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You Invest $1, Your Library Gives Back $4
Special to The Truth
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) recently
partnered with Howard Fleeter & Associates to conduct a
Return on Investment (ROI) Study gauging the benefits of
taxpayer dollars. The end study found that for every $1
invested in the Library, nearly $4 in benefits to the public
were returned. The total Return on Investment deriving from
the Library's activities was $3.87 in 2015. This means that
for every $1 spent by TLCPL, area residents received an
average of $3.87 in economic value.
In 2015, TLCPL:
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Circulated 5,761,067 books, DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks
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Circulated 583,493 eBooks, digital audiobooks,
downloadable movies, and music
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Provided nearly 3.5 million hours of computer and wifi
usage to library customers
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Provided 960,524 reference transactions to customers
(reference questions answered, databases and reference
materials accessed or explained)
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Provided programs and other services to 210,000 people
“We are very proud of the ROI Study, as it demonstrates that
we are being fiscally responsible and putting taxpayer
dollars to good use,” said Clyde Scoles, director.
TLCPL is continually transforming to meet the needs of the
communities that it serves – whether it be to provide job
search assistance, computer skills training, homework help
for students, or entertainment through books and movies, “we
are always looking for new ways to engage others and
encourage them to visit our Library,” Scoles said.
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May Open Books Feature Inspiring Authors
This May, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library will host
two inspiring authors at Open Book programs:
May 12 - Open Book with Debi Ference
Main Library McMaster Center,
6:30 p.m.
Debi Harmon Ference's life has been anything but boring. She
began having seizures when she was 18 months old, but
refused to let that stop her. For many years, she hid her
condition until a brain surgery in 1995 encouraged her to
share her story.
Amazing Debi: My Secret
Before & After Brain Surgery for Epilepsy
is the result. The book shares the authors ups and downs of
living with Epilepsy as well as the accomplishments she's
made post-brain surgery, including being seizure-free for 17
years.
May 21 - Open Book with E.N. Joy
Kent Branch Library,
1 p.m.
E.N. Joy
is the author of "New Day Divas," "Still Divas," "Always
Divas," and the "Forever Divas" series, coined "Soap Operas
in Print." She is an Essence Magazine best-selling author,
who once wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M.
Jossel and JOY. Her children's book,
The Secret Olivia Told Me,
received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American
Library Association and was acquired by Scholastic Books
selling almost 100,000 copies.
Both programs are free and open to the public. For
additional information, please call 419.259.5200
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