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In accordance with Colorado library law, the Library Research Service published the 2007 Colorado Public Library Annual Report. The data is available at LRS.org as statistical reports in various formats, as well as by using LRS-i, an online interactive data tool that produces customizable tables and charts.

In 2007 Colorado public libraries had…
* 11.7 million print books
* 28 million visits
* 5.3 million reference questions
* 53.7 million circulation transactions
* 1.6 million attendees at 70,500 library programs

Following completion of the federal edit checks, the data was sent to the U.S. Census for inclusion in the national library statistics reports published by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us