Benson Public Library
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Benson Public Library is a public library in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont.
[edit] Statistics (2004 figures)
According to 2000 Census figures as reported by the Vermont Department of Libraries, Benson Public Library serves a population of 1039, with staffing hours equivalent to 0.17 full time employees, with no employees with an American Library Association accredited Masters of Library Science. The library reported no volunteer hours.
In 2004 the 500 square foot (46 m²) library reported having a collection of 7000 books, or about 6.74 books per capita. In addition the library had 50 audio items.
The library reported 105 registered borrowers, 10.1% of the population served. Patrons visited the library a total of 260 times, or 0.25 visits per capita. It circulated 780 items or about 0.75 items per capita. A total of 26 reference questions were also handled. The library was open 7 hour per week.
The annual budget was $3800. $3500 of this was raised by local taxes — $3.37 per capita and $300 from other sources. $2790 of that was spent on staffing and $235 on book purchases.
As of the 2004 data, the library offered dial-up Internet access. The library owned 2 computers of which 1 was available for public use. It did not use content filtering. The library did not report having a website.
The library was reported as not meeting state standards.
