Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library
Chief Lake’s library is the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library, a branch of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library, which serves 2,595 people and lent 4,520 items last year.
What stands out about Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Chief Lake cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $143K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $86K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $143K 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 758 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library, 13466 W. Trepania Rd., Hayward.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library branch.
New in Chief Lake? 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 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library system. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library serves 2,595 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,520 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
573 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
24 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Lake | Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library fine-free | — | 43 |
| Bass Lake | Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library fine-free | — | 43 |
| Little Round Lake | None of its own | — | — |
| Reserve | None of its own | — | — |
| Hayward | None of its own | — | — |
| Couderay | None of its own | — | — |
| New Post | None of its own | — | — |
| Hunter | 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. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library is one branch of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Community Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 2,595 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Chief Lake.
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.