Author: Laura Sheets

Public Library Use in Tennessee

The 187 public libraries in the State of Tennessee serve 3,311,160 borrowers.

Library Visits
Public libraries were visited 20,246,745 times.

Circulation
Tennesseans checked out
25,973,238 items.
That is 71,159 items per day!

Tennessee Libraries

Connecting Tennessee
The 5,059 computers in public libraries were used
5,259,487 times.
That’s over 1,040 uses per computer.

FY 2012/2013 Statistical profile for public libraries in Tennessee

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

Tennessee public libraries presented 33,505 programs to 999,686 children and young adults in Tennessee.

TOGETHER WE ARE MIGHTY

13,332,582
The number of items in Tennessee Public Libraries

Data compiled by the State Data Center in the Planning & Development, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Secretary Tre Hargett. Data Sources: Tennessee Data Collection FY 2012/2013- Institute of Museum and Library Services Public Library Survey.

3,570,732
The number of reference questions asked at public libraries in Tennessee last year.

Summer Reading Program
101,453 Tennesseans enrolled in the Summer Reading Program in 2012!

RESOURCE SHARING
231,050 items circulated through the Public Libraries' interlibrary loan services.