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File this under adult nonfiction: The state's 177 public libraries
employ 1,169 and paid more than $20 million in wages in 1999.
NATIONAL RANK
The United States has 16,437 public libraries.
Together, they hold 668,448,940 volumes.
North Carolina libraries have 2.2% of the total.
Volumes
(millions)
1. New York 71.8
2. California 61.1
3. Texas 49.7
4. Ohio 44.8
5. Illinois 38.6
6. Massachusetts 38.6
7. New Jersey 28.7
8. Pennsylvania 27.5
9. Florida 26.3
10. Michigan 25.6
21. North Carolina 14.8
Note: figures are from the 1998-1999 fiscal year
Source: American Library Directory, 2000-2001
LIBRARY CATEGORIES
Most of North Carolina's 458 libraries are not classified
as public libraries.
Library type
Public library 38.6%
Special * 20.5%
Junior colleges 13.1%
Colleges and universities 11.1%
Medical 4.8%
Law 3.1%
Government 2.2%
Other 6.6%
(*)Examples include libraries at corporations and churches.
Source: American Library Directory, 2000-2001
Note: Table made from pie chart
HIGH-TECH SPENDING
In fiscal 1999-2000, North Carolina public libraries spent
$4.5 million, 55 cents per resident, on electronic technology.
The top 10:
Per capita
County * expenditures
Madison $5.01
Mecklenburg 1.50
Guilford 1.49
Warren 1.47
Haywood 1.37
Polk 1.15
Cumberland 0.86
Union 0.86
Durham 0.81
Randolph 0.68
(*)Does not include regional or municipal libraries.
Source: State Library of North Carolina, 2001
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* The earliest record of a "free public library" in the Carolinas Car·o·li·nas The colonies (after 1729) or present-day states of North Carolina and South Carolina. Noun 1. Carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina Carolina dates to 1701, when a collection of books was sent to the colony colony, any nonself-governing territory subject to the jurisdiction of a usually distant country. The term is also applied to a group of nationals who settle in a foreign country or territory but retain political or cultural connections with their parent state. by the Society for the Propagation The transmission (spreading) of signals from one place to another. of the Gospel. * North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. libraries held 15.3 million volumes in 2000, two books per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. . * North Carolina ranks 42nd in public library books per capita but fifth in electronic materials per 1,000 people. * Based on number of volumes, two of the nation's top 30 library collections are in North Carolina: No. 28, UNC-Chapel Hill, with 5 million volumes, and No. 29, Duke University with 4.9 million. * The Library of Congress, the nation's largest library, holds 24.6 million books. |
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