26,480 Airdronians have a library card, which resulted in 170,047 visits to the library in 2022. These library card holders borrowed 581,447 items, which equates to seven check-outs per person for every one of the 80,222 people counted in the 2022 Airdrie census.
This week at Airdrie Public Library (APL), we’re going to talk about numbers.
Every year, our eager number crunchers gather statistics to show how the library is doing in your community. While these stats are just numbers, they do tell a story. If you come to the library regularly, you’ll probably be nodding your head in agreement at what you’re about to read.
Children laughing, reading, and playing on computers, parents reading to their newborns, adults and teens studying or visiting, Makerspace exploration, diverse programming for all ages, art exhibits, clubs, and a whole lot more paint the picture of a…