Libraries - Statistics & Facts
There are more than 119 thousand libraries in the United States. Most of these libraries, almost 100 thousand, are school libraries. The Library of Congress is the largest institution by far in terms of volumes held, with more than 34.5 million volumes. With around 19 million volumes the Boston Public Library is ranked second in this category.
Total expenses of libraries and archives in the U.S. amount to approximately 2.27 billion U.S. dollars each year. Around 166 thousand librarians are employed by these libraries in the United States. In addition to the librarians, U.S. libraries employ more than 197 thousand people in other capacities.
Traditionally libraries housed only paper publications such as books, magazines and newspapers. Today, however, technological provisions are common place, especially in public libraries where there is an average of 12.7 access internet workstations which are four years old or less per library. There is also an average of 4.7 workstations which are older than four years. Public libraries are not limited to offering only the provisions, many also provide technology training. As of 2014, over 80 percent of the 2,304 public libraries asked offered courses in general internet use, general computer skills and general computer software use.
Libraries in the U.S. - Important statistics
- 1. Overview
Forecast: revenue libraries and archives US 2008-2020- +Expenses of U.S. libraries and archives 2007-2015
- +Consumer expenditure on museums and libraries in the U.S. 1999-2013
- +Number of libraries in the U.S. 2015, by type of library
- +Largest libraries in the U.S. as of October 2012, by number of volumes held
- +Number of paid library staff in the U.S. 2015
- 2. Libraries & technology
- Public libraries offering selected electronic resources in the U.S. in 2014
- +Public access internet workstations in public libraries in the U.S. in 2014, by age
- Sufficiency of internet workstations in public libraries in the U.S in 2014
- Public libraries offering selected technology training in the U.S. in 2014
- 3. eBooks
- +Availability of digital products in U.S. libraries 2015
- +Share of public libraries in the U.S. that offer e-books 2010-2015
- Public libraries with e-books in the U.S. in 2014, by locale code
- +U.S. public library e-book budget 2015
- +U.S. public library e-book access figures 2015
- +U.S. public library print and e-book stock distribution 2015, by category
- 4. Use of libraries
- +Library membership penetration in the U.S. 2008-2015
- +Frequency of visiting a library in the United States 2016
- +Americans who have visited a public library/bookmobile in the U.S. 2012-2016, by age
- +Share of U.S. library goers who have borrowed a book in the past year 2015-2016
- +Leading uses for public libraries in the U.S. 2015
- +New services libraries should offer in the U.S. 2016
- +Public library website and app use in the U.S. as of April 2016
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