Cheaha Regional Library
Cheaha Regional Library is a multi-jurisdictional public library system based in Heflin (Cleburne County), Alabama, serving a legal service area of 100,914 residents from a single building and one bookmobile. Among profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks second for the electronic share of checkouts, but ranks last for visits per resident and last for operating spending per resident.
Among the 214 profiled systems in Alabama, it ranks ninth for population served. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 1% of the program attendance per resident and only 6% of the paid staff per resident.
Cheaha Regional against the 360 systems of its size class
Cheaha Regional since FY 2019
Visits were 2% above the FY 2019 count of 2,250 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 20% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Cheaha Regional programs
Programs for adults drew 100% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 7 people each.
Cheaha Regional in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 2,306
- Physical checkouts
- 26,779
- …of children's materials
- 7,946
- Electronic checkouts
- 48,350
- …of e-books
- 22,484
- …of e-audio
- 25,866
- Registered users
- 7,604
- Program sessions
- 16
- Program attendance
- 116
- Print volumes
- 26,810
- Audio items (physical)
- 107
- Video items (physical)
- 427
- Public computers
- 7
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 3,560
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 2.0
- Operating spending
- $109,450
- …on books and other materials
- $24,880
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Cheaha Regional gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $179,448, or $1.78 per resident. The local-government share sits 82 percentage points below the combined share for the 213 profiled systems in Alabama. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Cheaha Regional, building by building
The single building covers 2,200 square feet, 0.02 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. It is open 40 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheaha Regional Library | Central library | Heflin | 40 | 2,200 |
| Cheaha Regional Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Heflin | 28.5 |
Multi-jurisdictional libraries of similar size in other states
All six of these systems record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Southern Oklahoma Library System in Oklahoma.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee-Itawamba Library System | Tupelo, MS | 106,892 | 1.25 | 1.47 | $15.03 |
| Northeast Regional Library | Corinth, MS | 99,064 | 0.84 | 1.47 | $8.87 |
| Southern Oklahoma Library System | Ardmore, OK | 97,387 | 3.06 | 11.72 | $17.00 |
| Lonesome Pine Regional Library | Wise, VA | 97,067 | 1.72 | 2.17 | $25.68 |
| Fontana Regional Library | Bryson City, NC | 96,253 | 3.26 | 3.41 | $38.23 |
| Williamsburg Regional Library | Williamsburg, VA | 94,582 | 5.71 | 8.00 | $84.72 |
Nearest in size within Alabama
- Dothan Houston County Library System · Dothan · 108,079 residents
- Florence-Lauderdale Public Library · Florence · 92,744 residents
- Hoover Public Library · Hoover · 92,435 residents
- Athens-Limestone Public Library · Athens · 110,900 residents