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Orange County Library Long-Range Facility Planning /~ Chart #1: Orange County Library Resources Conrpnred to State Averages mrd Standards 2002-2003 Resources Orange County Chapel Hill NC Central Libra Public Libra Avera elCuidelines 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 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 population S uare foota e/ca ita .18 .54 Standard = .65 Registered 19.8% 50% 50% borrowers/% of population Circulation er ca ita 2.02 15.55 5.38 Library income per $10.12* $38..40 $18,.88 ca ita Local Government $8.16* $3.3.03 (Town & $15..55 revenues er ca ita County) *Includes 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 Carrboro Librazy, the recent opening of the Carrboro Cybrary, 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 noun. 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 risen to 1.2 • Reader seats per capita has risen to 2.97 (the Cazrboro Branch has 120 reader seats compared to 6.3 at the central library) • Librazy card registration as a percentage of population has risen to 30..6% (current year figures) • Total library income per capita for 2004-2005 has risen to $12.02 • Local revenues (Orange County and Cazrboro) has risen to $11.04 per' capita a The poprdation is growing at a high rate, with significant growth in tl:e nruuber of older residents and residents proving here from other countries. Tl:e central library bas