Horseshoe Bend Regional Library
Horseshoe Bend Regional Library is a multi-jurisdictional public library system based in Dadeville (Tallapoosa County), Alabama, serving a legal service area of 159,028 residents from a single building and one bookmobile. Among profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks last for public computers per resident, last for the electronic share of checkouts and second-lowest for visits per resident.
Among the 214 profiled systems in Alabama, it ranks sixth for population served. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 6% of the program attendance per resident and only 6% of the paid staff per resident.
Horseshoe Bend Regional against the 360 systems of its size class
Horseshoe Bend Regional, building by building
The single building covers 8,300 square feet, 0.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend Regional Library | Central library | Dadeville | 40 | 8,300 |
| Horseshoe Bend Regional Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Dadeville | 4.4 |
Horseshoe Bend Regional in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 4,250
- Physical checkouts
- 45,840
- …of children's materials
- 15,474
- Registered users
- 1,288
- Program sessions
- 120
- Program attendance
- 2,068
- Print volumes
- 43,635
- Audio items (physical)
- 1,000
- Video items (physical)
- 1,309
- Public computers
- 0
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 2,311
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 3.3
- Operating spending
- $341,365
- …on books and other materials
- $22,131
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Horseshoe Bend Regional gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $503,458, or $3.17 per resident. The local-government share sits 79 percentage points below the combined share for the 213 profiled systems in Alabama.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Horseshoe Bend Regional since FY 2019
Visits were 5% above the FY 2019 count of 4,065 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 17% up over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Horseshoe Bend Regional programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 100% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 17 people each.
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 Pamunkey Regional Library in Virginia.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Regional Library | Elkin, NC | 166,502 | 1.57 | 2.64 | $17.21 |
| Southeast Oklahoma Library System | McAlester, OK | 164,633 | 2.64 | 2.15 | $44.41 |
| Pioneerland Library System | Willmar, MN | 161,633 | 2.38 | 2.92 | $34.66 |
| Pamunkey Regional Library | Hanover, VA | 160,674 | 2.87 | 3.35 | $39.98 |
| Three Rivers Regional Library System | Jesup, GA | 154,419 | 1.27 | 1.40 | $20.23 |
| Lake Agassiz Regional Library | Moorhead, MN | 149,603 | 2.68 | 3.35 | $30.14 |
Nearest in size within Alabama
- Birmingham Public Library · Birmingham · 196,910 residents
- Montgomery City-County Public Library · Montgomery · 226,361 residents
- Athens-Limestone Public Library · Athens · 110,900 residents
- Dothan Houston County Library System · Dothan · 108,079 residents