An easy way to support your public library is to make use of it—even if only to visit. We keep (anonymized) statistics not only on circulation totals but on attendance & visits and even on patron-staff interactions. Big numbers please trustees and municipal/county administrators. 📚

I’m there on average almost twice a week.

Currently have 9 books checked out and one ebook on my phone and a bunch more on hold. I love the Prince George’s County system. Would support a doubling of their budget without hesitation (including taxes).

Does it count if I only check out and consume vast amounts of electronic media but never set foot in the building?

Libraries were my savior when I did case management in multiple towns. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t my town, everyone is welcome. Always a place to work on my laptop and to charge that and my phone. Nice staff, comfortable chairs and a/c. And the number of programs that they offer is amazing.

My local library is amazing, and I go there every single weekday over my lunch hour. I’m very grateful for it!

I started using my library more recently when I realised the deadlines they impose make me read more. BIG fan!

And, I would add, if you haven’t been in a while, check out everything that is happening there because your definition of what a library is and does may be very out of date if you haven’t been in years. You might find yourself wanting to come back more often.

also: even if you don't check something out, if you take a book off the shelf and put in a reshelve box/cart it gets counted in circulation statistics.

Do Libby check outs count? Or rather, does me continuously renewing the same book (as the only person interested in it, apparently) help boost those numbers?