Systemwide Statistics, June 1995

Fiscal Year 1995 Operating Budget

Operating Expenses:

Operating expenses of The Branch Libraries and Related Central Services and Administration: $101,841,000

Operating expenses of The Research Libraries, Librarywide Programs, and Related Central Services and Administration: $83,262,000

Total operating expenses in Fiscal 1995: $185,103,000


Employees:

The Branch Libraries and Related Central Services and Administration:

Salaried employees: 1,726

Hourly employees: 654

The Research Libraries, Librarywide programs, and Related Central Services and Administration:

Salaried employees: 829

Hourly employees: 366

Total: 3,575


The Research Libraries

Collections: 39,729,724

Of this figure, 12,485,183 are book and book-like materials; the remainder consists of various categories of items, such as audio recordings, films, videotapes, maps, sheet music, prints, and clippings.

Users in Fiscal 1995:



Center for the Humanities: 1,266,549

Library for the Performing Arts: 370,037

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: 55,335

Library at West 43rd Street: 7,590

Total: 1,699,511

Number of Items Consulted in Fiscal 1995: 3,322,004

Reference Inquiries (telephone): 249,717

Reader Use



Business/Professional Users: 29%

Academic Users: 30%

Research Libraries Group: 10%

Other Users: 31%

Reader Use by Place of Residence



New York City: 80%

New York State: 7%

United States (other than New York City and New York State): 11%

Foreign Countries: 2%

Materials Preserved



Through restoration, preservation, microfilming, and reprint: 116,621

Other items: 18,613

Hours of recorded sound media: 699

Feet of motion picture film: 21,241

Number of titles of videotape media: 702

Volumes cleaned: 148,932


The Branch Libraries

Locations:

Eighty-two facilities in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, including four central service locations: Donnell Library Center, Mid-Manhattan Library, the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts-Circulating Collections.

Collections: 11,661,064

Of this figure, 5,449,248 are books; the remainder consists of various categories of nonprint items such as films, videotapes, materials for the blind, orchestral parts, pictures, and audio recordings.

Users in Fiscal 1995:



Bronx: 3,294,245

Manhattan: 3,102,309

Staten Island: 932,130

Central Library Units: 3,187,471

Total: 10,516,155

Library Card Holders: 2,140,564

Branch Libraries Use in Fiscal 1995:



Reference Inquiries: 5,616,065

Directional Inquiries: 4,933,929

Items Circulated: 11,509,390

Distribution of Free Material: 267,049

Computer Appointments: 62,792

Free Programs:



Adult: 3,384

Young Adult: 2,933

Children: 16,014

Special Services: 3,437

Total: 25,768

Free Program Attendance:



Adult: 127,417

Young Adult: 54,525

Children: 354,108

Special Services: 69,485

Total: 605,535

Community Agency Contacts: 3,499

Community Agency Services Profiles: 2,434

Branch Exhibits: 2,447

Materials Reviewed: 12,026

Titles Purchased: 95,303

Copies Purchased: 625,174

Titles Cataloged: 44,409

Items Processed: 462,658

Volunteer Services:



Number of Volunteers: 3,785

Number of Volunteer Hours: 23,823

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