Kezar Falls Circulating Library
Kezar Falls Circulating Library serves 3,468 people in and around Kezar Falls. Last year it lent 1,297 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,296 visits.
What stands out about Kezar Falls Circulating Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
A National Register landmark since 2021
Kezar Falls Circulating Library, 2 Wadleigh Street, Parsonsfield.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Kezar Falls? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Kezar Falls Circulating Library
Kezar Falls Circulating Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 8, 2021. It is significant for its architecture, education and social history at the local level. It was listed as part of Maine Public Libraries MPS.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.01 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kezar Falls cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $22K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $22K 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 249 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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.
Kezar Falls Circulating Library serves 3,468 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,297 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
31 programs a year
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.
Libraries next door
Kezar Falls ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram | Soldiers Memorial Library fine-free | 0.8 | 19 |
| Kezar Falls | Kezar Falls Circulating Library fine-free | 0.4 | 15 |
| Parsonsfield | Kezar Falls Circulating Library fine-free | 0.4 | 15 |
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 Kezar Falls.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.