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Iowa City fact of the day
In 2006, for a population of 63,027, there were 63,713 public library patrons; borrowers as a percentage of population reached 101 percent.
Is Will Wilkinson now one of them? Here is more. In another life, I would write a whole blog just on public libraries. UNESCO, by the way, has just designated Iowa City as the world's third City of Literature. Edinburgh and Melbourne are the other two.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 23, 2008 at 09:13 AM in Books | Permalink
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Tyler, the Iowa figures seem odd to me. Is it fair to assume that someone is a patron - technically in the sense they actually borrow books? My sense is that there is an opt-out clause in Iowa city for library membership. This might artificially boost the rate of patrons...
Posted by: Econometron at Nov 27, 2008 9:23:17 AM
It's because (a) the Iowa City Public Library gives cards to people who work in IC but don't live there and (b) Iowa City is an employment center - a lot of people who work in IC are commuters. If you reside in, say, Hills, Iowa, you probably work in Iowa City, not Hills. Luckily for you, you can borrow from the IC Public Library's collection, which is fabulous.
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