Prince Memorial Library
Prince Memorial Library serves Cumberland Center’s 13,064 residents. Last year it lent 105K books, movies and e-books and logged 58K visits.
What Cumberland Center’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Prince Memorial Library ran 1,310 programs last year, about 25 a week. That’s 100 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 16,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 64% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 69 items per child in Cumberland Center last year. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
About 13 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cumberland Center last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.97 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cumberland Center cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $824K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $824K 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 7,186 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Prince Memorial Library serves 13,064 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
105K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2 times last year, on average.
12,101 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main Street, Cumberland.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cumberland Center? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Center | Prince Memorial Library fine-free | 8.0 | 49 |
| Cumberland | Prince Memorial Library fine-free | 8.0 | 49 |
| North Yarmouth | None of its own | — | — |
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 Cumberland Center.
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.