Numbers at a Glance: August 2023
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Circulation
Total Circulation by Format - FY 23/24
Main Library Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 33,810
- Young Adult: 1,653
- Youth: 37,453
- Digital: 14,367
- Streaming: 3,551
Holds Filled for Main Library: 6,537
Drive-Up Window Circulation by Format
Circulation by Audience:
- Adult: 2,455
- Young Adult: 101
- Youth: 806
Holds Filled for Drive-Up Window: 2,016
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 444 items for 45 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:
- 102 items were borrowed for our patrons
- 29 items were lent to libraries around the country
Programming
Adult General Programs
Book Discussion: 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion groups read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Click HERE to learn more about our Book Discussion Groups.
Young Adult General Programs
The SCPLD YouTube Channel has 41,787 lifetime views as of August 2023
Youth General Programs
This month, Youth Services issued 37 museum passes.
Click HERE for more information about museum passes and discounts available through our library.
Pressed Flower Bookmark
A lovely, pressed flower bookmark is the perfect handmade gift or unique treasure to add to your collection.
One hundred six patrons participated in this popular grab 'n' go kit offered in August.
Each received instructions on how to place and seal delicate dried flowers onto an acrylic bookmark.
The results were stunning!
Adult Outreach Programs
This month, the Adult Outreach team delivered 1,751 non-circulating and 1,174 circulating items to patrons and facilities in our community. Also, 13 circulating items were mailed out.
Young Adult Outreach Programs
Youth Outreach Programs
This month, Youth Services selected 87 items to support classrooms for 4 teacher in the St. Charles community. Teachers in our area can request library materials and learn more about our teacher outreach HERE.
Rubber Ducky Bubble Party
The Rubber Ducky Bubble Party had 104 children and caregivers attend on Friday, August 11!
The program was for ages 0-2. Everyone was excited to meet and play with toys and bubbles.
The event was so popular we had people waiting in line outside the meeting room so we could keep to room capacity.
