Someone recently asked me, "How busy is the library?" My immediate answer was, "Not as busy as I'd like." Our traffic comes in fits and spurts, but we remain very under-utilized throughout much of the day. I prefer a busy, bustling library to a quiet one.

But really...how busy are we? To answer the question, I turn to my familiar friend: circulation statistics. Looking at the month of February, we checked out 3,190 physical items to Douglas patrons. That's 145 items per day, or 21.55 items for every hour we are open. So we check out something roughly every 2.7 minutes. That is the most concrete answer I can give, though it doesn't include time spent on programming, collection development, answering questions for patrons, helping people with technology, advocating for our community, or any other of our myriad services.

Still, we want to be busier. So come to the library! Check out things, hang out here to read or study, meet up with friends, talk about stuff! Bring your coffee. Bring your lunch! Whatever it takes to get you in the door--let us know!