Numbers Up

"Today's libraries are more than just shelves of books. Visitors can get music, movies, audiobooks and instructional videos. There are banks of computers with high-speed connections to the Internet and meeting rooms used by community groups and business mentors. Some libraries have coffee shops and used-book stores."

Read the Denver Post article and be assured that library visitors AND circulation are increasing at the nation's libraries. Bellingham Public Library's visitors and circulation increased once again this year. *The circulation figure for the Bellingham Public Library, from August 2006 through July 2007 or Fiscal Year 2007, was a total of 118,590 items. The same figure for Fiscal Year 2006 was 105143. Therefore, our circulation increased 13%. The Fiscal Year 2005 figure was near 80000 items. You can read the Annual Report Information Statistics filed with the MBLC on September 1, 2007 for other information on your library in Bellingham.