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LIBRARIES
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Rank |
City |
Overall Rank |
|
1 |
Cleveland, OH |
14 |
|
2 |
St. Louis, MO |
12 |
|
3 |
Toledo, OH |
32 |
|
5 |
Cincinnati, OH |
7 |
|
5 |
Kansas City, MO |
17 |
|
5 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
6 |
|
7 |
Seattle, WA |
1 |
|
8 |
Denver, CO |
8 |
|
9 |
Minneapolis, MN |
2 |
|
10 |
St. Paul, MN |
5 |
Top 10
Library Support, Holdings, and Utilization
These
five variables were indexed to determine a total score and
consequent ranking:
- Number of school media personnel per 1,000 public school
students
- Number of branch libraries per 10,000 library service
population
- Volumes held in the library per capita of library service
population
- Number of circulations per capita of library service
population
- Number of library professional staff per 10,000 library
service population
These numbers were then divided by the city population in order
to calculate ratios of
library services and resources available
to the population.
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