National Library Week is being celebrated by hundreds of libraries throughout the country by taking part in Library Snapshot Day: A Day in the Life of Your Library.
This program originated in New Jersey and in 2010 at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, the ALA Advocacy Coordinating Group along with the Chapter Relations Committee and Chief Officers of State Library Agency decided to make it a national event.
Right now 38 of the 50 United States take part in this event and last year in Washington State alone there were over 200 libraries that participated with just under 150,000 patrons visiting these locations during the weeklong event.
Each library chooses one day during the National Library Week to participate. Throughout this one-day they keep track of how many people visit their location. This is then broken down into how many children, adults and students participating in various events and services offered one that day. They also tally total circulation for the day (how many books, etc, are checked out and returned).
If you went down to the library in Parks on Wednesday, April 11 you may have noticed the table in front of the circulation desk with red balloons and survey sheets to fill out. There was also a drawing that you could enter to win bookstore gift cards.
This is EvCC’s first year participating in the event and they are hoping to make next year’s Snapshot day more eventful, according to Mary Ann Lee who works the Reference Desk in the library.
The numbers should be tallied up later this week and there will be an update on these statistics as soon as that information is fully gathered and evaluated.
Story by Merritt Wgeishofski
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