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

This image is presented by the Tenafly Public Library under title 17 of the US Copyright Code for the purposes of noncommercial research and personal study. Some images may be available for reproduction under fair use provisions. For additional information about the use or reproduction of materials in this Collection, please contact tenfcirc@bccls.org.

Language

English

Type

document

Identifier

2yearsinournewbuilding_1965.pdf

Coverage

1965

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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

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MEMBERSHIP
Population 13,400 14,950
Library.
Members 9,429 11,155

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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

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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

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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