1. Facilities Committee 5-12-08
Parmly Billings Library
Facilities Committee

2. Montana Libraries: Square Feet per Capita
Parmly Billings
Missoula
Flathead County
Lewis & Clark County
Great Falls
Butte-Silver Bow
Bozeman

3. Per Capita Square Footage Needed to Match State Ratios
Square Feet , , ,672

4. Montana Libraries: Per Capita Holdings
Service Population Items Items per Capita
Parmly Billings , ,
Great Falls , ,
Butte-Silver Bow , ,
Lewis & Clark County , ,
Flathead County , ,
Bozeman , ,
Missoula , ,

5. Holdings Needed to Match State Ratios

6. Montana Libraries: Workstations per 10,000 Population
Service Population Workstations Workstations per 10000
Parmly Billings ,
Great Falls ,
Butte-Silver Bow ,
Lewis & Clark County ,
Missoula ,
Bozeman ,
Flathead County ,

7. Workstations Needed to Match State Ratios

8. Montana Libraries: Seating per 1000 Population
Service Population Seating Seats per 1000
Parmly Billings ,
Missoula ,
Great Falls ,
Butte-Silver Bow ,
Flathead County ,
Bozeman ,
Lewis & Clark County ,

9. Seating Required to Match State Ratios

10. National Peer Libraries: Branches per 100,000 Population

11. Branches per 100,000 Population Required to Match National Ratios
Current Average Best
Branches per 100,000 pop

12. National Peer Libraries: Square Footage per Capita
Libraries Total Library Square Footage Square Footage per Capita
Saginaw 37,
Robeson County 36,
Sterling Heights 38,
Rapides Parish 46,
Ector County 47,
Mesa County 49,
Citrus County 52,
Southwest 54,
Randolph County 58,
Parmly Billings 57,
Pamunkey 59,
Fullerton 66,
Rowan 77,
Indian River County 80,
Rochester 85,
Medina County 96,
Sara Hightower 95,
Thousand Oaks 101,
Flint 100,
Marathon County 106,
Alexandria 116,
Porter County 127,
Hartford 161,
Schaumburg 185,

13. Square Footage Required to Match National Ratios

14. National Peer Libraries: Holdings per Capita
Libraries # of Holdings Items per Capita
Robeson County 162,
Citrus County 196,
Rowan 224,
Randolph County 224,
Sterling Heights 212,
Parmly Billings 237,
Mesa County 244,
Rapides Parish 315,
Fullerton 351,
Ector County 345,
Marathon County 355,
Alexandria 401,
Southwest 376,
Pamunkey 417,
Rochester 418,
Thousand Oaks 416,
Saginaw 435,
Sara Hightower 440,
Indian River County 443,
Hartford 443,
Flint 455,
Medina County 544,
Porter County 561,
Schaumburg 627,

15. Holdings Required to Match National Ratios

16. National Peer Libraries: Workstations per 10,000 Population
Libraries # of Public Internet Workstations Workstations per 10,000
Parmly Billings
Ector County
Fullerton
Robeson County
Thousand Oaks
Sterling Heights
Randolph County
Mesa County
Southwest
Rowan
Rochester
Citrus County
Marathon County
Flint
Rapides Parish
Indian River County
Porter County
Medina County
Pamunkey
Saginaw
Alexandria
Sara Hightower
Schaumburg
Hartford

17. Workstations Needed to Match National Ratios

18. Library Service Area
From Candi Beaudry

19. Library Service Area
includes the hypothetical Heights location