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Text Box: Somerset Public Library 1464 County Street   Phone: 508-646-2829 Email: somersetpl@sailsinc.org Somerset, MA  02726                                                                     www.sailsinc.org/somerset

Text Box: During FY 2006...   124,911 items circulated to patrons 45 items were checked out per hour the library was open 4.75 items per capita loaned to our patrons Average weekly visits to the library—2,794 Average weekly research transactions— 115 Meeting room was used by groups 977 times 195 Children’s Programs were held with 7,713 in attendance 47 library programs for adults held with an attendance of 2,547 Average of 40-50 people per day using computers at the Library 245 people per month using online databases (home access)   Total Municipal Income —$519,113 Total operating Income —$559,022 Salary Expenditure —$380,326      Materials Expenditure —$82,887 (this meets the State’s requirement of 15% for Library certification) State-Grant-in-Aid—$24,419.74 Per capita library expenditure--$27.69 Percent of total town budget expenditure for the library--1.4%                                             Statistic compiled from Massachusett Board of Library Commmissioners annual reports

Somerset Public Library SERVICES $ $ $ $ $ $ Text Box: What your $27.69 buys — It is the cost of buying one book for yourself a year              the library offers you more than 88,000 items to choose —              actually millions of items via the network It is the cost of  buying two best-selling DVDs at Wal-Mart              the library offers you thousands of DVDs It is the cost of buying two CDs of your favorite musical group              again, there a thousands to borrow from the library Cost of one month of dial-up Internet service              we offer free high-speed on 8 computers Cost of a yearly monthly magazine subscription              we offer 210 newspapers and magazines to read              a newspaper subscription for a year is over $200.00 Individual research services              which in the private sector cost $40—$50 an hour Free Workshops and lectures Free museum passes              the Fine Arts Museum costs $15.00 per person, per visit BENEFITS