Library · Butte-Silver Bow
Butte-Silver Bow Public Library
Butte-Silver Bow’s library is the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library, a branch of Butte-Silver Bow Public Library, open about 60 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Butte-Silver Bow’s branch belongs to Butte-Silver Bow Public Library, which serves 35,133 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Butte-Silver Bow Public Library
226 West Broadway, Butte 59701
60 hrsopen a week
34,867sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Butte-Silver Bow Public Library
66K
visits
1.9 per resident
68K
loans, print + digital
1.9 per resident
515
programs & events
3,061 attended
14K
library cards
40% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 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
1.9 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (33th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
1.1 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (13th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.8 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (37th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.3 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (9th percentile)
Program attendance
0.1 attendees · typical 0.3
Lower than most similar-size libraries (8th percentile)
Cardholders
40% of residents
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
68K loans last year
Books & media (adults)39%Kids’ books & media17%E-books, audio & streaming44%
Who the programs are for
515 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$33 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.2M.
Local 99%State 1%
Locations
Other Butte-Silver Bow Public Library branches in Butte-Silver Bow
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.