Annual Report to Our Community
For Year 2024
THRALL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT OF MIDDLETOWN & WALLKILL
Published March 2025
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2024)
- Marlena F. Lange, President
- Frances Amelio, Vice-President
- Tonia Crown, Financial Officer
- Shelley Milburn, Secretary
- Susan Wyman
- Evelyn Ortega
- Bishop Robert Smith
Thrall Statistics for 2024
- Reference Questions Answered: 11,925
- Items in the Library's Collections:
- Adult Fiction (34,472) + Nonfiction Books (72,613): 107,085
- Children's Fiction + Nonfiction Books: 48,812
- Total Print Materials: 196,430
- Electronic Books (eBooks + eAudio + eVideos + eSerials): 43,243
- Other Materials (audio, video, etc.): 17,527
- Print Additions to the Collections: 4,632
- Adult Library Items Borrowed:
- Fiction: 26,574
- Nonfiction: 16,807
- Other Adult Materials: 21,761
- Children's Library Items Borrowed:
- Fiction Books: 23,116
- Nonfiction Books: 7,131
- Other Children's Materials: 2,037
- Total Print Collection Use: 97,426
- Interlibrary Loans of Library Items:
- Received at Thrall: 18,410
- Provided by Thrall to the Library System: 24,861
- Library Programs for the Public:
- Adult Program Sessions: 160
- Children's Program Sessions: 59 ? Early Literacy Sessions: 7 ? One-on-One Sessions: 407
- Young Adult (YA) Program Sessions: 2
- NYS Summer Reading Sessions: 63
- Board Meetings: 12
- Library Public Computer Use: 10,995
- Total Library Visits: 70,168
- Total Library Website Visits: 534,791
- Total Library Wi-Fi Use: 10,000+
- Total Operating Fund Receipts: $ 4,202,334
- Registered Borrowers: 11,149
- Total Service Population: *59,174 people (*per the 2020 Federal Census)