Final Adopted Budget FY23-24

LIBRARIES

Libraries Administration: Directs all activities of the Library Department and provides administrative leadership and planning. Manages public information requests. Central Library: Maintains the largest materials collection in the system; serves as the central reference, research and Job & Career center, including access to specialized materials for genealogy and small business; provides the largest collection of audio-visual materials, including music CD’s, instructional and entertainment DVD’s and books on CD; provides library patrons access to the internet, subscription databases, and downloadable audio and e-books; provides wireless Internet access for patrons using their own computers. Community Services: Provides seven community branch libraries, some with specialized services such as non profit information, multicultural services, teen programs, environmental materials and children’s interactive literacy and art activities; provides library patrons access to the Internet, subscription databases, and downloadable audio and e-books; provides wireless Internet access. Acquisitions: Selects, acquires and processes all books and other information resources for the entire library system, including new adult, young adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction; specialized reference books for subject areas such as business, careers, non-profits, genealogical and local history; music on CD, motion pictures, documentary and educational films on DVD, foreign language materials, searchable internet databases and downloadable media such as eBooks and audiobooks. Historical Museum: Collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets objects connected with social, political, economic, and cultural history of the Greensboro region, and presents programs and exhibitions to educate the public.

Actual 2021-22

Budget 2022-23

Adopted 2023-24

Projected

2024-25

Expenditures by Program Libraries Administration

3,188,876 2,283,227 4,001,581 1,037,007

2,657,170 1,898,723 3,303,660

3,057,111 2,117,261 3,589,250 1,037,007

3,251,894 2,365,868 4,134,471 1,037,007

Central Library

Community Services

Acquisitions

896,919 716,792

911,706

Historical Museum

842,419

941,230

Total

11,422,397

9,473,264

10,643,048

11,730,470

Adopted 2023-24 Budget

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