North Shore Public Library District
North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham. Last year it lent 281K books, movies and e-books and logged 132K visits.
The short version on East Shoreham’s library
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 67% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 33%. What people borrow ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
North Shore Public Library District ran 1,146 programs last year, about 22 a week. That’s 38 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 24,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
North Shore Public Library District spends $118 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
53% of the 1,146 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 432 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham, and its numbers cover all of them.
67% of borrowing is digital
281K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
187,769 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 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 $1.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Shoreham cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.5M 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 16,445 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 89 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Shore Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Find it
North Shore Public Library District, 250 Route 25a, Shoreham.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Shore Public Library District branch.
New in East Shoreham? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 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.
North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Shoreham | North Shore Public Library District | — | 61 |
| Riverhead | Riverhead Free Library fine-free | — | 64 |
| Brookhaven | Emma S. Clark Memorial Library fine-free | — | 73 |
| Wading River | None of its own | — | — |
| Shoreham | None of its own | — | — |
| Ridge | None of its own | — | — |
| Rocky Point | None of its own | — | — |
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.
- System-wide. North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just East Shoreham.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in East Shoreham.
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.