Library FAQ & Quick Stats
Quick Stats for FY 2009
- Budget: $7,673,550
- Total employees: 156
- Librarians with a Master's degree: 30
- Library visits: 1,002,655
- Registered borrowers: 78,086
- Total items checked-out: 1,485,888
- Book circulation (% of total): 70%
- Children's circulation (% of total): 49%
- Total increase year over year: 23.2%
- New items added: 63,153
- Total collection: 451,042
- Reference questions answered: 126,245
- Public computer users: 218,490
- Library programs: 3,734
- Program attendance: 66,432
- Groups using meeting rooms: 375
- Meetings held: 1030
- Books for adults: 231,099
- Books for young people: 140,975
- Videos & DVDs: 40,845
- Audio books: 15,828
- Other media/music: 17,473
- Downloadable media: 3,988
- Magazines and newspaper subscriptions: 839
- Online databases: 47
Holiday Closings
- New Year's Day (January 1)
- Easter Sunday (Date Varies)
- Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (First Monday in September)
- Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)
- Christmas Eve (December 24)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
- New Year's Eve (Library closes at 6:00 p.m.)
Mobility Equipment
The Main Library has a wheelchair and a walker available for those in need.
Books in Other Languages
Main Library, Scheben, and Florence branches carry some books and audiobooks for children and adults in Spanish. The library also has a few in Japanese.
Magazines and Newspapers
The library carries a wide variety of magazines and newspapers and also provides access to some full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals.
Donations
Please bring any donation of books, videos, magazines, etc. to your nearest library branch.
Fax Machine
The Library does not provide a public fax machine. Check our list of locations that offer this service.
Color Copier
The Library does not have a color copier. However, other businesses offer this service.
Volunteering at the Library
Complete a volunteer or, if you're a teen, a volunteen application form, and we will notify you if we have any volunteer opportunities.
Services for People with Disabilities
All of our buildings are wheelchair accessible. One computer in each library has ZoomText -- a program that makes a computer screen easier to view. We also offer a homebound delivery program.
Books in Braille
The Library does not have books in braille, but we do have a wide selection of books on cassette or CD. Talking Books of Northern Kentucky has a lending library for books and magazines on specially recorded cassettes for people with visual impairments. You may contact them online or by calling (859)962-4095 locally. In Kentucky, you may also call toll-free at (866)491-7610. If you live outside Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton counties, call 1-800-372-2968 for the Talking Book Library nearest you.
Notary Public
A staff member at Main Library can provide this service. However, the staff member may refuse this service at her discretion. Please call 859-342-BOOK(2665) for availability.