AGENDA #5a2

Chapel Hill Public Library: Background Update (3/19/09)

• Chapel Hill Public Library’s number of patrons and their use has been pretty consistent:  CH (55%); OC (41%); Other (4%).
• The number of materials being borrowed by non-Chapel Hill Orange County residents is significant and rising:  364,433 out of 911,084 items in 2007-08.
• Orange County’s contribution has remained at approximately the same level since 1995:  $249,333.
• Orange County’s support is 10.6% of this year’s total operating budget, while use is 40% for the same services Chapel Hill residents receive.
• Orange County supports two library systems:  CHPL and Hyconeechee Regional Library System. Orange County Public Library is the region’s headquarters and its director is also the director of the regional library.
• Last year, CHPL loaned 911,084 materials.  Hyconeechee Regional Library loaned 447,353 over a three county region.