Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc
Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc serves 1,475 people in and around South Windham. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 3,340 visits.
What stands out about Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average South Windham cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $103K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $175K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $103K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 189 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc serves 1,475 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 10K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
507 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc, 17 Main St., Windham.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in South Windham? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
South Windham ranks 2nd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | Jonathan Trumbull Library fine-free | 8.1 | 42 |
| South Windham | Guilford Smith Memorial Library, Inc fine-free | 7.4 | — |
| Willimantic | Willimantic Public Library fine-free | 1.4 | 44 |
| Windham | Windham Free Library fine-free | 0.2 | 23 |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in South Windham.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.