Contra Costa County Library
Total Circulation
FY 2023-24
7,025,798
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FY 2024-25
7,658,428
9%
Digital Circulation
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39%
FY 2024-25
3,071,968
FY 2023-24
2,205,667
Library Visits
Contra Costa County Library
FY 2024-25
2,696,493
FY 2024-25
5,915,128
FY 2023-24
2,450,877
FY 2023-24
6,076,159
In Person
Virtual
10%
2%
Most Popular Books 2025
Early Reader
Should I Share My Ice Cream?
By Mo Willems
Middle Reader
Dog Man, Book 12
By Dav Pilkey
Teen Reader
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
By Holly Jackson
Adult Reader
The Women
By Kristin Hannah
Rolling Reader
All electric van providing literacy services
to children 0-5 years old in vulnerable
communities.
2025:
▪ 11,923 people served
▪ 7,731 books distributed
▪ 149 new library cards issued
▪ 6,675 miles driven!
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New Digital Services
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Expanded Subscription
Summer 2025
Lunch at the Library
• 13,914 summer meals & after school snacks
• Antioch, Concord, Crockett, El Cerrito, El Sobrante,
Pinole, Prewett, Rodeo, San Pablo
Summer Reading
• 9,050 participants of all ages (+14% previous year)
• 2,098 new registrations in online program Beanstack
• 1,638,637 minutes of reading recorded in Beanstack
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Orinda Library By the Numbers:
Circulation:
Books, DVDs, etc.
125,564 items
Ebook Orinda Library By the Numbers: /Audiobook
Circulation
121,467 Checkouts
Up 24%
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And this number does not
include Hoopla, O’Reilly, or
Tumble Book Library, our
other ebook platforms.
Number of New
Library Cards: 1,021
Orinda Library By the Numbers::
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Orinda Library By the Numbers:
Library Patron Count
131,700
Each of our two meeting rooms
averages 20 uses per week or
over 2000 uses per year.
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Orinda Library
Programs and
outreach
• Programs – 183 programs (story
times, lectures, special events)
• School classroom visits – 21
• Tuesday ESL group
• First Thursday “Imperfect Circles”
discussion group
• Fourth Wednesday Knitting and
Needle arts group
• And story times every Tuesday and
Wednesday
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We couldn’t do it without
the Friends of the Orinda
Library
• Replacing the Monitor in Study Room.
• Supporting our seed library.
• Summer reading prizes.
• Desperately needed upholstery
cleaning.
• Significant funding towards books and
magazines, both in print and online.
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Upcoming Library
Events and Items
• The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy
Saturday, June 13, 2:00-3:00
Orinda Library Auditorium.
• The Chinese in Napa Valley: the forgotten
community that built wine country
Saturday, August 15, 2:00-3:30
Orinda Library Auditorium.
• Summer Reading starts in June.
• Orinda Library is next on the list for Sunday
Open Hours.
I’ll have more details as I get more details.
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Questions?
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