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Facts & Figures
Governance:
Rockford Public Library, a municipal library, is governed by a
nine member Library Board appointed by the Mayor of Rockford and
approved by City Council. After appointment, trustees serve a
three-year term. Trustees are not compensated for their service
on the Board of Trustees. A July 2004 investigative report by
the Rockford Register Star found that the Rockford Public Library
Board of Trustees had the best attendance of the four municipal
appointed governing boards in the city of Rockford.
Facilities:
Main
Library
215
N Wyman St., Rockford IL, 61101
Tel:
815-965-7606
Hours
Memorial
Day through Labor Day:
Mon
- Thurs, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Fri
& Sat, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday,
1 - 5 p.m.
Summer
Hours (Same as above except)
Sat
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Sunday
Building
Facts
Size:
80,000 sq. ft.
Rented/Owned:
Owned
Executive
Director: Frank Novak
Lewis
Lemon Branch
1988
Jefferson St., Rockford IL, 61101
Tel: 815-965-7606
Hours
Mon
- Thurs 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Saturday & Sunday
Building
Facts
Size: 1152 sq ft.
Rented/Owned:
n/a
Manager:
Scharnae Walker
Montague
Branch
1238
S. Winnebago St., Rockford, IL 61102
Tel:
815-965-7606
Hours
Mon
- Thurs, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fri
& Sat, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Sunday
Building
Facts
Size:
10,000 sq. ft
Rented/Owned:
Owned
Manager:
Scharnae Walker
Northeast
Branch
320
N. Alpine Rd, Rockford , IL 61107
Tel:
815-965-7606
Hours
Mon
- Thurs, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fri
& Sat, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Sunday
Building
Facts
Size: 6,500 sq. ft.
Rented/Owned:
Rented
Manager:
Jean Mangan
Rock
River Branch
3128
th St., Rockford, IL 61109
Tel:
815-965-7606
Hours
Mon
- Thurs, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fri
& Sat, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Sunday
Building
Facts
Size:
10,500 sq. ft.
Rented/Owned:
Rented
Manager:
Ellen Olson
Rockton
Centre Branch
3112
N. Rockton Ave., Rockford, IL 61103
Tel:
815-965-7606
Hours
Mon
- Thurs, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Fri
& Sat, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed
Sunday
Manager:
Amy Byrne
Building
Facts
Size:
8,000 sq. ft.
Rent/Own:
Rented
Items
in Collection:
| Total Collection |
|
| Volumes (printed) |
455,983 |
| Tape Cassettes |
5,446 |
| Video Cassettes |
14,096 |
| DVDs |
26,233 |
| CDs |
18,454 |
| CD-ROMs |
1,177 |
Book Cassettes
(Children's Books with Cassettes) |
468 |
Holdings as of March 2008 |
Languages
Collected:
English
and Spanish
Interesting
Facts about the Collection:
In 2004, Rockford Public Library joined less than ten libraries
in the world in instituting an innovative "floating" collection.
This means that materials are shared throughout all locations
and are most often shelved where they are returned. The advantages
to the user and taxpayer are: 1)
items spend less time on delivery trucks so materials are more
likely to be on the shelf for people to check out, 2) there is
always something fresh on the shelf because the collection is
always changing, and 3) the individual collections are designed
by the patron's "invisible hand" so that items end up
where they are most often checked out.
The
Main Library Local History collection, a collection of 9,000 +
items, contains the Andrew M. Potter Collection of 300 volumes
of 19th Century memoirs, regimental histories, histories of campaigns
and other materials dealing with the accounts of the Civil War.
Rockford
Population:
150,115
RPL
Cardholders:
52,435
Hours
Open Weekly throughout all locations:
325
Staffing
102.36
Full-time equivalent
Cyber
Facts:
| Webpage
Address |
www.rockfordpubliclibrary.org
|
| Integrated
Library Catalog Vendor |
SIRSI
|
| Annual
Visits to Web site (2004) |
12,119 |
| Catalog
Searches |
15,255 |
| Databases
Acessed Remotely |
12,627 |
| Databases
Available for Public Use |
12 |
Public
Access Computers Available:
| Main
Library |
76 |
| Lewis
Lemon |
7 |
| Montague |
19 |
| Northeast
|
13 |
| Rock
River |
22 |
| Rockton
Centre |
9 |
| Total |
146 |
Library
Programs for Children:
1,756
Attendance:
38,052
Library Programs
for Teens & Adults:
488
Attendance:
5,028
Summer Reading club Participants:
9,050,
a 46% increase over the last two years
Awards
and Honors:
2004
"Heart of Rockford Award" given by the River District
Association of Rockford in the Best Festival Category for 2003
"Where's Jane Reading? at Rockford Public Library Summer
Reading Club.
Taxation
Rate:
30
cents for operations and 2 cents for maintenance
RPL
Bugdet Revenue and a Breakdown:
2008
Budget
Debt:
$500,000
– Air Handler/Montague Renovation, due to City of Rockford
State
of the Budget:
Audited
yearly by McGladrey & Pullen
Foundation
Endowment As of November 2005:
$55,000
Foundation
Gifts to the Library in 2003:
$2,000
Friends Membership as of 2005:
361
Friends Financial Gifts to the Library in 2004:
$35,529.00
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