Anne Arundel County Public Library
Anne Arundel County Public Library is a county public library system based in Annapolis (Anne Arundel Coun County), Maryland, serving a legal service area of 590,336 residents through 16 library buildings. Among profiled systems in Maryland, it ranks second for weekly open hours per outlet, third for total visits, third for electronic checkouts and third for the electronic share of checkouts, but ranks second-lowest for public computers per resident and third-lowest for print volumes per resident.
Among the 61 profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks tenth for program attendance per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 64% more physical checkouts per resident and 33% more paid staff per resident.
Anne Arundel County against the 61 systems of its size class
Anne Arundel County, building by building
The largest building is Odenton Regional Library at 39,160 square feet; the smallest is Deale Community Library at 8,730. The longest hours are at Mountain Road Community Library, 59.4 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis Regional Library | Branch | Annapolis | 57.2 | 20,900 |
| Broadneck Community Library | Branch | Annapolis | 53.2 | 11,950 |
| Brooklyn Park Community Library | Branch | Baltimore | 55 | 12,500 |
| Crofton Community Library | Branch | Crofton | 57.1 | 25,000 |
| Deale Community Library | Branch | Deale | 55.1 | 8,730 |
| Discoveries | Branch | Annapolis | 53.8 | – |
| Eastport-Annapolis Neck Community Library | Branch | Annapolis | 54.9 | 12,100 |
| Edgewater Community Library | Branch | Edgewater | 55.2 | 12,000 |
| Glen Burnie Regional Library | Branch | Glen Burnie | 57.5 | 20,200 |
| Linthicum Community Library | Branch | Linthicum | 54.8 | 11,083 |
| Maryland City at Russett Community Library | Branch | Laurel | 55.2 | 15,214 |
| Mountain Road Community Library | Branch | Pasadena | 59.4 | 8,900 |
| Odenton Regional Library | Branch | Odenton | 57.5 | 39,160 |
| Riviera Beach Community Library | Branch | Pasadena | 58.3 | 10,500 |
| Severn Community Library | Branch | Severn | 57.5 | 11,500 |
| Severna Park Community Library | Branch | Severna Park | 57.1 | 20,500 |
A dash marks a value not reported for FY 2024.
Anne Arundel County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,587,126
- Physical checkouts
- 3,726,515
- …of children's materials
- 1,826,503
- Electronic checkouts
- 2,011,281
- …of e-books
- 882,660
- …of e-audio
- 856,694
- Registered users
- 278,580
- Program sessions
- 7,198
- Program attendance
- 247,602
- Print volumes
- 539,055
- Audio items (physical)
- 32,448
- Video items (physical)
- 48,329
- Public computers
- 198
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 43,521
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 323.8
- Operating spending
- $33.5 million
- …on books and other materials
- $4.4 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Anne Arundel County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $33.6 million, or $56.99 per resident. The local-government share sits 12 percentage points above the combined share for the 24 profiled systems in Maryland.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Anne Arundel County since FY 2019
Visits were 25% below the FY 2019 count of 2.1 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 14% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Anne Arundel County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 75% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 34 people each.
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, two record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Cuyahoga County Public Library in Ohio.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco County Public Library Cooperative | Hudson, FL | 634,768 | 0.67 | 2.02 | $17.50 |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | Parma, OH | 626,288 | 6.26 | 11.75 | $119.50 |
| Volusia County Public Library | Daytona Beach, FL | 592,852 | 2.09 | 3.00 | $36.71 |
| Alameda County Library | Fremont, CA | 581,626 | 2.28 | 7.74 | $67.90 |
| Jefferson County Public Library | Lakewood, CO | 576,381 | 3.39 | 11.22 | $77.67 |
| Stanislaus County Free Library | Modesto, CA | 548,744 | 1.42 | 2.22 | $27.67 |
Nearest in size within Maryland
- Enoch Pratt Free Library · Baltimore · 576,498 residents
- Baltimore County Public Library · Towson · 849,316 residents
- Prince George's County Memorial Library System · Largo · 955,306 residents
- Howard County Library System · Ellicott City · 334,529 residents