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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 Street

Rockford, IL 61101

Tel: 815-965-7606

 

Hours

Monday: CLOSED

Tuesday - Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: CLOSED

 

Building Facts

Size: 80,000 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: Owned

 
Executive Director: Frank Novak  
   

East Branch

6685 E. State Street

Rockford, IL 61108

Tel: 815-965-7606

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: CLOSED

 

Building Facts

Size: 23,000 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: Owned

 
Manager: Sue Stevens  
   

Lewis Lemon Branch

1988 Jefferson Street

Rockford, IL 61102

Tel: 815-965-7606

 

Hours

Mon - Fri: 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

 

Building Facts

Size: 1,800 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: N/A

Manager: Scharnae Walker

 
   

Montague Branch

1238 S. Winnebago St.

Rockford, IL 61102

Tel: 815-965-7606

 

Hours

Monday: CLOSED

Tuesday - Thursday: 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED

 

 

Building Facts

Size: 10,000 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: Owned

Manager: Scharnae Walker

 
   

Rock River Branch

3128 11th St.

Rockford, IL 61109

Tel: 815-965-7606

 

Hours

Monday: CLOSED

Tuesday - Thursday: 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED

 

 

Building Facts

Size: 10,500 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: Rented

Manager: Dunarene Hopson

 
   

Rockton Centre Branch

3112 N. Rockton Ave.

Rockford, IL 61103

Tel: 815-965-7606

 

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED

 

 

Building Facts

Size:8,000 sq. ft.

Rented/Owned: Rented

 
Manager: Dunarene Hopson  

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 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 as of Dec. 2012:
47,818
Total visits to a location in 2012:
813,269
Total Collection as of Dec. 2012 (excluding downloadable resources):
594,562
Total Circulation in 2012 (excluding downloadable resources):
1,378,999
Cyber Facts:
Webpage Address www.rockfordpubliclibrary.org
Integrated Library Catalog Vendor
SIRSI
Annual Visits to Web Site
77,139
Catalog Searches (2012)
28,478
Databases Accessed Remotely
28,315
eBook downloads
40,346
Music downloads
35,229

Wireless Sign-ups

24,504

 
As of Dec. 2012

Library Programs in 2012:

2,950
Program Attendance in 2011:
58,715

Taxation Rate:

30 cents for operation and 2 cents for maintenance

RPL 2013 Budget Revenue and a Breakdown

Revenue

Expenditures

Debt:

The Library has a General Obligation Bond received in November 2007 for $3,050,000 to purchase the new East Branch.

State of the Budget:

Audited yearly by McGladrey & Pullen

 

 

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