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
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
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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