Systemwide Statistics:
Fiscal Year 2000
Summary
of Financial Activities for Fiscal Year 2000 (As of June 30, 2000)
Support and
Revenues, Library-wide:
Includes City, State,
and Federal funds, as well as private sources, investment income, and
other income.
The Research Libraries:
$119,867,000
The Branch Libraries:
$137,440,000
Total Support and
Revenue, 2000: $257,307,000
Total Support and
Revenue, 1999: $215,979,000
Operating Expenses
Operating Expenses
of The Research Libraries, and Librarywide Programs: $118,535,000
Operating Expenses
of The Branch Libraries: $134,914,000
Total Operating Expenses,
2000: $253,449,000
Total Operating Expenses,
1999: $223,730,000
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The
Research Libraries
Locations: 4 -- Humanities and Social Sciences
Library; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -- Dorothy
and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
and the Science, Industry and Business Library
Collections:
42,098,829 items (14,310,969 are books)
Users in FY 99:
1,955,268 total
- Humanities and
Social Sciences Library: 1,346,991
- The New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts:
33,008
- Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture: 40,415
- Science, Industry
and Business Library: 534,854
Reader Use
- Business/Professional
Users 29%
- Academic Users
21%
- Research Libraries
Group 2%
- Other 48%
Number of items consulted:
2,909,482
Reference
inquiries (telephone): 199,039
Materials preserved:
- Through restoration,
preservation, microfilming, and reprint: 239,283
- Other items:
1,664
- Hours of recorded
sound media: 878
- Feet of motion
picture film: 9,397
- Hours of videotape
media: 1,727
- Volumes cleaned:
53,839
Employees: 834;
plus 382 hourly
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The
Branch Libraries
Locations: 85 -- in Manhattan, the Bronx,
and Staten Island
Collections:
10,258,570 items (4,063,864 are books)
Users in FY00:
12,290,846 total
- Bronx: 4,017,768
- Manhattan: 4,195,641
- Staten Island:
1,553,431
- Central Library
Units: 2,524,006
Library card holders:
1,782,593
Reference inquiries:
6,419,072
Directional inquiries:
5,731,654
Items circulated:
12,842,278
Distribution of
free material: 166,630
Internet user
sessions : 2,859,640
Web page views:
11,026,300
Free programs:
21,673
- Adult:
5,190
- Young Adult:
2,123
- Children: 11,216
- Outreach Services:
3,144
Free program attendance:
396,052
- Adult: 86,577
- Young Adult:
41,275
- Children: 210,948
- Outreach Services:
57,252
Number of CLASP (Connecting
Libraries and Schools Project) programs: 5,075
CLASP program
attendance: 117,789
Number of branch
exhibits: 2,097
Number of items
purchased: 963,347
Titles cataloged:
53,656
Employees:
1,710; plus 668 hourly
Number of volunteers:
838
Number of volunteer
hours: 37,984
Library-wide
Employees:
3,594 total (of these, 1,050 are hourly)
Cyberfacts
Electronic visits
to NYPL website annually: 5,300,000
Countries accessing
website: 170
Web Pages:
3,500
Web Images:
16,400
Computers for
public use: 1,919
Electronic databases
for public use: 350
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Statistics
for previous years
Statistics
for Fiscal Year 1999
Statistics for Fiscal Year 1998
Statistics for Fiscal Year 1997
Statistics for Fiscal Year 1996
Statistics for Fiscal Year 1995
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