Numbers at a Glance: December 2022
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Circulation
Total Circulation by Format - FY 22/23
Main Library Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 28,971
- Young Adult: 1,207
- Youth: 28,807
- Digital: 11,914
- Streaming: 4,332
Holds Filled for Main Library: 5,274
Drive-Up Window Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 2,355
- Young Adult: 86
- Youth: 1,135
Holds Filled for Drive-Up Window: 1,716
Digital & Streaming Circulation by Format
Digital & Streaming Circulation by Service
Collections
Total Collection by Format - FY 22/23
Adult Collections
Young Adult Collections
Youth Collections
Services by Request
New Materials, Purchase Requests, and More!
We provide materials for patrons as fast as we can! This month, 536 titles were rushed to fill patron holds!
Book Club Service & Interlibrary Loan
Our Book Club Service makes it easy to select titles and run book club discussions. Everything you need is right at your fingertips. You provide the Book Club – we’ll do the rest! Click HERE for more information about our Book Club Service!
We provided 242 items for 25 community book clubs this month. We also added three new club this month!
Interlibrary Loan is the ability to get our patrons materials that are not available at our library or within the SWAN consortium. This month, we received the following items for patrons:
- 75 items were borrowed for our patrons
- 72 items were lent to libraries around the country
Programming
Adult General Programs
Book Discussion: 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion groups read Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Click HERE to learn more about our Book Discussion Groups.
Young Adult General Programs
The SCPLD YouTube Channel has 34,081 lifetime views as of December 2022
Youth General Programs
This month, Youth Services issued 16 museum passes.
Click HERE for more information about museum passes and discounts available through our library.
Holiday Peppermint Patties
Our library patrons learned how to make delicious peppermint patties with Bill the Baker -- just in time for the holidays.
Bill the Baker demonstrated how to make these delicious candy treats and also explained the science behind tempering chocolate -- a skill that can be applied in so many different desserts.
Adult Outreach Programs
This month, the Adult Outreach team delivered 739 non-circulating and 775 circulating items to patrons and facilities in our community. Also, 22 circulating items were mailed out.
Youth Outreach Programs
This month, Youth Services selected 151 items to support classrooms for 7 teacher in the St. Charles community. Teachers in our area can request library materials and learn more about our teacher outreach HERE.