Schaumburg Township District Library
Schaumburg Township District Library is a library district based in Schaumburg (Cook County), Illinois, serving a legal service area of 130,345 residents through three library buildings. Among profiled systems in Illinois, it ranks first for electronic checkouts, second for public computers, third for physical checkouts and third for program attendance.
Among profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks first for paid staff per resident, sixth for library floor space per resident, seventh for physical checkouts per resident and ninth for operating spending per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 3.3 times the program attendance per resident and 3.1 times the public computers per resident.
Schaumburg Township against the 360 systems of its size class
Schaumburg Township since FY 2019
Visits were 45% below the FY 2019 count of 978,249 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 33% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Schaumburg Township programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 48% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 32 people each.
Schaumburg Township in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 542,400
- Physical checkouts
- 1,680,635
- …of children's materials
- 777,962
- Electronic checkouts
- 275,614
- …of e-books
- 275,614
- Registered users
- 64,731
- Program sessions
- 3,027
- Program attendance
- 96,024
- Print volumes
- 286,220
- Audio items (physical)
- 29,062
- Video items (physical)
- 39,413
- Public computers
- 230
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 10,117
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 176.2
- Operating spending
- $15.1 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.6 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Schaumburg Township gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $20.4 million, or $156.53 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 617 profiled systems in Illinois.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Schaumburg Township, building by building
The three buildings cover 185,751 square feet in total, 1.43 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. The largest building is Schaumburg Township District Library at 166,501 square feet; the smallest is Hanover Park Branch Library at 9,500. The longest hours are at Schaumburg Township District Library, 69.3 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaumburg Township District Library | Central library | Schaumburg | 69.3 | 166,501 |
| Hanover Park Branch Library | Branch | Hanover Park | 62.4 | 9,500 |
| Hoffman Estates Branch Library | Branch | Hoffman Estates | 62.8 | 9,750 |
Library districts of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Library Network | Post Falls, ID | 136,100 | 2.69 | 7.71 | $43.30 |
| Finkelstein Memorial Library | Spring Valley, NY | 135,449 | 1.24 | 4.34 | $63.30 |
| Jefferson County Library District | High Ridge, MO | 135,409 | 1.73 | 2.61 | $33.88 |
| Boulder Public Library District | Boulder, CO | 133,697 | 4.68 | 7.70 | $212.57 |
| Cochise County Library District | Bisbee, AZ | 128,253 | 0.11 | 0.33 | $10.34 |
| Kalamazoo Public Library | Kalamazoo, MI | 127,924 | 2.81 | 9.11 | $112.56 |
Nearest in size within Illinois
- Lincoln Library · Springfield · 114,394 residents
- Rockford Public Library · Rockford · 148,655 residents
- Naperville Public Library · Naperville · 149,540 residents
- Gail Borden Public Library District · Elgin · 149,907 residents