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Orange County Library Long-Range Facility Planning Chart #1: Orange County Librmy Resources Corrrpnr•erl to State Averages artd Staurlards 2002-2003 Resources Ur•arrge Cotrrtty Chapel Hill NC Ce~riral Libra Public Libra Avera e/Grridelines fistimated Population 71,225 50,540 8,323,375 (est.2002) total NC o ulation Books per capita 1..01 2.75 1.88 Basic Standard = 2 Reader'seats/1,000 .88 1.8 Not Available po ulation Prof: Standard = 3-5 Full-time equivalent .27 1.22 1 staff/2,000 po ulation S uare foota a/ca ita .18 .S4 Standard = .65 Registet'ed 19.8% 50% 50% borrowers/% of population Circulation er ca ita 2.02 15.55 5.38 Library income per $10.12* X38..40 $18..88 ca ita Local Government $8.16* $33.03 (Town & $15.55 revenues er ca ita Coun ) *Tncludes funds to support the Carrboro and Cedar Grove Libraries Despite a number of very positive attributes of the Orange County Library -the quality, creativity and initiative of library staff, its programs and outreach efforts, and its local history collection, among others -- facility space, staffing levels and collection size are significantly below average and do not come close to meeting professional standards. Steps have been taken in the last several years to extend services beyond the central library, including opening the Carrbora Libraz'y, the recent opening ofthe Carrboro Cybrary, and the opening of the Cedar Grove Library. The library administration has made a concerted effort to find creative and collaborative ways to offer library services and utilize existing space,. These steps have helped to bring the system a bit closer to the North Carolina average both in resources available and in per capita use, but the system still lags significantly behind the norm. Still using the estimated population in 2002 as a basis {i.e. not adjusting for population increase since then): • Space per capita has risen to .31 square feet • Books per capita has risers to 1.2 • Reader seats per capita has risen to 2.97 (the Carrboro Branch has 120 reader seats compared to G.3 at the central library) • Librazy card registration as a percentage of population has risen to 30.6% (current year f gures) • Total library income per capita for 2004-2005 has risen to $12,02 • Local revenues (Orange County and Carrbora) has risen to $11.04 per capita o Tlie population is grorvisg at a ltigh rate, with siguificaut growth in ilre rrrr-uber of older r•esidertis and residents r~toving Here frorrr other cort-:tries. Tlie central library Irtts l~ 9