Evon A. Ford Library
Taylorsville’s library is the Evon A. Ford Library, a branch of Central Mississippi Regional Library, which serves 227,738 people and lent 596K items last year.
What stands out about Evon A. Ford Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 73 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 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.
Central Mississippi Regional Library serves 227,738 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Find it
Evon A. Ford Library, 208 Spring Street, Taylorsville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Central Mississippi Regional Library branch.
New in Taylorsville? 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 16 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Central Mississippi Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
596K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
204,376 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Taylorsville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $2.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.4M 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 181,918 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. Evon A. Ford Library is one branch of Central Mississippi Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 227,738 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Taylorsville.
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.