Year in Review FY2021
Statistics for the Hinckley Public Library District from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021
Numbers in parenthesis are FY20 comparison figures.
10,634 (11,379) library visits
637 (693) library cardholders
25 (23) non-resident cards purchased
162 (174) total programs with 1,859 (2,390) attending
58 (69) children’s programs with 1,119 (1,369) attending
35 (1) teen programs with 185 (4) attending
69 (104) adult programs with 555 (1,017) attending
269 (178) total summer reading participants
158 (99) children
25 (7) teens
86 (72) adults
967 reading logs submitted
20,500 (16,392) total checkouts
10,703 (7,632) children’s items
605 (577) young adult items
9,192 (8,183) adult items
15,730 (11,201) books
287 (518) magazines
1,794 (2,138) DVDs
671 (733) audio books
1,962 (1,748) e-books.
4,065 (2,990) items from Hinckley loaned to other libraries
4,589 (2,541) items borrowed from other libraries for Hinckley patrons
16,999 (16,655) books owned
103,018 (89,137) shared e-books
1,366 (1,309) audio books owned
1,390 (1,346) DVDs owned
34 (38) magazine subscriptions
1,313 (2,384) public computers uses
1,086 (1,281) Wi-Fi uses
549 (442) Facebook followers
4,881 (4,085) library website visitors
While FY20 included closures between March and June, the majority of the year was pre-pandemic with a normal volume of traffic and programs. FY21 saw many restrictions on in-person gatherings as well as fear of public interactions before the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available.
Summer Reading participation was up 51% from FY20, but down 26% from FY19.
Interlibrary loan saw the biggest increase of any category, with 80% more requests for our patrons over FY20 and 47% more over FY19.
Checkouts were up 25% from FY20, but down 11% from FY19.
E-book usage increased over a 3-year span, showing a 7.7% increase over FY19 and a 12% increase over FY20.
$19,535 was spent on materials including books, audio, DVDs, magazines, and e-books.
The year’s income included $16,599 in donations, a Census grant of $2,000, and property taxes of $189,837.
The library also received a donated building!