2 Years in New Building, 1965
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Title
2 Years in New Building, 1965
Subject
Public libraries
Description
Bookmmark-type promotional piece created to alert library patrons to various circulation and other library statistics during Library Week.
Source
Tenafly Library Scrapbook 1963 - 1970
Date
April 1965
Rights
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Language
English
Type
document
Identifier
2yearsinournewbuilding_1965.pdf
Coverage
1965
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Text
THE TENAFLY PUBLIC LIBRARY
2 years in our New Building
Do you belong to your library?
Do you know how much it has improved?
Have you borrowed recordings to play at home?
Have you used the books related to your special interest?
Have you made suggestions for additions to the book collection?
On the reverse side you will find a statistical comparison of library growth in the past two years.
The Council and the Library Board of Trustees are proud of this record.
Your comments and suggestions will be most welcome.
April 26 - May 1 is NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
USE YOUR LIBRARY
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS
CIRCULATION 1962 1964
Fiction 25,379 44,492
Non-Fic. 25,347 37,478
Juv.Fic. 35,330 42,148
Juv.Non-F. 12,280 14,705
Mag. 2 1410
TOTAL 98,891 142,626
Increase 43,735
Records 4,284
****************************
MEMBERSHIP
Population 13,400 14,950
Library.
Members 9,429 11,155
****************************
BOOKSTOCK
Adult 18,737 21,027
Juv. 6.537 7,645
TOTAL 25,274 28,672
OTHER CIRCULATING MATERIALS
Recordings 145 1,000
Microfilms 100
Pamphlets 500 1,000
Periodicals 57 115
Pictures - 500
****************
BOOK BUDGET $5,500 9,500
# Purchases 1,900 3,439
# Deductions 982 1,425
HOURS OPEN
per week 46 60
Meetings held in
McCandless Room 297
(33 groups)
Pre-school story hours-
3,250 attended 160 programs
handwritten April 1965
2 years in our New Building
Do you belong to your library?
Do you know how much it has improved?
Have you borrowed recordings to play at home?
Have you used the books related to your special interest?
Have you made suggestions for additions to the book collection?
On the reverse side you will find a statistical comparison of library growth in the past two years.
The Council and the Library Board of Trustees are proud of this record.
Your comments and suggestions will be most welcome.
April 26 - May 1 is NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
USE YOUR LIBRARY
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS
CIRCULATION 1962 1964
Fiction 25,379 44,492
Non-Fic. 25,347 37,478
Juv.Fic. 35,330 42,148
Juv.Non-F. 12,280 14,705
Mag. 2 1410
TOTAL 98,891 142,626
Increase 43,735
Records 4,284
****************************
MEMBERSHIP
Population 13,400 14,950
Library.
Members 9,429 11,155
****************************
BOOKSTOCK
Adult 18,737 21,027
Juv. 6.537 7,645
TOTAL 25,274 28,672
OTHER CIRCULATING MATERIALS
Recordings 145 1,000
Microfilms 100
Pamphlets 500 1,000
Periodicals 57 115
Pictures - 500
****************
BOOK BUDGET $5,500 9,500
# Purchases 1,900 3,439
# Deductions 982 1,425
HOURS OPEN
per week 46 60
Meetings held in
McCandless Room 297
(33 groups)
Pre-school story hours-
3,250 attended 160 programs
handwritten April 1965
Collection
Citation
“2 Years in New Building, 1965,” Digital Archives of the Tenafly Public Library, accessed May 2, 2024, https://tpl.omeka.net/items/show/202.
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