2010-2011 AADL Statistics

District Population Served		163,590
Registered Cardholders		111,546
New Library Cards Issued		11,588
Cardholders as a Percentage of the Population		68.2%
Hours Open to the Public		3,761
Days Open to the Public		355
Systemwide Door Count		1,736,693
Downtown Library		590,362
Branches		1,146,331
aadl.org Page Views		59,226,375
Average page views per day		162,264
Total Reference Questions		57,041
Number of Programs Offered		1,514
Total Program Attendance		67,393
Adults		36,249
Youth & Teen		31,144
Summer Reading Game 2010
Total Enrollment		9,020
Children Enrolled		4,858
Teens Enrolled		1,391
Adults Enrolled		2,771
Computer Class Attendance		1,655
Systemwide Circulation		8,862,538
Downtown Library		1,123,493
Malletts Creek		799,297
Traverwood		665,719
Pittsfield		512,032
West		439,665
Phone renewals		113,015
Online renewals		5,209,317
Systemwide Circulation By Most Popular Material
DVDs		2,424,825
Books		2,143,682
Youth Books		2,037,650
Compact Discs		775,112
Youth DVDs		657,323
Blu-Ray		228,417
Audio Books		195,891
Youth Audio Books		89,099
Youth CDs		72,834
Magazines		55,047

Featured Events

Making Sense of the World

Award-winning writer Stephen G. Bloom will discuss journalism and his work, including his controversial article in The Atlantic magazine, Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life, on Wed., Feb. 15, at 7 PM at the Downtown AADL. Bloom is the Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor of Journalism at U-M. This event is held in conjunction with Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads 2012 and explores the theme, Language: How We Communicate.