People just don't read books anymore . . .

You can just imagine my reaction when someone told me last night that, "people just don't read books anymore". If you've been at any of our libraries lately and seen the people leaving with big stacks of reading material, you'll know that it's just not true. If you've heard us calling delighted patrons to tell them that their books are in, you'll know that it's just not true. And when you see the numbers for library use in the past year, well . . . you get the picture!

In the past year (May 5, 2008 to May 5, 2009):

At the Donalds Library, people have checked out 13,835 items

At the Calhoun Falls Library, people have checked out 10,602 items

At the Abbeville Library, people have checked out 55,909 items

That totals 80,346 items checked out of the libraries in the last year.

This reflects those big stacks of books, and also the movies, music, magazines and learning toys which are available at the libraries.

Come by and see if you don't leave with a sackful, too!