I know it's hard to believe, but the library's year is more than half over! Of course, the library's year starts in July with the fiscal year, like most businesses. So this is a good time to stop and take a look the first half of the year.
From July to December -
- The library issued 688 new cards
- Adult Fiction circulation increased 13% over last year
- Adult Nonfiction circulation increased 10% over last year
- The computers were used by patrons 7,959 times
- 33,631 books were checked out
- 297 faxes were sent or received for library users
- The library home page received 49,466 visits
- The library has been visited by people from 24 states
We have also been focusing on working with the children of Weirton. Our Children's Librarian reads to the children at Head Start weekly. We hosted the Weirton Christian Center's Martin Luther King celebration. We have had children from the Salvation Army, the Boy Scouts, 4-H and St. Paul's School visit the building, and we have displayed a litter prevention project by the children of Camp Fire USA.
The first half of the year has been a busy one, and we are looking forward to the second half!
