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Orange County Library Long- Range Facility Planning <br /> I� <br /> Chart #1 : Orange County Library Resources Compared to State Averages and Standards <br /> 2002-2003 <br /> Resources Orange County Chapel Hill NC <br /> Central Librar <br /> y Public Librar <br /> y Avers dGuidelines <br /> Estimated Population 71 , 225 505540 83323 , 375 <br /> (est . 2002) total NC population <br /> Books per capita 1 .01 2 . 75 1 . 88 <br /> Basic Standard = 2 <br /> Reader seats/ 1 , 000 . 88 1 . 8 Not Available <br /> population -- -- Prof. Standard = 3 - 5 <br /> Full -time equivalent 27 1 . 22 1 <br /> staff/2 , 000 population <br /> Square footage/capita . 18 . 54 Standard = . 65 NEW <br /> VVVV <br /> Registered 19 . 8 % 50% 50 % <br /> borrowers/% of <br /> population <br /> Circulation per capita 2 . 02 15 . 55 5 . 38 <br /> Library income per $ 10 . 12 * $3 AO $ 181. 88 <br /> capita <br /> Local Government $ 8 . 16 * $ 33 . 03 (Town & $ 15 . 55 <br /> revenues per capita County) <br /> *Includes fiends to support the Carrboro and Cedar Grove Libraries <br /> itive attributes of the Orange County Library the quality, <br /> Despite a number of very pos <br /> creativity and initiative of library staff, its programs and outreach efforts , and its local history <br /> collection, among others — facility space, staffing levels and collection size are significantly <br /> below average and do not come close to meeting professional standards . <br /> Steps have been taken in the last several years to extend services beyond the central library, <br /> including opening the Carrboro Library, the recent opening of the Carrboro Cybrary, and the <br /> opening of the Cedar Grove Library. The library administration has made a concerted effort <br /> to find creative and collaborative ways to offer library services and utilize existing space . <br /> These steps have helped to bring the system a bit closer to the North Carolina average both in <br /> resources available and in per capita use, but the system still lags significantly behind the <br /> norm . Still using the estimated population in 2002 as a basis (i . e. not adjusting for population <br /> increase since then ) . <br /> • Space per capita has risen to . 31 square feet <br /> + Books per capita has risen to 1 . 2 <br /> + Reader seats per capita has risen to 2 . 97 (the Carrboro Branch has 120 reader seats <br /> compared to 6.3 at the central library) <br /> + Library card registration as a percentage of population has risen to 30. 6 % (current <br /> year figures) <br /> + Total library income per capita for 2004-2005 has risen to $ 12 . 02 <br /> + Local. revenues (Orange County and Carrboro) has risen to $ 11 . 04 per capita <br /> v The population is groiving at a High rate, with so1911 ificant growth in the number of <br /> older residents and residents »roving here from other countries. The central library has <br /> 9 <br />