S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library
Keshena’s library is the S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library, a branch of S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library, which serves 4,272 people and lent 2,239 items last year.
What stands out about S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public 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 Keshena cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $187K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $37K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $187K 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 2,657 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library, N172 Hwy. 47/55, Keshena.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library branch.
New in Keshena? 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 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public 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.
S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library serves 4,272 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,239 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keshena | S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library fine-free | — | 36 |
| Menominee | S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library fine-free | — | 36 |
| Legend Lake | None of its own | — | — |
| Wescott | 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. S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library is one branch of S. Verna Fowler Academic Library / Menominee Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,272 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Keshena.
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.