{"id":441,"date":"2014-03-18T23:04:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=441"},"modified":"2014-03-18T23:04:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:04:59","slug":"2011-u-s-public-libraries-survey-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2014\/03\/18\/2011-u-s-public-libraries-survey-available\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 U.S. Public Libraries Survey Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_442\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2014\/03\/Chesterfield-PL-Virginia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"size-full wp-image-442\" alt=\"Virginia's Chesterfield County Public Library\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2014\/03\/Chesterfield-PL-Virginia.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia&#8217;s Chesterfield County Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Institute of Museum and Library Services has made available a preview of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imls.gov\/research\/public_libraries_in_the_us_fy_2011_report.aspx\">Fiscal Year 2011 Public Libraries in the United States Survey<\/a>. Now in its twenty-fourth year, the Public Library Survey gathers data from more than 98 percent of public libraries across the country.<br \/>\nIn FY 2011, there were 8,956 public libraries in the United States, which served 299.9 million people or 95.3 percent of the U.S. population. Additional highlights are:<br \/>\n<strong>Visits and Program Attendance<br \/>\n<\/strong>There were 1.53 billion in-person visits to public libraries, the equivalent to more than 4.2 million visits each day (not including virtual visits).<br \/>\nAttendance at public library programs increased for the eighth year with 89 million people attending 3.81 million programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books and Collections<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic libraries circulated 2.44 billion materials, or 8.1 items circulated per person.<br \/>\nWhile books continue to comprise the majority of the nation\u2019s public library collection holdings, collections are shifting from print books to non-print and digital materials.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Access Computers<\/strong><br \/>\nThere were 261,413 public access Internet computers available at U.S. public libraries<br \/>\nThere were 341.5 million usage sessions on public access Internet computers at public libraries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial Health<\/strong><br \/>\nMore than $11.4 billion was invested in public libraries.<br \/>\nPublic libraries spent $10.7 billion in operating expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>A high-level overview of the FY 2011 data, supplementary tables, and information by state are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imls.gov\/research\/public_libraries_in_the_us_fy_2011_report.aspx\">IMLS website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Museum and Library Services has made available a preview of the Fiscal Year 2011 Public Libraries in the United States Survey. Now in its twenty-fourth year, the Public Library Survey gathers data from more than 98 percent of public libraries across the country. 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