Glendale Branch Library
Washington’s library is the Glendale Branch Library, a branch of Indianapolis Public Library, which serves 963,251 people and lent 8.7M items last year.
What stands out about Glendale Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Every hour the doors are open, about 138 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Indianapolis Public Library system. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Washington cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $148M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6M 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 289,752 cardholders ÷ 12.
4 places to borrow in Washington
Glendale Branch Library, 6101 North Keystone Ave, Indianapolis.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Indianapolis Public Library branch.
New in Washington? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Indianapolis Public Library branches in Washington
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Indianapolis Public Library serves 963,251 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
8.7M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,218,547 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 86 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.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | Speedway Public Library fine-free | 4.0 | 60 |
| Washington | Glendale Branch Library fine-free | — | 61 |
| Pike | Pike Branch Library fine-free | — | — |
| Center | Indianapolis Public Library fine-free | — | 54 |
| Lawrence | Fort Ben Branch fine-free | — | 55 |
| Indianapolis | Indianapolis Public Library fine-free | — | 54 |
| Carmel | Carmel Clay Public Library fine-free | — | 65 |
| Clay | Carmel Clay Public Library fine-free | — | 65 |
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. Glendale Branch Library is one branch of Indianapolis Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 963,251 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Washington.
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.