70
Print materials per capita	46	43	41	39	36	37	2.45	2.78	5.48
Audio materials per 1,000 population	37	37	34	33	32	34	18.50	157.19	339.25
Video materials per 1,000 population	37	31	31	31	30	27	159.39	158.67	377.57
Total paid FTE per 25,000 population	50	51	42	39	40	42	9.60	12.38	21.11
Paid FTE librarians per 25,000 population	43	44	41	39	36	32	3.79	4.04	9.12
Per capita total operating income	37	38	32	27	24	31	32.48	37.66	74.68
Per capita state operating income	8	8	9	7	7	8	3.99	2.52	21.37
Per capita local operating income	39	38	35	33	33	35	25.11	31.68	72.46
Public Internet terminals per 5,000 population	51	47	49	47	48	47	2.82	3.55	7.20

On a related note, we are celebrating the fact that the Delaware Library Catalog recorded more then 2 million circulation transactions during the financial year that closed last week. It’s a considerable benchmark, one that we’re very proud of.