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Library director reports 2024 usage growth; Friends of the Library fundraisers and new program funds highlighted
Summary
Library Director presented 2024 statistics showing increases in checkouts, visits and active cardholders; Friends of the Library reported fundraising and a designated memorial fund that will support programming; staff reviewed services including room reservations, LibCal/LibCast catalog features and interlibrary loan procedures.
The Liberty Lake Library reported year-end statistics and program updates at its Jan. 7 meeting, with Director Jandy summarizing usage increases, service expansions and fundraising activity that support programming.
Jandy reported total 2024 checkouts at 119,344, an increase of about 11,000 from 2023. The library’s collection was described as roughly 27,000 volumes. Door-count visits for 2024 were reported at 69,575, up nearly 7,000 from the prior year. The library listed 7,428 active library cardholders; staff said roughly three-quarters of those cardholders are Liberty Lake residents and one-quarter are nonresidents who use the library under a reciprocal agreement with Spokane County.
The board also heard operational details: meeting-room and study-room reservations were recorded 455 times in 2024.…
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