Santa Clara County Library News Release
November 2002
American
Libraries names Santa Clara County Library Number One
Public Library in America
For the second
time in two years, the Santa Clara County Library has been named
the best public library in the nation serving a population between
250,000 and 500,000.
American
Libraries has just published a third round of public library
ranking, "Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2002"
by Thomas J. Hennen Jr., based on the latest data from the Federal-State
Cooperative System (FSCS). HAPLR™ 2002 is featured in the
October 2002 issue of American Libraries magazine, a publication
of the American Libraries Association. Previous editions were
published in American Libraries 1999 and 2000.
Hennen's American
Public Library Ratings, HAPLR™, attempts to identify the
public libraries in America with the highest input and output
measures. Such measures as cost per circulation, visits per capita
and funding per capita are tabulated to produce the HAPLR™
Index ratings. Hennen's first round of rankings appeared in American
Libraries January 1999 issue.
American
Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel said, "The Hennen rankings
reward and validate the hard work that librarians do to make their
libraries central to the quality of life in their communities.
I'm pleased to be able to present them in American Libraries."
Acting County
Librarian Julie Farnsworth said, "We are delighted to be
named number one for another year. We are deeply grateful to all
of our library users who are the reason we have such excellent
service. They have provided the support, encouragement and funding
which now has been recognized on a national level."
Hennen may
be reached at 414-886-1625. His web site is located at
http://haplr-index.com. American
Libraries is the magazine of the American Library Association
and circulates to some 57,000 members and more than 3,000 institutional
subscribers.
The Santa
Clara County Library serves more than 400,000 residents of Campbell,
Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte
Sereno, Morgan Hill, Saratoga and the unincorporated portions
of the County.
Contact:
Julie Farnsworth or Gay Strand
Santa Clara County Library
(408) 293-2326 x3002/3003
julie.farnsworth@hqmail.lib.co.santa-clara.ca.us
gay.strand@hqmail.lib.co.santa-clara.ca.us
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