BiblioTech
BiblioTech is a county public library system based in San Antonio (Bexar County), Texas, serving a legal service area of 144,256 residents through six library buildings. Among profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks first for the electronic share of checkouts and fifth for public computers per resident, but ranks last for physical checkouts per resident and last for print volumes per resident.
By population served it is the 34th-largest of the 503 profiled systems in Texas. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.0 times the program attendance per resident and 30% fewer visits per resident.
BiblioTech against the 360 systems of its size class
Who comes to BiblioTech programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 45% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 42 people each.
Nearest in size within Texas
- Pasadena Public Library · Pasadena · 146,716 residents
- Mesquite Public Library · Mesquite · 147,317 residents
- Helen Hall Library · League City · 132,692 residents
- Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library · Edinburg · 158,163 residents
BiblioTech in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 205,989
- Physical checkouts
- 11,921
- …of children's materials
- 155
- Electronic checkouts
- 482,575
- …of e-books
- 157,306
- …of e-audio
- 132,204
- Registered users
- 223,016
- Program sessions
- 1,555
- Program attendance
- 64,812
- Print volumes
- 0
- Audio items (physical)
- 0
- Video items (physical)
- 0
- Public computers
- 284
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 13,468
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 47.1
- Operating spending
- $4.3 million
- …on books and other materials
- $772,052
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where BiblioTech gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $4.3 million, or $29.89 per resident. The local-government share sits 4 percentage points above the combined share for the 503 profiled systems in Texas. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
BiblioTech, building by building
The six buildings cover 24,636 square feet in total, 0.17 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. The largest building is Bibliotech Edu at 8,400 square feet; the smallest is Bibliotech Central Jury Room at 170. The longest hours are at BiblioTech, 56 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiblioTech | Central library | San Antonio | 56 | 4,883 |
| Bibliotech Central Jury Room | Branch | San Antonio | 12 | 170 |
| Bibliotech East | Branch | San Antonio | 50 | 4,200 |
| Bibliotech Edu | Branch | San Antonio | 41 | 8,400 |
| Bibliotech South | Branch | San Antonio | 50 | 4,883 |
| Bibliotech West Dr Ricardo Romo Branch | Branch | San Antonio | 50 | 2,100 |
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, five record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Warren-Trumbull County Public Library in Ohio.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Public Library | Asheboro, NC | 146,486 | 2.36 | 1.99 | $28.81 |
| Iredell County Library | Statesville, NC | 145,521 | 1.33 | 2.42 | $18.42 |
| Warren-Trumbull County Public Library | Warren, OH | 142,591 | 3.05 | 3.94 | $55.63 |
| Blount County Public Library | Maryville, TN | 141,455 | 1.52 | 3.09 | $18.40 |
| Harnett County Public Library | Lillington, NC | 140,984 | 1.43 | 2.17 | $21.02 |
| Tangipahoa Parish Library | Amite, LA | 139,823 | 1.57 | 1.53 | $31.46 |