The WCPL is a Great Value!

Last year we saved you $702.808! This is how we did it. We are in the business of serving people. Your public library is open 41 hours 5 days a week we have a bookmobile that travels throughout the county. We have 3 public computers available with Internet access and many valuable software programs. We offer access to the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) which accesses libraries and databases around the world. We acquire materials and make them available FREE! If patrons had to purchase the materials we provide free, let's analyze what they would have spent....

You borrowed 26,982 books. At an average of $30 per book you could have spent $809,460

We subscribed to 31 magazines. At an average or $30 per title you could have spent $930

We subscribed to 7 newspapers. At an average of $200 per title, you could have spent $1,400

You borrowed 5,180 videos & DVDs. At an average rental of $3, you could have spent $15,540

You borrowed 1,147 "books-on-tape." At an average cost of $70, you could have spent $80,290

We borrowed 449 items for you on Interlibrary loan. Some of these are rare titles that cannot be purchased, but at an average cost of $30 per item, you could have spent $13,470

We answered 1,073 reference questions. Even if you were charged only $2 per question, you could have spent $2,146

Our computers were used 3,637 times. Kinko's charges $15 an hour for computer use. Many sessions last more than an hour, but at an average cost of $15 you could have spent $54,555

We provided 268 programs with a total attendance of 4,010. At a minimal average cost of $3 per person. You could have spent $12,030

FOR A TOTAL OF $989,821
Less library tax collected $287,013
Saving you a total of $702,808
Per capita value of your public library is $86.49
Per Capita tax for your library is $25.08