Congratulations: King County Library selected as LJ Library of the Year

June 08, 2011

Kudos go to the King County Library system staff for being selected by Gale/Library Journal as 2011 Library of Year. The Journal cites several benchmarks for the award:

Circulation of 22.4 million items-more than any other library in the U.S,
Library visits of 10,199,150
Issuance of More than 100,000 new libray cards
KCLS web traffic reached 31,000,00 visits
Attendance of 77,0000 people at KCLS programs

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketljxpress/890760-441/library_of_the_year_2011.html.csp contains the complete story.

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