Libraries Reporting Adult and Juvenile Circulation and Users to the ALA for 1914

Supporting data for Galbi, “Book Circulation Per U.S. Public Library User Since 1856.”

Source: Papers and Proceedings of the 37’th Annual Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA), Berkeley, Cal., June 3-9, 1915, published in Bulletin of the American Library Assocation (ALA), v. 9, n. 4 (July) 1915.

rid	City	State/ Country	Library Name (in addition to location)	Volumes	Adult Circulation	Juvenile Circulation	Adult Users	Juvenile Users
1	Appleton	WI	Free Public Library	12,559	33,761	19,953	2,531	1,744
5	Binghamton	NY	Public Library	34,498	124,092	40,958	15,379	4,727
9	Cedar Rapids	IA	Public Library	29,683	92,514	95,159	7,846	3,054
21	Elmira	NY	Steele Memorial Library	19,981	51,393	21,604	5,044	1,895
23	Evansville	IN	Public Library	9,935	50,139	74,313	3,887	5,589
25	Fairhaven	MA	The Millicent Library	21,156	37,433	13,485	2,153	1,055
26	Gadsden	AL	Public Library	4,381	11,315	8,541	1,781	1,269
28	Gary	IN	Public Library	32,094	121,746	117,237	6,887	4,679
36	Leominster	MA	Public Library	30,222	64,764	18,789	5,099	1,717
44	New Castle	PA	Free Public Library	7,157	35,942	27,105	3,800	2,317
46	New Rochelle	NY	Public Library	30,750	77,593	40,261	8,778	3,195
55	Portland	OR	Library Association	169,842	741,450	543,052	59,396	15,141
57	Poughkeepsie	NY	Adriance Memorial Library	51,265	63,298	56,992	3,545	1,832
60	Racine	WI	Public Library	22,258	65,879	60,629	10,423	4,960
62	Regina	Canada	Public Library	11,340	81,223	24,629	3,797	1,519
65	St. Louis	MO	Public Library	374,997	786,407	748,763	50,155	45,196
66	Salem	OR	Public Library	10,305	32,726	14,666	5,305	1,180
70	Seattle	WA	Public Library	203,843	746,317	457,426	45,423	14,805
72	Springfield	MA	Public Library	59,075	103,044	77,830	5,914	3,474
74	Syracuse	NY	Public Library	109,187	319,482	87,288	22,474	5,046
75	Tacoma	WA	Public Library	67,175	237,931	155,575	11,500	5,489
77	Union Springs	AL	Union Springs Library	1,748	4,012	1,560	576	306
81	Wilkes-Barre	PA	Osterhout Free Library	45,157	96,514	56,297	12,941	4,481
82	Williamsport	PA	James V. Brown Library	22,900	80,583	26,826	4,891	1,761
83	Williston	ND	The James Memorial Library	3,783	8,100	6,382	847	391
Total				55,412	162,706	111,813	12,015	5,473

Volumes are volumes on Jan. 1, 1914 (volumes at beginning of the year).  The source heading for circulation is “Lent for home use / Total No. of vols.”  The source heading for users is “Total No. of Registered Borrowers.”  Another column provides the number of borrowers who registered during the year. Rid is the record number in the source.

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