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Medfield library reports roughly 100,000 visits in fiscal year, circulation rebounds
Summary
Medfield library director Pam Gardner says the library "topped a 100,000 visitors for this fiscal year," and staff report physical book circulation recovering to pre‑pandemic levels, with children's books making up a large share.
Pamela Gardner told Medfield Musings the library "topped a 100,000 visitors for this fiscal year last week" and that the year will likely close around 100,000 to 103,000 visits. She cautioned that a new people counter was installed since the pandemic, so year‑to‑year comparisons are not perfectly comparable.
Gardner said programming attendance has increased since the pandemic and that physical book circulation returned to high levels: "the previous [fiscal] one was the highest it had been in 15 years," she said, and added that roughly two‑thirds of last year’s circulation were children's books. The director framed those numbers as evidence the library remains a community focal point that supports literacy and family engagement.
