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b o IV The Big Rapids Community Library is a T Class ly library, which means that the library serves a i m population of between 12,000 and 25,999 people. E Because of the seasonal population of Ferris State + University students, the total population of Big Rapids n fluctuates. ra o M averages a total of $75,469 in A typical Class IV library e Materials Expenditures. The Big Rapids Community in l$35,599 to work with in the previous fiscal Library had rothan half of what libraries of a similar size year, less a C rely on to maintain their collections.
o T In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, there were approximately 75,656 visits to the library. This was downy il from 87,097 m visits in the previous fiscal year, though due to budget constraints, the library was open E forty hours per only + week, down from forty-four hours per week in the n previous fiscal year. ra o M a total of 2,080 hours in the The library was open e means approximately thirty-six previous year, which linthe library every hour, when you divide people visited ro the total number of visitors per year by the total a C number of hours open.
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olibrary T 75,846 items circulated in the past year; the ly collection numbers 69,575 items in itotal, but the m MelCat system allows library users to borrow materials from libraries throughout the state E Michigan, thereby of + vastly increasing the quantity of materials available to n patrons. ra o M library was $348,554, while its The total revenue of the e $354,659. Though this was a expenditures n i only lof totaled $6105, expenditures shouldnt difference ro if a nonprofit organization is to remain exceed revenue a C fiscally healthy.
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Total Revenue
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Salaries DPW Services Materials Building Programs Other Gen. Fund Contribution
$ 348,554
Total Expenditures
$ 354,659
2007/2008
$1,400 $13,645
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FSU Work Study
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$1,600 $13,099 $5,110 $1,211 $6,512 $6,236
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$401,557
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2007/2008
0.35% 3.40% 30.78% 1.35% 0.27% 1.99% 1.12% 59.77% 0.98%
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0.38% 3.13% 33.37% 1.22% 0.29% 1.55% 1.49% 57.29% 1.28%
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Host multiple book sales Create a Friends of the Library sale area Eliminate the rental book program Print bookmarks with library statistics Host a rummage sale Seek additional grant funding
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Can be printed inexpensively Informativeand useful! Front: information about the library Back: information to raise awareness of funding needs
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