Library · Christiana
Moores Memorial Library
Christiana’s library is the Moores Memorial Library, a branch of Moores Memorial Library, open about 38 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Christiana’s branch belongs to Moores Memorial Library, which serves 4,648 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue, Christiana 17509
38 hrsopen a week
2,501sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Moores Memorial Library
20K
visits
4.2 per resident
49K
loans, print + digital
10.6 per resident
139
programs & events
1,074 attended
980
library cards
21% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
4.2 visits · typical 3.0
Higher than 68% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
10.1 print items · typical 3.8
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.5 e-items · typical 1.0
A little below typical (29th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
6.6 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (25th percentile)
Cardholders
21% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (16th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
49K loans last year
Books & media (adults)33%Kids’ books & media62%E-books, audio & streaming5%
Who the programs are for
139 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$31 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $145K.
Local 10%State 53%Gifts & other 37%
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.