Numbers at a Glance:
September 2023
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Circulation
Total Circulation by Format - FY 23/24
Main Library Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 31,212
- Young Adult: 1,282
- Youth: 34,022
- Digital: 13,027
- Streaming: 14,564
Holds Filled for Main Library: 6,483
Drive-Up Window Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 2,102
- Young Adult: 75
- Youth: 848
Holds Filled for Drive-Up Window: 1,866
Digital & Streaming Circulation by Format
Digital & Streaming Circulation by Service
Collections
Total Collection by Format - FY 23/24
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!
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 517 items for 52 community book clubs this month. The program continues to grow as we added one 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:
- 151 items were borrowed for our patrons
- 111 items were lent to libraries around the country
Programming
Adult General Programs
Book Discussion: 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion groups read Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
Click HERE to learn more about our Book Discussion Groups.
Young Adult General Programs
The SCPLD YouTube Channel has 44,131 lifetime views as of September 2023
Youth General Programs
This month, Youth Services issued 28 museum passes.
Click HERE for more information about museum passes and discounts available through our library.
St. Charles Public Library Participated in STC Jazz Weekend
The St. Charles Public Library kicked off its annual Sunday Concert Series on Sunday, September 10, at 2:00 p.m. with a special performance in partnership with the 12th annual St. Charles Jazz Weekend.
The performance was an explosive violin and guitar program showcasing the incredible musical chemistry between violist Daniela Bisenius and guitarist Gabriel Datcu, two of Chicago’s most celebrated artists.
The concert included sophisticated arrangements of well-known jazz and gypsy jazz standards, classical works, and sensual Argentinian tango music.
Adult Outreach Programs
This month, the Adult Outreach team delivered 1,459 non-circulating and 1,029 circulating items to patrons and facilities in our community. Also, 14 circulating items were mailed out.
Young Adult Outreach Programs
Youth Outreach Programs
This month, Youth Services selected 65 items to support classrooms for 3 teacher in the St. Charles community. Teachers in our area can request library materials and learn more about our teacher outreach HERE.
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It's Fall Y'all!
It’s Fall Ya’ll, for ages 0-5, had 106 people attend and participate in some fall-themed activities! The program ran for 2 hours to allow people to stop by when they were able and featured 3 craft stations and 4 activity stations.
