Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch
East Barre’s library is the Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch, a branch of Aldrich Public, which serves 16,435 people and lent 59K items last year.
What East Barre’s library is like
Open only about 8 hours a week
The East Barre branch keeps short hours: about 8 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
42% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 56%. What your card is worth ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; East Barre’s library is a branch of Aldrich Public, so they cover the whole system (16,435 people), not just the East Barre branch.
Every hour the doors are open, about 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Aldrich Public system. The library’s own count.
Find it
Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch, Mill St., East Barre.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Aldrich Public branch.
New in East Barre? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Aldrich Public serves 16,435 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Books and media off the shelf
59K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.62 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Barre cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $769K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $769K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 8,489 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Barre | Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch | — | 8 |
| Barre | Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch | — | 8 |
| Graniteville | None of its own | — | — |
| Websterville | None of its own | — | — |
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. Aldrich Public - East Barre Branch is one branch of Aldrich Public, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 16,435 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in East Barre.
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.