Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib.
Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib. serves 13,967 people in and around Roselle Park. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 6,200 visits.
What stands out about Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib.
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Roselle Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $496K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $563K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $496K 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 3,675 cardholders ÷ 12.
A year at Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib.
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Strongest at program attendance
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.
library systems for visits per resident.
Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib. serves 13,967 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 30K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
5,603 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 7 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.
Find it
Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib., 404 Chestnut Street, Roselle Park.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Roselle Park? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Roselle Park ranks 3rd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranford | Cranford Public Library fine-free | 9.4 | 58 |
| Kenilworth | Kenilworth Public Library fine-free | 3.1 | 44 |
| Roselle Park | Roselle Park Veteran`s Mem. Lib. fine-free | 2.2 | — |
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth Free Public Library fine-free | 1.0 | 53 |
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 Roselle Park.
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.