Galatia Public Library District
Galatia’s library is the Galatia Public Library District, a branch of Galatia Public Library District, which serves 2,319 people and lent 10K items last year.
What stands out about Galatia Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Galatia Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Find it
Galatia Public Library District, 217 South Main Cross Street, Galatia.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Strongest at visits per resident
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.
Galatia Public Library District serves 2,319 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
10K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Galatia cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $115K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $199K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $115K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 673 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
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.
- System-wide. Galatia Public Library District is one branch of Galatia Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 2,319 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Galatia.
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.