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Library Look

You never got lost for an afternoon exploring Wikipedia. There’s nothing grand about a Google search. That’s why public libraries still matter, and this fall the Library Journal gave five Greater Cleveland libraries and systems its highest honor, five stars for excellence in four categories: circulation, program attendance, Internet access and visits. Here’s a brief look at what the five top scorers have to offer.

Library System
 Number of Locations
 Number of Books
 Number of Library Card Holders
 Number of Computers
 Total Expenditures
 Most Frequently Checked-out Title
COUNTYWIDE
Cuyahoga County
 28
 2,410,195
 569,578
 679
 $72,087,627
 Ratatouille
(DVD)
Akron-Summit County
 18
 1,541,550
 334,619
 535
 $26,800,000
 The Contender (DVD)

CITYWIDE
Cleveland Heights-University Heights
4
 288,070
 42,185
 120
 $8,019,219
 Compulsion, by Jonathan Kellerman
Shaker Heights
 2
 215,855
 30,231
 44
 $5,331,852
 The Appeal, by John Grisham
Wickliffe 1
 107,489
 10,600
 18
 $1,314,611
 Diary of a
Wimpy Kid,
by Jeff Kinney
Figures based on 2008.

in the cle

12:00 AM EST

December 16, 2009

Story:

Aaron Yeager

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