Library · Long Lake

Raquette Lake Free Library

Long Lake’s library is the Raquette Lake Free Library, a branch of Raquette Lake Free Library, open about 23 hours a week.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024
School-district system. Long Lake’s branch belongs to Raquette Lake Free Library, which serves 132 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch

Raquette Lake Free Library

1 Dillon Road, Raquette Lake 13436
23 hrsopen a week
1,364sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024

A year at Raquette Lake Free Library

3,210
visits
24.3 per resident
3,623
loans, print + digital
27.4 per resident
16
programs & events
429 attended
668
library cards
100% of people served
How it compares

Against libraries serving under 2,500 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
24.3 visits · typical 3.5
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
24.4 print items · typical 3.9
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.0 e-items · typical 1.0
Higher than 87% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
9.1 kids’ items · typical 1.4
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
3.3 attendees · typical 0.7
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
100% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs

What people use it for

What people borrow

3,623 loans last year

Books & media (adults)56%Kids’ books & media33%E-books, audio & streaming11%

Who the programs are for

16 story times, classes, clubs and events

Ages 0–5
9
Ages 6–11
6
Teens
0
Adults
1
All ages
0
Money

Who pays for it

$472 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $62K.

Local 48%State 2%Gifts & other 49%
Locations

Other Raquette Lake Free Library branches in Long Lake

10.7mi
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Lake LibraryLong Lake · 19 hrs a week
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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.

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