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Annual report shows shifts in collection and program use; trustees flag data-format questions
Summary
Staff reviewed the Franklin Public Library’s 2024 state annual report, reporting declines in physical holdings and growth in program attendance. Trustees asked clarifying questions about data categories, reciprocal-borrowing accounting and how gate counts capture program attendance.
Library staff reviewed the Franklin Public Library’s 2024 state annual report and compared key statistics with 2023 figures.
The report lists "books in print" at 96,000 and shows a notable decline in some physical materials. Staff stated "total physical items in the collection" as 18,469 in the report and said that figure was down from roughly 130,000 the prior year; trustees and staff flagged that the way the state statistics are compiled changed this year, and staff noted they were comparing comparable items where…
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