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Orange County Library Long-Range Facility Planning Chart #1; Ornnge Caanty Library Resources Canrpared m State Averages and Stnudards 2002-2003 Resources Orange County C/rapel Hill NC CentralLibrn PnblicLibra Avers e/Guide/fines Estimated 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 Readetseats/1,000 .88 1,8 Not Available o ulation Prof. Standard = 3-5 Fu11-time equivalent 27 1.22 1 staff/2,000 o ulation _ S uare foots a/ca its .18 .54 Standard = .65 Registered 19,8% 50% 50% borrowers/% of o ulation Circulation er ca its 2.02 15.55 5.38 Library income per $10 12* $38.40 $18.88 ca its Local Government $8.16* $33,03 (Town & $15.55 revenues er ca its Coun *Includes funds to support the Carrboro and Cedar Grove Libraries Despite a number of very positive attributes of the Orange County Librazy -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 Librazy, including opening the Cartboro Librazy, the recent opening of the Carrboro Cybrazy, and the opening of the Cedaz 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 • Boolcs per capita has risen to 1.,2 • Reader seats per capita has risen to 2.97 (the Carrboro Branch has 120 reader seats compazed to 63 at the central library) • Library card registration as a percentage of population has risen to 30.6% (cuaent year figures) • Total library income per capita for 2004-2005 has risen to $12.02 • Local revenues (Orange County and Canboro) has risen to $11.04 per capita ^ The population is grorvirrg at a high rate, rvilh significmtt grorvtlr iu the ntnnber of older residents and resldenis noving here from atlrer countries. The central library bus