Library · Marietta
Marietta - Love County Library
Marietta’s library is the Marietta - Love County Library, a branch of Southern Oklahoma Library System, open about 30 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Marietta’s branch belongs to Southern Oklahoma Library System, which serves 97,387 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Marietta - Love County Library
500 South Hwy 77, Marietta 73448
30 hrsopen a week
3,600sq 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 Southern Oklahoma Library System
298K
visits
3.1 per resident
1.2M
loans, print + digital
12.2 per resident
1,773
programs & events
43K attended
90K
library cards
93% 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
3.1 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 60% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
11.7 print items · typical 3.7
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.2
Lower than most similar-size libraries (20th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
2.7 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 71% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 66% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
93% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
1.2M loans last year
Books & media (adults)74%Kids’ books & media23%E-books, audio & streaming4%
Who the programs are for
1,773 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$17 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.7M.
Local 82%State 1%Federal 1%Gifts & other 16%
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.