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    NYPL BY THE NUMBERS

    PEOPLE | BOOKS+MORE
    More people than ever before turned to The New York Public Library in 2012, seeking everything from books and e-books to computer classes, kids programs, job-search help, free English classes, and more.
    FINANCIAL SUPPORT ALSO INCREASED IN 2012. IN THE GRAPHICS BELOW WEVE HIGHLIGHTED ATTENDANCE, COLLECTIONS, AND FINANCIAL NUMBERS THAT TELL OUR STORY.

    PEOPLE

    MORE PEOPLE ARE VISITING THE LIBRARY THAN EVER BEFORE

    18 Million
    Most Visited Libraries
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Mid-Manhattan Library Bronx Library Center Science Industry and Business Library

    Total Library Visits

    12%
    FROM FY 08
    Exhibition Attendance

    2.3 million visitors 1. 5 million 679,979 423,079

    782,469
    Visitors in FY 12

    Vistors at Mid-Manhattan Library


    Busiest Time of Day: 1-2 PM

    New York Public Library 347,868 for the Performing Arts

    117,764 3,872
    per per day

    Programs and Attendance


    60,000 Programs/1.2 Million Attendees

    08

    10

    12

    Attendees

    1,168,127 72%
    Programs

    87%
    FROM FY 08
    EXHIBITIONS Celebrating 100 Years

    FROM FY 08

    Malcolm X: A Search for Truth Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet Obama Presidency: A Look Behind the Scenes Quality: The World of Nel Coward Great American Revue Hour NYC

    30,000 Programs/600,000 Attendees

    08

    09

    10

    11

    12

    55,140 73%

    Shelleys

    The

    FROM FY 08

    Star

    The

    Top Five Libraries for Programs

    Lunch

    1 2

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 38,323 Participants | 571 Programs Seward Park Library 34,228 Participants | 1,420 Programs

    3 4

    Mid-Manhattan Library 33,876 Participants | 677 Programs Library for the Performing Arts 30,040 Participants | 228 Programs

    Parkchester Library 26,840 Participants. | 1,165 Programs

    LEARNING AT THE LIBRARY


    Computer Classes
    Engligsh As A Second Language
    (ESOL)

    367%
    Borough Highlights
    BRONX
    Needed Job Fair at the Bronx Library Center

    7,694

    Computer Classes
    FROM FY 11

    HELLO!

    1,857
    NUMBER OF ESOL CLASSES

    34,575
    TOTAL CLASS ATTENDANCE

    650
    MANHATTAN

    STATEN ISLAND

    22,000 ft

    Number of attendees to Financial help days at the Science, Industry and Business Library

    Amount of new library space coming to Mariner's Harbor Library and Stapleton Library

    OUR DIGITAL COMMUNITY


    Visits to nypl.org

    NYPL Social Networking

    32 Million
    NYPL eNews 169,693 Facebook 55,974 Foursquare 51,048 Tumblr 40,680
    Favorite Tweet

    15%

    FROM FY 08

    MORE THAN HALF A MILLION STRONG

    NY Public Library @nypl

    Twitter 211,583

    Google can bring back a 100K answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one. -@neilhimself RT If you libraries http:/ow.ly/6PLtC

    GIVING BACK
    Membership

    34,841
    We Love our Volunteers

    Number of Library Friends and Schomburg members

    $180
    Amount raised for NYPL by an Upper West Side lemonade stand

    1,593
    LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS

    55.8

    HOURS OF SERVICE PER VOLUNTEER

    88,889
    HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE

    BOOKS+MORE

    CIRCULATION IS AT RECORD LEVELS


    Circulation
    30 million items

    28 Million
    08 09 10 11 12

    44%
    FROM FY 08

    18 million items

    E-Books Circulated

    667,162
    Most Circulated Books
    THE HUNGER GAMES THE LITIGATORS MOCKINGJAY

    190%
    FROM FY 08
    THE UGLY TRUTH CABIN FEVER DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

    THE LIBRARY HOLDS 51.3 MILLION ITEMS

    Most Circulated Kids Books

    Most Circulated eBook


    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO

    2 by Suzanne Collins and 1 by John Grisham Top CDs

    All by Jeff Kinney

    By Stieg Larsson

    Top DVDs

    THE FAME MONSTER, Lady GaGa THRILLER 25, Michael Jackson THE SOUND OF MUSIC

    ITS COMPLICATED (2009) THE BLIND SIDE (2009) ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)

    ACCESSING TECHNOLOGY
    Hours of Public Computer Use
    4 million hours

    NYPL Laptop Use

    441,434
    reservations of

    1,303
    laptops

    1 million hours
    08 09

    3,557,162 160%
    FROM FY 08
    Most Frequently Searched Databases at the Science, Industry and Business Library

    10

    11

    12

    60%

    FROM FY 10

    NYPL Labs What's on the Menu? Project

    MORNINGSTAR ONLINE INVESTMENT RESEARCH CENTER

    569,001 105,513
    BY
    Dishes Transcribed Web Users

    REFERENCE USA

    VALUE LINE INVESTMENT PLUNKETTS RESEARCH ONLINE RESEARCH CENTER

    Whats on the Menu? enlists volunteers to help transcribe menus from the Librarys vast collection.

    SATISFYING CURIOSITY
    Reference Inquiries
    81,091
    Telephone

    11,887,870
    On-Site Questions

    37,604
    Email

    Virginia Woolf typed all her major works and other writings on a typewriter. But what brand of typewriter did she use?

    A portable Underwood typewriter, which was common at the time.

    11,257
    Chat

    Questionpoint

    2,694

    112,669 QUESTIONS IN FY 12
    MOST USED COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

    ASK NYPL ANSWERED

    MOST REQUESTED SUBJECTS AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER

    ENTERTAINMENT + PERFORMING ARTS SLAVERY


    AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

    CIVIL RIGHTS

    SPORTS

    HARLEM

    Cath Caruth

    HARLEM RENAISSANCE

    JOHN CAGEs MANUSCRIPTS


    Every Bit Helps

    Summer Reading

    Total Books and Items Checked Out for Summer Reading

    127,430
    262 Number of books read by
    6 year old Micheal Pieda, a top Summer Reader from the Bronx.

    37,173

    Books Read By Teens

    2 New Children's Books

    $25

    90,257
    Books Read By Children

    $40
    Provides

    Provides a year of Library service for 4 cardholders

    3 Number of Home Runs hit

    $113 1

    y y

    research volume

    by Curtis Granderson during a Yankees game attended by Summer Reading winners.

    Provides 1 job-search laptop plus software

    $1,350

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