Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial
Clinton’s library is the Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial, a branch of Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial, which serves 48,230 people and lent 202K items last year.
What stands out about Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Strongest at cardholders
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.
Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial serves 48,230 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.63 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Clinton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 51,698 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial, 230 E. North St., Sidney.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial branch.
New in Clinton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
202K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
74,118 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 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.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. 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.
- System-wide. Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial is one branch of Shelby County Libraries - Amos Memorial, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 48,230 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Clinton.
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.