Lepper Library
Lepper Library is a nonprofit public library based in Lisbon (Columbiana County), Ohio, serving a legal service area of 57,268 residents from a single building. Among the 249 profiled systems in Ohio, it ranks last for operating spending per resident, last for print volumes per resident and last for public computers per resident.
By population served it is the 46th-largest of the 249 profiled systems in Ohio. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 23% of the visits per resident and only 28% of the physical checkouts per resident.
Lepper against the 559 systems of its size class
Lepper in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 29,588
- Physical checkouts
- 53,741
- …of children's materials
- 11,487
- Electronic checkouts
- 14,471
- …of e-books
- 8,163
- …of e-audio
- 5,214
- Registered users
- 3,635
- Program sessions
- 359
- Program attendance
- 5,651
- Print volumes
- 40,510
- Audio items (physical)
- 3,263
- Video items (physical)
- 8,596
- Public computers
- 4
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 2,816
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 7.3
- Operating spending
- $548,832
- …on books and other materials
- $75,171
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Lepper gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $795,318, or $13.89 per resident. The local-government share sits 48 percentage points below the combined share for the 248 profiled systems in Ohio. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Nonprofit association 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 Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Pennsylvania.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph T. Simpson Public Library | Mechanicsburg, PA | 59,915 | 2.61 | 8.50 | $19.16 |
| Providence Public Library | Providence, RI | 59,190 | 1.50 | 1.71 | $152.70 |
| Pike County Public Library | Milford, PA | 58,535 | 1.05 | 1.90 | $12.00 |
| Altoona Area Public Library | Altoona, PA | 57,314 | 1.74 | 1.90 | $19.83 |
| Bosler Memorial Library | Carlisle, PA | 56,574 | 3.20 | 6.07 | $59.62 |
| West Haven Public Library | West Haven, CT | 54,790 | 2.25 | 1.55 | $34.12 |
Lepper since FY 2019
Visits were 11% below the FY 2019 count of 33,332 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 3% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Lepper programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 78% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 16 people each.
The Lepper building
The single building covers 14,747 square feet, 0.26 square feet per resident against a median of 0.62 for the size class. It is open 54.2 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepper Library | Central library | Lisbon | 54.2 | 14,747 |
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