STAFF
- Staff per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 1 per 2,000 population
- Percentage of staff with MLS degrees
- Suggested Guideline: 33% of FTE staff
- Annual circulations per FTE circulation staff
- Suggested Guideline: 25,000 per circulation FTE
FACILITIES
- Gross square feet of library space per capita
- Suggested Guideline: .6 sq.ft. per capita
- Average weekly service hours per facility
- Suggested Guideline: 54 - 70 hours per week
- Number of library designated parking spaces per facility
- Suggested Guideline: 1 space per 200 sq.ft.
COLLECTION
- Volumes owned per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 2 volumes per capita
- Circulation per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 6 items per capita
- Percentage of library operating budget for materials and databases
- Suggested Guideline: 20%
- Book turnover rate
- Suggested Guideline: 3.0
FUNDING
- Local operating funding per capita
- Suggested Guideline: $30 per capita per year
- State operating funding per capita
- Suggested Guideline: $5 per capita per year
- Local and State operating funding per capita
- Suggested Guideline: $35 per capita per year
SERVICES
- Customer visits per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 4 visits per capita per year
- Active registered library users as a percentage of service population
- Suggested Guideline: 40%
- Reference questions answered per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 1 question per capita per year
- Program attendance per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 25% of population
- Public computers for Internet and electronic resources per capita (excluding OPAC)
- Suggested Guideline: 1 per 2,500 population
- Online public access computers (OPACs) to cataloged database per capita
- Suggested Guideline: 1 per 1,000 sq.ft. or 1 per 5,000 population