Taylor Library
Taylor Library is a municipal public library based in East Derry (Rockingham County), New Hampshire, serving a legal service area of 34,627 residents from a single building. Among the 961 profiled systems serving 25,000 to 49,999 residents, it ranks last for library floor space per resident.
Among the 194 profiled systems in New Hampshire, it ranks last for operating spending per resident, last for print volumes per resident and last for public computers per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 10% of the physical checkouts per resident and only 18% of the paid staff per resident.
Taylor against the 964 systems of its size class
The Taylor building
The single building covers 1,320 square feet, 0.04 square feet per resident against a median of 0.74 for the size class. It is open 33.8 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Library | Central library | East Derry | 33.8 | 1,320 |
Taylor in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 39,144
- Physical checkouts
- 13,652
- …of children's materials
- 9,122
- Registered users
- 3,598
- Program sessions
- 274
- Program attendance
- 7,685
- Print volumes
- 17,914
- Audio items (physical)
- 89
- Video items (physical)
- 339
- Public computers
- 3
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 1,760
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 3.0
- Operating spending
- $195,190
- …on books and other materials
- $15,000
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Taylor gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $227,360, or $6.57 per resident. The local-government share sits 6 percentage points above the combined share for the 186 profiled systems in New Hampshire. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Taylor since FY 2019
Visits were 39% above the FY 2019 count of 28,085 (size-class median: −28%). Physical checkouts moved 5% up over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Taylor programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 60% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 28 people each.
Municipal 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 McMinnville Public Library in Oregon.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Community Library | Germantown, WI | 34,719 | 2.99 | 8.47 | $33.26 |
| McMinnville Public Library | McMinnville, OR | 34,612 | 4.06 | 8.66 | $73.13 |
| Walla Walla Public Library | Walla Walla, WA | 34,580 | 3.49 | 4.92 | $44.16 |
| Turner Free Library | Randolph, MA | 34,530 | 3.05 | 3.28 | $32.88 |
| The Orange Public Library | Orange, NJ | 34,447 | 0.22 | 0.31 | $25.89 |
| Stewart C Meyer Library | Harker Heights, TX | 34,447 | 1.74 | 2.93 | $24.39 |
Nearest in size within New Hampshire
- Derry Public Library · Derry · 34,627 residents
- Dover Public Library · Dover · 33,234 residents
- Rochester Public Library · Rochester · 33,018 residents
- Kelley Library · Salem · 30,705 residents