Library Facts & Figures
If you think libraries have gone out of style, take a look at these numbers. As you can see, Boise Public Library got a lot of use last year!
Fiscal Year 2012
(October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2012)
- In-person visits—1,457,882
- Average daily visits*—4,532
- Circulation—2,297,905 items
- Program attendance—69,650
- Summer reading program—kids and teens read for 56,272 hours; adults read 8,746 books
- Reference questions—288,049
- Active borrowers—124,467
- New cards issued—17,240
- Offsite online catalog page views—3,037,197
- Average daily offsite catalog page views—8,298
- Onsite online catalog page views—1,318,782
- Average daily onsite catalog page views*—3,996
- FY 2013 Budget—$8.6 million
*Excludes holidays and other closures