Top 10 Reasons to Visit Your Library
- Free DVD movies
- Free Internet access
- Free programs for every member of your family
- Hundreds of magazines to browse, borrow, or read online
- Music on CD
- Audiobooks on CD and cassette
- Best sellers
- Large type books
- CD-ROMs with educational games and software
- Research assistance from a librarian
You’ll also find fiction and nonfiction books on nearly every topic, telephone books, newspapers, a local history collection including postcards of Randolph’s Grand Hotels, and two rooms you can reserve for your organization’s meetings.
How You Used Your Library in 2007
- 155,000 visitors borrowed 1,100 items each day.
- You borrowed:
- 132,000 fiction books
- 108,000 movies
- 66,000 nonfiction books
- 25,000 music CDs
- 18,000 audiobooks and readalongs
- 6,000 magazines
- 2,200 computer CD-ROMs
- You downloaded 629 audiobooks.
- You reserved 25,000 items.
- 24,200 items from other libraries were delivered here for you to pick up.
- You chose the Internet 27,000 times from library computer menus.
- You searched online reference databases 21,600 times and viewed 30,000 articles and documents, doing two-thirds of these searches from home.
- Each month, 2,600 unique users visited the library web site.
- 12,400 children and teens attended 423 programs.
- 2,200 people attended 86 programs for adults.
- 1,400 people attended programs held in the library by outside groups.
Vision
Our overall vision recognizes that the library should:
- serve as the principal center for information, culture, and community activities
- be regarded as a friendly, accessible, dynamic organization that responds to community needs
- actively promote the availability of its services and programming to the community
Mission
Our mission is to provide services and resources to assist users in expanding their knowledge and talents, making informed decisions, enriching their leisure hours, and enhancing their daily lives.