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Maine Public Libraries Top Ten FY06

Program Attendance

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 25,993
2. OLD TOWN Old Town Public Library 17,052
3. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 16,149
4. BIDDEFORD McArthur Public Library 15,797
5. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 13,095
6. SACO Dyer Library 12,529
7. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 12,247
8. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 11,844
9. DAMARISCOTTA Skidompha Public Library 10,184
10. SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Public Library 9,720

Program Attendance Per Capita

1. FRENCHBORO Frenchboro Public Library 9.87
2. LONG ISLAND Long Island Community Library 6.16
3. CRANBERRY ISLES Islesford Library 5.73
4. CLIFF ISLAND Cliff Island Library 4.83
5. GUILFORD Guilford Memorial Library 4.04
6. LOVELL Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library 2.96
7. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 2.82
8. SOUTHPORT Southport Memorial Library 2.41
9. CASTINE Witherle Memorial Library 2.39
10. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 2.17

Library Visits

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 625,741
2. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 240,762
3. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 225,414
4. FREEPORT Freeport Community Library 217,054
5. ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Public Library 188,592
6. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 183,600
7. SACO Dyer Library 166,627
8. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 157,415
9. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 136,901
10. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 136,135

Library Visits Per Capita

1. FRENCHBORO Frenchboro Public Library 66.67
2. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Southwest Harbor Public Library 40.00
3. CLIFF ISLAND Cliff Island Library 30.00
4. BLUE HILL Blue Hill Public Library 28.53
5. FREEPORT Freeport Community Library 25.91
6. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 24.97
7. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 21.55
8. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 20.27
9. LONG ISLAND Long Island Community Library 18.77
10. KENNEBUNKPORT Graves Memorial Library 14.18

Interlibrary Loan Provided to Other Libraries

1. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 18,748
2. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 14,056
3. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 13,556
4. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 13,019
5. WATERVILLE, Waterville Public Library 11,099
6. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 9,645
7. BIDDEFORD McArthur Public Library 8,477
8. CAMDEN, Camden Public Library 8,184
9. CAPE ELIZABETH Thomas Memorial Library 7,792
10. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 7,637

Interlibrary Loan Provided to Other Libraries Per Capita

1. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 1.50
2. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Southwest Harbor Public Harbor 1.37
3. ROCKPORT Rockport Public Library 1.22
4. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 1.05
5. CASTINE Witherle Memorial Library 0.85
6. CAPE ELIZABETH Thomas Memorial Library 0.83
7. NORWAY Norway Public Library 0.79
8. WATERVILLE Waterville Public Library 0.74
9. WINTHROP Bailey Public Library 0.73
10. BOOTHBAY HARBOR Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library 0.71
11. CALAIS Calais Free Library 0.71

Total Circulation

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 704,640
2. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 428,953
3. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 343,763
4. FREEPORT Freeport Community Library 244,703
5. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 241,222
6. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 223,461
7. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 213,322
8. SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Public Library 178,086
9. FALMOUTH Falmouth Memorial Library 172,645
10. ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Public Library 165,301

Total Circulation Per Cap

1. CRANBERRY ISLES Islesford Library 34.42
2. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Southwest Harbor Public Library 33.68
3. CLIFF ISLAND Cliff Island Library 30.83
4. FREEPORT Freeport Community Library 29.21
5. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 29.21
6. BLUE HILL Blue Hill Public Library 29.20
7. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 28.58
8. ISLESBORO Pendleton Library 23.67
9. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 23.05
10. GUILFORD Guilford Memorial Library 21.38

Users of Electronic Resources Per Year

1. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 57,093
2. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 48,984
3. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 41,528
4. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 35,000
5. BATH Patten Free Library 29,413
6. RUMFORD Rumford Public Library 29,000
7. ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Public Library 28,202
8. BIDDEFORD McArthur Public Library 27,205
9. PRESQUE ISLE Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library 25,929
10. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 24,926

Users of Electronic Resources Per Year Per Capita

1. CRANBERRY ISLES Islesford Library 8.74
2. LONG ISLAND Long Island Community Library 8.54
3. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 8.01
4. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 6.71
5. FRENCHBORO Frenchboro Public Library 5.56
6. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 4.57
7. RUMFORD Rumford Public Library 4.39
8. ROCKPORT Rockport Public Library 3.54
9. BLUE HILL Blue Hill Public Library 3.40
10. SWANS ISLAND Swans Island Public Library 3.40

Registered Patrons

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 72,149
2. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 33,884
3. AUBURN Auburn Public Library 19,983
4. WESTBROOK Walker Memorial Library 16,313
5. FRYEBURG Fryeburg Public Library 16,121
6. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 13,955
7. WATERVILLE Waterville Public Library 13,659
8. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 13,297
9. WINDHAM Windham PUBLIC Library 13,141
10. BELFAST Belfast Free Library 12,525

Registered Patrons Per Capita

1. FRYEBURG Fryeburg Public Library 4.90
2. CLIFF ISLAND Cliff Island Library 3.83
3. CRANBERRY ISLES Islesford Library 3.83
4. LONG ISLAND Long Island Community Library 3.43
5. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 2.97
6. ISLESBORO Pendleton Library 2.76
7. RANGELEY Rangeley Public Library 2.75
8. FRENCHBORO Frenchboro Public Library 5.56
9. MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library 2.09
10. EAST MILLINOCKET East Millinocket Public Library 1.91

Municipal Revenue

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 2,851,397
2. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 1,434,135
3. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 1,086,073
4. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 1,017,768
5. AUBURN Auburn Public Library 837,957
6. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 736,841
7. SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Public Library 645,679
8. AUGUSTA Lithgow Public Library 542,842
9. ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Public Library 542,273
10. GORHAM Baxter Memorial Library 469,318

Municipal Funding Per Capita

1. ISLESBORO Pendleton Library 90.61
2. VINALHAVEN Vinalhaven Public Library 64.87
3. CASTINE Witherle Memorial Library 60.53
4. ROCKLAND Rockland Public Library 55.80
5. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 53.97
6. BELFAST Belfast Free Library 53.37
7. CAPE ELIZABETH Thomas Memorial Library 48.93
8. KITTERY Rice Public Library 46.25
9. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 46.06
10. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 45.95

Total Operating Revenue

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 3,553,752
2. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 2,247,908
3. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 1,209,248
4. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 1,102,175
5. AUBURN Auburn Public Library 953,637
6. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 744,021
7. SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Public Library 739,614
8. BIDDEFORD McArthur Public Library 696,774
9. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 682,615
10. AUGUSTA Lithgow Public Library 564,092

Total Operating Revenue Per Capita

1. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 339.30
2. SWANS ISLAND Swans Island Public Library 265.76
3. MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library 153.10
4. FRENCHBORO Frenchboro Public Library 146.67
5. CRANBERRY ISLES Islesford Library 131.98
6. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 125.20
7. NORTH HAVEN North Haven Public Library 122.41
8. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Southwest Harbor Public Library 118.32
9. BLUE HILL Blue Hill Public Library 96.60
10. ISLESBORO Pendleton Library 93.43

Staff Expenditures

1. PORTLAND Portland Public Library 2,382,165
2. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 1,586,462
3. BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library 822,895
4. LEWISTON Lewiston Public Library 761,145
5. AUBURN Auburn Public Library 745,521
6. SOUTH PORTLAND South Portland Public Library 581,363
7. SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Public Library 487,051
8. AUGUSTA Lithgow Public Library 460,792
9. BIDDEFORD McArthur Public Library 417,641
10. GORHAM Baxter Memorial Library 393,177

Staff Expenditures Per Capita

1. MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library 136.26
2. SWANS ISLAND Swans Island Public Library 122.22
3. CRANBERRY ISLES Great Cranberry Library 117.48
4. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Southwest Harbor Public Library 77.92
5. BLUE HILL Blue Hill Public Library 68.05
6. CASTINE Witherle Memorial Library 66.66
7. ISLESBORO Pendleton Library 65.21
8. CAMDEN Camden Public Library 60.22
9. BANGOR Bangor Public Library 50.95
10. BROOKLIN Friend Memorial Public Library 49.49

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