Library · Herricks
Shelter Rock Public Library
Herricks’s library is the Shelter Rock Public Library, a branch of Shelter Rock Public Library, open about 63 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Herricks’s branch belongs to Shelter Rock Public Library, which serves 27,928 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Shelter Rock Public Library
165 Searingtown Road, Albertson 11507
63 hrsopen a week
23,787sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Shelter Rock Public Library
189K
visits
6.8 per resident
276K
loans, print + digital
9.9 per resident
557
programs & events
9,405 attended
11K
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
6.8 visits · typical 2.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
6.6 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 75% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.3 e-items · typical 1.2
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
4.3 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 86% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 51% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
40% of residents
Higher than 51% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
276K loans last year
Books & media (adults)23%Kids’ books & media43%E-books, audio & streaming33%
Who the programs are for
557 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$121 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.4M.
Local 93%State 0%Gifts & other 7%
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.