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Johnson County Public Library reports record circulation, warns of state funding changes
Summary
Library director Lisa Littner told commissioners JCPL circulated about 1.3 million items last year and that recent state laws (cited in the meeting as "SEA 1" and related acts) will change how the library receives local tax revenue and require the district to petition the County Council.
Lisa Littner, director of the Johnson County Public Library, told the Johnson County Board of Commissioners on April 13 that the library circulated about 1,300,000 items last year and continues to see strong program attendance.
"We circulated 1,300,000 items," Littner said, adding that roughly 923,000 of those were physical items and about 420,000 were digitally downloaded. She said the system had about 387,000 visitors, issued 11,000 new library cards last year and counts nearly 56,000 regular users.
The director highlighted the library’s program reach: JCPL offered roughly 3,400 programs and outreach events with nearly 78,000 attendees, and the summer reading program logged about…
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