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Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library
Sleepy Eye’s library is the Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library, a branch of Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library, open about 40 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Sleepy Eye’s branch belongs to Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library, which serves 4,993 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library
345 West Main Street, Sleepy Eye 56085
40 hrsopen a week
6,325sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Sleepy Eye: Dyckman Free Library
11K
visits
2.2 per resident
30K
loans, print + digital
5.9 per resident
103
programs & events
1,600 attended
1,133
library cards
23% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
2.2 visits · typical 3.0
A little below typical (37th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
5.2 print items · typical 3.8
Higher than 66% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.7 e-items · typical 1.0
A little below typical (38th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
3.2 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Cardholders
23% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (18th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
30K loans last year
Books & media (adults)35%Kids’ books & media54%E-books, audio & streaming12%
Who the programs are for
103 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$35 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $176K.
Local 93%Gifts & other 7%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.