Today at 5 pm, the Toronto Public Library Board will be meeting to consider the KPMG Core Service Review recommendations for the city’s library system. We offer a breakdown of TPL’s services and some handy comparisons.
Total number of branches: 99
Number of branches in Etobicoke: 13
Number of Tim Hortons in Etobicoke: 39*
Public ranking of the library as a priority, according to KMPG’s public consultation: 8
Public ranking of police as a priority: 10
Dollar amount of municipal portion of Toronto Public Library 2010 budget: $170,229,047
Total dollar amount 2010 Toronto Public Library budget: $183,598,412
Percentage of budget funded by the City: 92.7
2010 revenue from late fees and other user charges: $4,128,602
Late fine per day for a general item (not a laptop), borrowed by an adult: $0.30
Number of items circulated by TPL in 2010: 32 million
Number of items circulated in New York Public Library (2010): 24 million
Per capita circulation: 11.9 (which makes the Toronto Public Library the busiest system of its class)
Number followers of @MargaretAtwood: 227,097
Number of minutes the Our Public Library petition site was out of service after Atwood tweeted about the petition: 30
Number of signatures on the online petition: 24,881
Figures from the Toronto Public Library 2010 Annual Report, New York Public Library 2010 Annual Report, BlogTO and the Toronto Public Library Board Agenda, which includes KPMG’s report.
*Numbers from Our Public Library. Originally published as Ward 2. Thanks to reader Dave Scrivener for pointing out the difference between Etobicoke and Ward 2.
