2025 Library Annual Report

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Circulation

Circulation: 1,020,480 checked out

How many items were checked out? How many people did we connect with? How many downloads?

• 5645 New borrowers
• 361,513 Annual visits
• 140,084 Annual reference transactions (all departments)
• 974 Discovery Passes reserved
• 826 Library of Things items circulated
• 7267 Seed packets from the Seed Library distributed
• 93 Colorado State Park Passes Backpacks circulated
• 30,460 Total sessions in the Computer Lab
• 3075 Study Room Reservations
• 1500 Meeting Room Reservations

Digital Circulation: 267,138 checked out

• 106,966 eBooks checked out
• 129,825 eAudiobooks checked out
• 58,284 eMagazines checked out

The Longmont Public Library accounts for nearly 20% of the total Front Range Downloadable Library checkouts

Events and Programs

• 1572 events and programs offered
• 46,942 total participants
• 4762 total participants in Summer Reading BINGO (includes all age groups)

Accomplishments

1. Program Wins: 1,000 Words and More; An Afternoon with Author Stephen Graham Jones; Books on the Chopping Block; LevelUp Longmont esports Tournament and Festival; Craft and Cocoa; Tech Classes (Filament February, Photography Composition, ChatGPT Translation); Science @ 6; College Admissions Bootcamp; College Applications Programs for Teens
2. Hold pickup lockers finalized project plan and scheduled for installation and launch by Summer 2026.
3. Summer reading success and substantial increases in child and teen participation from 2024; 2025 marks the highest level of participation since pre-2020.
4. The library gets is very first 3D printer and printing service, available to the public for free!
5. Children and Teen Services Department focused their outreach efforts to Title 1 elementary schools in our service area, which resulted in increased Summer-Reading participation.
6. The Library gets a dedicated vehicle in anticipation of delivering holds and picking up returns from hold pickup locker locations, as well as to assist with Outreach programs and events.
7. Staff entryways and elevator were updated with badge-entry access readers, to increase security of staff-only areas of the library.
8. Teen Limited Use card now available to increase access for teenagers.
9. Fewer fees: Replacement fees will not be assessed for children/teen materials checked out to children/teen cards.
10. Representatives from each department brought back the Library’s internal newsletter, newly named “The Library Ledger,” in order to improve cross-departmental communication and share achievements and news.