Anne Croxdale Memorial Library
Southwest’s library is the Anne Croxdale Memorial Library, a branch of Mcdonald County Library, which serves 23,303 people and lent 36K items last year.
What stands out about Anne Croxdale Memorial Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Strongest at cardholders
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.
Mcdonald County Library serves 23,303 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Find it
Anne Croxdale Memorial Library, 102 N Main St., Southwest City.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mcdonald County Library branch.
New in Southwest? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mcdonald County Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
36K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,582 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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 $1.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Southwest cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $339K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $604K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $339K 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 14,864 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Anne Croxdale Memorial Library is one branch of Mcdonald County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 23,303 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Southwest.
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.