LVCCLD-Fast Facts

12.6 million: Books and other materials checked out – a 10% increase in circulation per open hour
6.5 million: Visits to the branches – a 9% increase in visits per open hour
2.7 million: Number of items in the collection – almost 20 times the number of slot machines in Las Vegas
1.4 million: Computer use
12,480: Library-sponsored and community programs
440,147: Children and adult program attendance
47,064: Volunteer hours - a 23% increase over last year

City of Las Vegas and most of Clark County except for North Las Vegas, Boulder City and Henderson.
Serves 1.5 million people over 8,000 square miles—larger than the state of Connecticut.

Is an independent government agency and is not part of Las Vegas city government or the Clark County government.
Operations are overseen by a ten-member Board of Trustees, five appointed by the Clark County Commission and five appointed by the Las Vegas City Council.
The Board appoints the Library’s Executive Director and has the authority to make policies and approve the budget for the programs, activities and services the branches provide.
Regular Board of Trustees meetings are held the second Thursday of each month and are open to the public.
Funding is primarily from property taxes and consolidated sales tax.

303 full-time and 377 part-time staff.
Staff includes 96 professional librarians with MLIS degrees (Master of Library and Information Science).
Remaining staff are professionals and support staff in Administration, Public Services, Marketing, the Business Office, Development, Human Resources, General Services and Information Technology.

The West Charleston Library includes a Health Science Library that provides consumer health information for the public.
Includes 14 urban libraries, 11 outlying libraries and 1 outreach library.
Larger libraries offer meeting rooms, conference rooms, children’s storyrooms, and art galleries.
West Las Vegas, Summerlin and Clark County Libraries have theatres; West Charleston has a lecture hall.

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