Our year in review

Curious about how many items we circulated this past year, programs we hosted, or reference questions we answered? Check out our summary of Westmont Public Library’s 2024 year in review below or see a PDF of our year in review.

2024 by the numbers

  • Library building open: 353 days
  • Visitors:
    • 132,764 visitors this year
    • 376 visitors a day, on average
  • Resident library cards:
    • 11,661 active cards
    • 1,345 new cards this year
  • Checkouts:
    • 306,561 total items checked out this year
    • 868 items a day, on average
    • Checkouts by format:
      • 61,620 digital items (about 1 in 5 checkouts or 20%)
      • 244,941 physical items (about 4 in 5 checkouts or 80%)
    • Checkouts by age:
      • 150,455 youth and YA items (about 49%)
      • 156,106 adult items (about 51%)
  • Programs:
    • 508 programs
    • 13,390 program attendees
  • Reference questions answered: 24,265
  • Computer sessions: 11,888
  • Wifi sessions: 15,990
  • Study room reservations: 3,813
  • Major highlight: We completed a renovation of Youth & Teen Services.