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Texas Public Library Summary for 2005

Statistics of Texas Library Systems by Regional System

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NTRLS

NTRLS Summary Statistics
Members Non-members Totals
Libraries reporting: 74 1 75
Population Served (SFY 2007) 2,433,619 2,631 2,436,250
Population Unserved (SFY 2007) 316,740
Number of Branches: 21 0 21
Number of  Bookmobiles: 0 0 0
Number of Public Service Outlets: 134 0 134
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NTRLS EXPENDITURES ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Salary and wages: 26,700,491 0 26,700,491
Benefits: 7,045,496 0 7,045,496
Subtotal wages & benefits: 33,745,987 0 33,745,987
Print materials: 4,565,257 1,969 4,567,226
Serial subscriptions: 619,198 0 619,198
Other materials: 1,938,433 0 1,938,433
Subtotal library materials: 7,122,888 1,969 7,124,857
Furniture & equipment: 372,010 0 372,010
Other operating expenses: 8,545,880 9,636 8,555,516
Subtotal miscellaneous: 8,917,890 9,636 8,927,526
Total Direct expend: 49,786,765 11,605 49,798,370
Indirect costs: 11,195 0 11,195
Total operating expenditures: 49,797,960 11,605 49,809,565
Salary & wages per capita: 10.97 0 10.96
Materials expend per capita: 2.93 0.75 2.92
Total op expend per capita: 20.46 4.41 20.45
Capital Outlay: 3,590,843 0 3,590,843
% of Total Operating Expenses
% Wages & benefits: 67.77% 0.00% 67.75%
% Library materials: 14.30% 16.97% 14.30%
% Miscellaneous other: 17.91% 83.03% 17.92%
% Indirect costs: 0.02% 0.00% 0.02%
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NTRLS INCOME BY SOURCE ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Income from City: 47,044,422 0 47,044,422
Income from County: 1,367,131 12,908 1,380,039
Income from School district: 420,966 0 420,966
Subtotal local govt income: 48,832,519 12,908 48,845,427
Foundation & corp grants: 558,724 0 558,724
Federal LSTA funds: 0 0 0
Other federal funds: 597 0 597
State funds: 310,390 0 310,390
Other local income: 1,097,668 0 1,097,668
Subtotal all other income: 1,652,416 0 1,652,416
Total income: 50,795,922 15,286 50,811,208
Local govt income per capita: 20.07 4.91 20.05
Total income per capita: 20.87 5.81 20.86
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NTRLS LIBRARY COLLECTION
Members Non-members Totals
Books + serials - titles: 3,163,634 0 3,163,634
Books + serials - items: 4,401,829 15,096 4,416,925
Books + serials - items per capita 1.81 5.74 1.81
Govt documents - items: 1,184,032 0 1,184,032
Electronic format 1,581 0 1,581
Other library materials - items: 49,438 181 49,619
Total collection - titles: 3,911,826 0 3,911,826
Total collection - items: 6,343,414 15,277 6,358,691
Total collection - items per capita 2.61 5.81 2.61
Current subscriptions: 8,157 0 8,157
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NTRLS LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Members Non-members Totals
Total library circulation 15,386,248 2,050 15,388,298
Circulations per capita 6.32 0.78 6.32
Circulations per paid staff  18,775 0 18,775
Circulations per hour 73 3 75
Circulation per library visit 609.19 2.13 586.87
Circulation of juvenile 5,236,447 633 5,237,080
Collection  turnover rate 2.43 0.13 2.42
Reference transactions 2,633,993 52 2,634,045
Reference transactions per capita 1.08 0.02 1.08
Library program attendance 615,590 35 615,625
Program attendance per capita 0.25 0.01 0.25
Attendance at juvenile 466,154 10 466,164
Library access to the Internet 74 1 75
Number of  library visits 25,257 964 26,221
Library visits per capita 0.01 0.37 0.01
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NTRLS STAFFING (FTEs) and FACILITIES
Members Non-members Totals
Librarians with ALA-MLS 244 0 244
Other librarians 75 0 75
Other paid staff 500 0 500
Total paid staff 820 0 820
Population per ALA-MLS 9,974   9,974
Population per total paid staff 2,970 0 2,970
Total volunteer hours 129,171 760 129,931
Main library - square footage 1,107,929 760 1,108,689
Main + branches - sq footage 1,333,734 760 1,334,494
Square footage per capita 0.55 0.29 0.55
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STLS

STLS Summary Statistics
Members Non-members Totals
Libraries reporting: 54 0 54
Population Served (SFY 2007) 1,981,390 0 1,981,390
Population Unserved (SFY 2007) 108,823
Number of Branches: 20 0 20
Number of  Bookmobiles: 1 0 1
Number of Public Service Outlets: 14 0 14
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STLS EXPENDITURES ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Salary and wages: 13,245,570 0 13,245,570
Benefits: 3,959,190 0 3,959,190
Subtotal wages & benefits: 17,204,760 0 17,204,760
Print materials: 2,657,805 0 2,657,805
Serial subscriptions: 396,705 0 396,705
Other materials: 582,470 0 582,470
Subtotal library materials: 3,636,980 0 3,636,980
Furniture & equipment: 415,122 0 415,122
Other operating expenses: 4,355,380 0 4,355,380
Subtotal  miscellaneous: 4,770,502 0 4,770,502
Total Direct expend: 25,612,242 0 25,612,242
Indirect costs: 45,513 0 45,513
Total operating expenditures: 25,657,755 0 25,657,755
Salary & wages per capita: 6.68 0 6.68
Materials expend per capita: 1.84 0 1.84
Total op expend per capita: 12.95 0 12.95
Capital Outlay: 8,518,944 0 8,518,944
% of Total Operating Expenses
% Wages & benefits: 67.05% 0.00% 67.05%
% Library materials: 14.17% 0.00% 14.17%
% Miscellaneous other: 18.59% 0.00% 18.59%
% Indirect costs: 0.18% 0.00% 0.18%
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STLS INCOME BY SOURCE ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Income from City: 22,139,421 0 22,139,421
Income from County: 2,993,461 0 2,993,461
Income from School district: 197,675 0 197,675
Subtotal local govt income: 25,330,557 0 25,330,557
Foundation & corp grants: 381,975 0 381,975
Federal LSTA funds: 0 0 0
Other federal funds: 132,715 0 132,715
State funds: 170,552 0 170,552
Other local income: 408,538 0 408,538
Subtotal all other income: 790,513 0 790,513
Total income: 26,429,175 0 26,429,175
Local govt income per capita: 12.78 0 12.78
Total income per capita: 13.34 0 13.34
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STLS LIBRARY COLLECTION
Members Non-members Totals
Books + serials - titles: 2,579,585 0 2,579,585
Books + serials - items: 3,057,463 0 3,057,463
Books + serials - items per 1.54 0 1.54
Govt documents - items: 4,822 0 4,822
Electronic format 2,886 0 2,886
Other library materials - items: 67,529 0 67,529
Total collection - titles: 2,917,419 0 2,917,419
Total collection - items: 3,453,658 0 3,453,658
Total collection - items per 1.74 0 1.74
Current subscriptions: 5,764 0 5,764
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STLS LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Members Non-members Totals
Total library circulation 4,737,200 0 4,737,200
Circulations per capita 2.39 0 2.39
Circulations per paid staff  8,128 0 8,128
Circulations per hour 29 0 29
Circulation per library visit 219.88 0 219.88
Circulation of juvenile 1,702,130 0 1,702,130
Collection  turnover rate 1.37 0 1.37
Reference transactions 1,456,076 0 1,456,076
Reference transactions per 0.73 0 0.73
Library program attendance 420,691 0 420,691
Program attendance per capita 0.21 0 0.21
Attendance at juvenile 251,776 0 251,776
Library access to the Internet 54 0 54
Number of library visits 21,544 0 21,544
Library visits per capita 0.01 0 0.01
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STLS STAFFING (FTEs) and FACILITIES
Members Non-members Totals
Librarians with ALA-MLS 80 0 80
Other librarians 72 0 72
Other paid staff 432 0 432
Total paid staff 583 0 583
Population per ALA-MLS 24,923 0 24,923
Population per total paid staff 3,399 0 3,399
Total volunteer hours 88,858 0 88,858
Main library - square footage 668,898 0 668,898
Main + branches - sq footage 748,022 0 748,022
Square footage per capita 0.38 0.00 0.38
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TPLS

TPLS Summary Statistics
Members Non-members Totals
Libraries reporting: 28 3 31
Population Served (SFY 2007) 383,134 2,717 385,851
Population Unserved (SFY 2007) 21,897
Number of Branches: 11 0 11
Number of  Bookmobiles: 0 0 0
Number of Public Service Outlets: 10 0 10
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TPLS EXPENDITURES ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Salary and wages: 3,264,446 8,821 3,273,267
Benefits: 1,197,623 0 1,197,623
Subtotal wages & benefits: 4,462,069 8,821 4,470,890
Print materials: 734,158 1,869 736,027
Serial subscriptions: 79,516 0 79,516
Other materials: 161,628 0 161,628
Subtotal library materials: 975,302 1,919 977,221
Furniture & equipment: 51,367 119 51,486
Other operating expenses: 1,229,920 1,152 1,231,072
Subtotal miscellaneous: 1,281,287 1,271 1,282,558
Total Direct expend: 6,718,658 12,011 6,730,669
Indirect costs: 0 0 0
Total operating expenditures: 6,718,658 12,011 6,730,669
Salary & wages per capita: 8.52 3.25 8.48
Materials expend per capita: 2.55 0.71 2.53
Total op expend per capita: 17.54 4.42 17.44
Capital Outlay: 5,742 4,870 10,612
% of Total Operating Expenses
% Wages & benefits: 66.41% 73.44% 66.43%
% Library materials: 14.52% 15.98% 14.52%
% Miscellaneous other: 19.07% 10.58% 19.06%
% Indirect costs: 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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TPLS INCOME BY SOURCE ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Income from City: 4,141,815 3,478 4,145,293
Income from County: 2,051,893 2,100 2,053,993
Income from School district: 133,806 0 133,806
Subtotal local govt income: 6,327,514 5,578 6,333,092
Foundation & corp grants: 104,822 0 104,822
Federal LSTA funds: 0 0 0
Other federal funds: 0 0 0
State funds: 54,968 0 54,968
Other local income: 186,461 0 186,461
Subtotal all other income: 291,283 1,350 292,633
Total income: 6,673,765 11,946 6,685,711
Local govt income per capita: 16.52 2.05 16.41
Total income per capita: 17.42 4.4 17.33
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TPLS LIBRARY COLLECTION
Members Non-members Totals
Books + serials - titles: 1,042,939 14,058 1,056,997
Books + serials - items: 1,435,909 14,058 1,449,967
Books + serials - items per capita 3.75 5.17 3.78
Govt documents - items: 988 0 988
Electronic format 52 58 110
Other library materials - items: 66,383 290 66,673
Total collection - titles: 1,225,658 14,406 1,240,064
Total collection - items: 1,730,290 14,406 1,744,696
Total collection - items per capita 4.52 5.3 4.55
Current subscriptions: 1,864 5 1,869
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TPLS LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Members Non-members Totals
Total library circulation 3,010,276 6,225 3,016,501
Circulations per capita 7.86 2.29 7.87
Circulations per paid staff  12,838 4,980 17,818
Circulations per hour 38 1 39
Circulation per library visit 283.35 6.83 261.49
Circulation of juvenile 1,100,923 1,985 1,102,908
Collection  turnover rate 1.74 0.43 1.73
Reference transactions 1,063,346 220 1,063,566
Reference transactions per capita 2.78 0.08 2.78
Library program attendance 90,471 245 90,716
Program attendance per capita 0.24 0.09 0.24
Attendance at juvenile 80,089 196 80,285
Library access to the Internet 28 3 31
Number of  library visits 10,624 912 11,536
Library visits per capita 0.03 0.34 0.03
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TPLS STAFFING (FTEs) and FACILITIES
Members Non-members Totals
Librarians with ALA-MLS 16 0 16
Other librarians 114 1 115
Other paid staff 104 1 105
Total paid staff 234 1 236
Population per ALA-MLS 23,946   23,946
Population per total paid staff 1,634 2,173.60 1,625
Total volunteer hours 18,209 1,833 20,042
Main library - square footage 229,010 986 229,996
Main + branches - sq footage 297,837 986 298,823
Square footage per capita 0.78 0.36 0.78
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TTPLS

TTPLS Summary Statistics
Members Non-members Totals
Libraries reporting: 15 1 16
Population Served (SFY 2007) 674,798 91,284 766,082
Population Unserved (SFY 2007) 937
Number of Branches: 13 0 13
Number of  Bookmobiles: 1 0 1
Number of Public Service Outlets: 2 0 2
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TTPLS EXPENDITURES ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Salary and wages: 4,562,219 153,000 4,715,219
Benefits: 1,269,279 21,718 1,290,997
Subtotal wages & benefits: 5,831,498 174,718 6,006,216
Print materials: 705,753 0 705,753
Serial subscriptions: 157,434 0 157,434
Other materials: 313,029 0 313,029
Subtotal library materials: 1,176,216 0 1,176,216
Furniture & equipment: 337,277 0 337,277
Other operating expenses: 660,643 0 660,643
Subtotal miscellaneous: 997,920 0 997,920
Total Direct expend: 8,005,634 174,718 8,180,352
Indirect costs: 1,203,265 0 1,203,265
Total operating expenditures: 9,209,899 174,718 9,384,617
Salary & wages per capita: 6.76 1.68 6.15
Materials expend per capita: 1.74 0 1.54
Total op expend per capita: 13.65 1.91 12.25
Capital Outlay: 16,699 0 16,699
% of Total Operating Expenses
% Wages & benefits: 63.32% 100.00% 64.00%
% Library materials: 12.77% 0.00% 12.53%
% Miscellaneous other: 10.84% 0.00% 10.63%
% Indirect costs: 13.06% 0.00% 12.82%
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TTPLS INCOME BY SOURCE ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Income from City: 8,222,808 0 8,222,808
Income from County: 660,924 155,757 816,681
Income from School district: 368,349 0 368,349
Subtotal local govt income: 9,252,081 155,757 9,407,838
Foundation & corp grants: 32,803 3,000 35,803
Federal LSTA funds: 0 0 0
Other federal funds: 86,306 0 86,306
State funds: 67,596 0 67,596
Other local income: 96,292 0 96,292
Subtotal all other income: 129,095 0 129,095
Total income: 9,535,078 158,757 9,693,835
Local govt income per capita: 13.71 1.71 12.28
Total income per capita: 14.13 1.74 12.65
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TTPLS LIBRARY COLLECTION
Members Non-members Totals
Books + serials - titles: 475,109 27,066 502,175
Books + serials - items: 999,392 27,066 1,026,458
Books + serials - items per capita 1.48 0.3 1.52
Govt documents - items: 85,016 0 85,016
Electronic format 122 0 122
Other library materials - items: 18,875 2,657 21,532
Total collection - titles: 611,934 29,643 641,577
Total collection - items: 1,424,107 29,723 1,453,830
Total collection - items per capita 2.11 0.33 2.15
Current subscriptions: 3,559 0 3,559
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TTPLS LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Members Non-members Totals
Total library circulation 1,832,002 56,866 1,888,868
Circulations per capita 2.71 0.62 2.8
Circulations per paid staff  8,892 11,373 20,265
Circulations per hour 33 29 61
Circulation per library visit 287.42 168.24 281.42
Circulation of juvenile 617,746 20,550 638,296
Collection  turnover rate 1.29 1.91 1.3
Reference transactions 792,067 3,223 795,290
Reference transactions per capita 1.17 0.04 1.18
Library program attendance 129,630 4,985 134,615
Program attendance per capita 0.19 0.05 0.2
Attendance at juvenile 102,736 3,347 106,083
Library access to the Internet 15 1 16
Number of  library visits 6,374 338 6,712
Library visits per capita 0.01 0 0.01
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TTPLS STAFFING (FTEs) and FACILITIES
Members Non-members Totals
Librarians with ALA-MLS 38 1 39
Other librarians 16 0 16
Other paid staff 152 4 156
Total paid staff 206 5 211
Population per ALA-MLS 17,758 91,284 17,303
Population per total paid staff 3,275 18,256.80 3,198
Total volunteer hours 15,153 348 15,501
Main library - square footage 132,044 3,975 136,019
Main + branches - sq footage 256,686 3,975 260,661
Square footage per capita 0.38 0.04 0.39
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WTLS

WTLS Summary Statistics
Members Non-members Totals
Libraries reporting: 34 1 35
Population Served (SFY 2007) 726,173 2,642 728,815
Population Unserved (SFY 2007) 5,107
Number of Branches: 13 0 13
Number of  Bookmobiles: 0 0 0
Number of Public Service Outlets: 5 0 5
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WTLS EXPENDITURES ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Salary and wages: 4,608,775 3,300 4,612,075
Benefits: 1,731,419 0 1,731,419
Subtotal wages & benefits: 6,340,194 3,300 6,343,494
Print materials: 868,663 950 869,613
Serial subscriptions: 103,993 135 104,128
Other materials: 181,706 0 181,706
Subtotal library materials: 1,154,362 1,085 1,155,447
Furniture & equipment: 94,497 0 94,497
Other operating expenses: 1,482,338 1,176 1,483,514
Subtotal miscellaneous: 1,576,835 1,176 1,578,011
Total Direct expend: 9,071,391 5,561 9,076,952
Indirect costs: 13,723 0 13,723
Total operating expenditures: 9,085,114 5,561 9,090,675
Salary & wages per capita: 6.35 1.25 6.33
Materials expend per capita: 1.59 0.41 1.59
Total op expend per capita: 12.51 2.1 12.47
Capital Outlay: 220,231 0 220,231
% of Total Operating Expenses
% Wages & benefits: 69.79% 59.34% 69.78%
% Library materials: 12.71% 19.51% 12.71%
% Miscellaneous other: 17.36% 21.15% 17.36%
% Indirect costs: 0.15% 0.00% 0.15%
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WTLS INCOME BY SOURCE ($)
Members Non-members Totals
Income from City: 3,482,256 0 3,482,256
Income from County: 5,238,430 3,000 5,241,430
Income from School district: 87,762 0 87,762
Subtotal local govt income: 8,808,448 3,000 8,811,448
Foundation & corp grants: 12,494 0 12,494
Federal LSTA funds: 0 0 0
Other federal funds: 500 0 500
State funds: 94,476 0 94,476
Other local income: 347,732 0 347,732
Subtotal all other income: 360,226 0 360,226
Total income: 9,263,650 5,575 9,269,225
Local govt income per capita: 12.13 1.14 12.09
Total income per capita: 12.76 2.11 12.72
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WTLS LIBRARY COLLECTION
Members Non-members Totals
Books + serials - titles: 1,269,115 0 1,269,115
Books + serials - items: 1,600,108 11,574 1,611,682
Books + serials - items per capita 2.2 4.38 2.22
Govt documents - items: 32,181 0 32,181
Electronic format 932 0 932
Other library materials - items: 220,644 1,500 222,144
Total collection - titles: 1,455,817 0 1,455,817
Total collection - items: 2,063,878 13,074 2,076,952
Total collection - items per capita 2.84 4.95 2.86
Current subscriptions: 2,072 3 2,075
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WTLS LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Members Non-members Totals
Total library circulation 3,064,784 7,829 3,072,613
Circulations per capita 4.22 2.96 4.23
Circulations per paid staff  15,283 31,316 46,599
Circulations per hour 35 16 51
Circulation per library visit 220.31 18.64 214.4
Circulation of juvenile 820,881 1,682 822,563
Collection  turnover rate 1.48 0.6 1.48
Reference transactions 726,474 340 726,814
Reference transactions per capita 1 0.13 1
Library program attendance 113,082 161 113,243
Program attendance per capita 0.16 0.06 0.16
Attendance at juvenile 92,605 161 92,766
Library access to the Internet 34 1 35
Number of  library visits 13,911 420 14,331
Library visits per capita 0.02 0.16 0.02
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WTLS STAFFING (FTEs) and FACILITIES
Members Non-members Totals
Librarians with ALA-MLS 24 0 24
Other librarians 40 0 41
Other paid staff 136 0 136
Total paid staff 201 0 201
Population per ALA-MLS 30,257   30,257
Population per total paid staff 3,621 10,568.00 3,617
Total volunteer hours 37,459 700 38,159
Main library - square footage 367,444 1,000 368,444
Main + branches - sq footage 417,089 1,000 418,089
Square footage per capita 0.57 0.38 0.58
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