2023 As We See It

Nederland Community Library Year-End Statistics for 2023

Population of Service Area: 3,472
Library Cardholders: 6,337 (includes non-resident, visitor cards)
Total Usage of Collection Items: 41,712 (physical materials, electronic materials, databases)
Expenditures per user: $14.41 (collection items, meeting room usage, programs)
Total wireless or public Internet computer usage: 12,000 or 3.45 per capita
In-person visits to the library: 33,694
Website visits: 68,000

Program attendance (children and adult): 4,630
Most popular library programs: #1 Summer Reading Kick-off Party; #2 Storytimes; #3 Sci Fi Bookclub

Support Received from our NCL Foundation Partners and Volunteers: $27,450 for the Reading Garden and programming
Volunteer Hours: More than 668 hours
Percentage of time library phone was answered by a human: 100%

For more information on Nederland Community Library and other libraries around the state, please check out https://www.lrs.org/data-tools/public-libraries/
annual-statistics/.

If you wish to see a copy of NCL’s annual financial audit, please contact the Director.