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Somerset County Library

     

 
Location Address: Mailing Address:
1 Vogt Drive P.O. Box 6700
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone Number: 9085264016  
Website: http://WWW.SOMERSET.LIB.NJ.US  
Basic Library Information      
Interlibrary Relationship: Member library of a library system.
Operated by: County/Parish
Geographic Area: County
Service Area Population: 161755
Annual Visits: 1,047,266
Annual Hours Open (All branches): 20,213
Number of central libraries:
1
Number of branch libraries: 6
Number of bookmobiles: 0
Media Information      
Number of books and serial volumes: 723,069
Number of audio materials: 40,198
Number of video materials: 31,156
Number of current serial subscriptions: 660
Total annual circulation: 1,952,121
Total annual loans provided to other libraries: 4,259
Total annual loans received from other libraries: 2,895
Staff Information      
Number of ALA-MLS Librarians: 47
Total Number of Full Time Librarians: 47
Other Paid Full Time Employees: 84
Total Paid Full Time Employees: 131
Children's Library Services      
Total annual circulation (including renewals) of all
children's materials in all formats to all users.
842,280
Total annual attendance at all programs intended
primarily for children. Includes adults who attend.
46,987
Financial Information      
Operating Income
Operating income from local government $8,188,036.00
Operating income from state government $153,420.00
Operating income from federal government
Other operating income $160,658.00
Total income $8,502,114.00
Expenses
Salaries and wages for all library staff $5,292,753.00
Employee benefits for all library staff $1,262,904.00
Total staff expenditures $6,555,657.00
Total expenditures on library collection $1,259,822.00
Other operating expenditures $1,290,492.00
Total operating expenditures $9,105,971.00
Expenditures for capital outlay $506,206.00
Library Technology Information      
Operating expenditures for library materials in electronic format 127,999
Operating expenditures for electronic access 323,491
Number of library materials in electronic format 2,288
Library access to electronic services Yes
Library access to the Internet Yes
Internet terminals used by staff only 93
Internet terminals used by general public 70
Users of electronic resources per typical week 2720
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