Weber County Library System
Weber County Library System is a county public library system based in Roy (Weber County), Utah, serving a legal service area of 271,926 residents through five library buildings. Among profiled systems in Utah, it ranks second for total visits, second for program attendance, second for print volumes and third for population served.
Among profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks fifth for weekly open hours per outlet and eighth for program attendance per resident and records the fourth-largest gain in visits since FY 2019. Against the median system of its size class, it records 86% more print volumes per resident and 80% more visits per resident.
Weber County against the 122 systems of its size class
Weber County since FY 2019
Visits were 1% above the FY 2019 count of 1.1 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 35% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Weber County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 38% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 45 people each.
Weber County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,083,046
- Physical checkouts
- 1,323,704
- …of children's materials
- 714,945
- Electronic checkouts
- 776,749
- …of e-books
- 232,652
- …of e-audio
- 479,838
- Registered users
- 125,457
- Program sessions
- 3,692
- Program attendance
- 164,947
- Print volumes
- 623,956
- Audio items (physical)
- 51,022
- Video items (physical)
- 70,461
- Public computers
- 181
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 16,174
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 122.3
- Operating spending
- $13.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.2 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Weber County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $15.5 million, or $56.87 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 61 profiled systems in Utah.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Weber County, building by building
The five buildings cover 205,564 square feet in total, 0.76 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Weber County Library Headquarters/Southwest Branch at 73,625 square feet; the smallest is Weber County Library Ogden Valley Branch at 19,600. The longest hours, 62.2 a week, are shared by four buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weber County Main Library | Central library | Ogden | 62.2 | 55,680 |
| Weber County Library Headquarters/Southwest Branch | Branch | Roy | 62.2 | 73,625 |
| Weber County Library North Branch | Branch | Ogden | 62.2 | 23,040 |
| Weber County Library Ogden Valley Branch | Branch | Huntsville | 62 | 19,600 |
| Weber County Library Pleasant Valley Branch | Branch | Ogden | 62.2 | 33,619 |
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to San Mateo County Libraries in California.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick County Public Libraries | Frederick, MD | 279,835 | 3.66 | 8.32 | $69.33 |
| Forsyth County Public Library | Cumming, GA | 279,366 | 2.73 | 8.20 | $34.06 |
| St. Tammany Parish Library | Covington, LA | 277,615 | 2.18 | 2.30 | $40.32 |
| Buncombe County Public Libraries | Asheville, NC | 277,047 | 2.67 | 4.43 | $28.99 |
| San Mateo County Libraries | San Mateo, CA | 273,370 | 6.20 | 8.78 | $159.85 |
| Brown County Library | Green Bay, WI | 273,297 | 2.31 | 4.70 | $26.67 |
Nearest in size within Utah
- Salt Lake City Public Library System · Salt Lake City · 209,593 residents
- Washington County Library System · St. George · 202,452 residents
- Davis County Library · Farmington · 373,207 residents
- Provo City Library · Provo · 113,343 residents