Town of Ulster Public Library
Town of Ulster Public Library serves 12,660 people in and around Lincoln Park. Last year it lent 46K books, movies and e-books and logged 45K visits.
The short version on Lincoln Park’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Town of Ulster Public Library offered 108 programs last year, 8.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Town of Ulster Public Library serves more than Lincoln Park
The library’s service area covers 12,660 people in and around Lincoln Park, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 108 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 8 for ages 0–5. 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.01 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lincoln Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $358K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $718K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $358K 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 2,827 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Below most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
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.
Town of Ulster Public Library serves 12,660 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
46K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 41K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
12,086 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Avenue, Kingston.
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 Lincoln Park? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Lincoln Park ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
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 Lincoln 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.