Boone County Public Library: About Us

About the Library

Budget: $7,360,824
Total employees: 150
Librarians with a Master's degree: 31
Library visits: 1,006,402
Registered borrowers: 86,314
Total items checked-out: 1,754,794
- 36% Children's Books
- 27% Adult's Books
- 37% Audiovisual and Electronic Media
New items added: 40,851
Total collection: 511,275
Reference questions answered: 157,573
Public computer users: 210,311
Library programs: 4,801
Program attendance: 78,874
Groups using meeting rooms: 551
Meetings held: 1,646
Visits to Library Website: 985,991

If you're curious about how much you pay per year to support your library and how much you save by using it, please try our calculators.

How much is your library tax?
House Valuation	Amount of Tax
The current Boone County library tax rate is .051 per $100 of assessed value.
Assessed Value of House in whole dollars: $	$

How much money do you save by using library services?
Library Services Used	Value of Services
The Massachusetts Library Association originally developed this calculator as a downloadable spreadsheet. Subsequently, Chelmsford Public Library adapted it for the web, and Boone County Public Library adapted it for
Books Borrowed	$
Pocket Paperbacks Borrowed	$
Magazines Borrowed or Used in the Library	$
DVDs Borrowed	$
Audio Books Borrowed	$
CDs Borrowed	$
Video Games/Software Borrowed	$
Interlibrary Loan Requests	$
Newspapers Used in Library	$
Adult Programs Attended	$
Children's Programs Attended	$
Information/Homework Questions Answered	$
Hours of Public Computer Use (Internet, word processing, etc.)	$
Electronic Resources Used (online databases, ebooks, etc.)	$
Hours of Meeting Room Use	$
Hours of Study Room Use	$
The total value of library services you used:	$