The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) just released the results of the national “Public Libraries Survey for Fiscal Year 2009.” This year the report will only be published online. Visit
https://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pls2009.pdf to view or download the publication. If you look at the state ranking tables in Appendix A, you’ll see that Nebraska ranks among the top ten in a few categories.
- Number of registered borrowers per capita – 4th
- Library visits per capita – 8th
- Print materials per capita – 5th
- Public-use internet computers per 5,000 population – 2nd
- Print serial subscriptions per 1,000 population – 5th
- Paid FTE librarians per 25,000 population – 9th
