Post by eilene on Apr 21, 2004 14:21:58 GMT -5
1. The United States has more Public Libraries than McDonald's.
2. U.S. libraries circulate more items every day than Fed Ex ships packages (5.4 vs. 5.3 million)
3. U.S. public library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers by almost 5-1
4. Americans spend more than three times as much on salty snacks as they do on public libraries.
5. Americans go to libraries more than twice as often as they go to the movies.
6. Libraries hold 16 million books worldwide.
7. Libraries record more than 1.1 billion visits each year, compared to 204 million sports tickets sold in a year.
8. Students visit school library media centers almost 1.5 billion times durning the school year.
9. Americans spend seven times as much money on home video games as they do on school library materials for their children.
10. College and universary librarians answer 97 million reference questions each year.
Thought this was interesting as I would have never figured some of these true.
2. U.S. libraries circulate more items every day than Fed Ex ships packages (5.4 vs. 5.3 million)
3. U.S. public library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers by almost 5-1
4. Americans spend more than three times as much on salty snacks as they do on public libraries.
5. Americans go to libraries more than twice as often as they go to the movies.
6. Libraries hold 16 million books worldwide.
7. Libraries record more than 1.1 billion visits each year, compared to 204 million sports tickets sold in a year.
8. Students visit school library media centers almost 1.5 billion times durning the school year.
9. Americans spend seven times as much money on home video games as they do on school library materials for their children.
10. College and universary librarians answer 97 million reference questions each year.
Thought this was interesting as I would have never figured some of these true.