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DAVIESS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.
- Anne Herbert, The Next Whole Earth Catalog.
A Snapshot of FY 2009/2010
DAVIESS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY l OWENSBORO KY
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In Fiscal Year
2009/2010…
JULY
2009 -JUNE
2010{ }
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73,700Daviess County residents
had library cards
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3,705Daviess County residents
became new
library card holders
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203people attended
FREE computer classes
from May – September 2010
The DCPL began offering basic computer classes in May 2010
74,511people used library public access computers
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25,810children participated in library programs
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13,037children received library outreach services
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1,570children were in the 2010
Summer Reading Program
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18,521books were read by
children during the 2010
Summer Reading Program
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206,000books were in the
DCLP collection
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$28,665was received from grants
and corporate donations
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83,288genealogy database
searches were made by
library customers
ALA Graphics
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32,696holds were placed by
library customers
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209magazine titles are
available for checkout
10,164magazines were checked out
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29,696music CDs were checked out
151,642films on DVD/VHS were checked out
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712,624items were checked out
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366,504people visited
the library
JUST KEEP GROWING!
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Cutting Libraries in a Recession is like Cutting Hospitals in a Plague.
– Heidi Goldstein