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RPL 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
521,857
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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