Madbury Public Library
Madbury Public Library serves Madbury’s 1,964 residents. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,302 visits.
What stands out about Madbury Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Madbury last year.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.41 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Madbury cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $118K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $283K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $118K 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 1,089 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 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.
Madbury Public Library serves 1,964 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 9,841 books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
4,425 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Madbury Public Library, 11 Town Hall Road, Madbury.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Madbury? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Madbury borrows the most per resident of the 5 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madbury | Madbury Public Library fine-free | 7.7 | 30 |
| Dover | Dover Public Library | 7.6 | 62 |
| Lee | Lee Public Library fine-free | 7.5 | 37 |
| Barrington | Barrington Public Library fine-free | 7.2 | 47 |
| Durham | Durham Public Library fine-free | 7.1 | 47 |
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 Madbury.
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.