New Mexico Public Library 2008/2009 #3

Did you know

• New Mexicans borrowed 10,181,506 items in 2009, an increase of 3.7% over 2008. That’s 5.07 items per capita and 8.59 items per library card
  
• 15,341 programs were offered just for children and teens and attended by 336,547 people
  
• 1,184,658 people have library cards
  
• 7,797,768 people visited New Mexico public libraries in 2009
  
• 78% of public libraries now offer free wireless service to the public compared to 51% in 2007
  
• New Mexico public libraries are often the only free source of public Internet access in their communities for job seekers and e-government services