Library · Athens
E. G. Fisher Public Library
Athens’s library is the E. G. Fisher Public Library, a branch of E. G. Fisher Public Library, open about 55 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Athens’s branch belongs to E. G. Fisher Public Library, which serves 38,808 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
E. G. Fisher Public Library
1289 Ingleside Avenue, Athens 37303
55 hrsopen a week
14,000sq 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 E. G. Fisher Public Library
76K
visits
2.0 per resident
106K
loans, print + digital
2.7 per resident
191
programs & events
8,990 attended
18K
library cards
46% 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
2.0 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
1.3 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (16th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.4 e-items · typical 1.2
Higher than 57% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
0.3 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (7th percentile)
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Cardholders
46% of residents
Higher than 62% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
106K loans last year
Books & media (adults)38%Kids’ books & media9%E-books, audio & streaming53%
Who the programs are for
191 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$8 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $325K.
Local 80%State 3%Gifts & other 17%
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.