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Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2019

                                  Books&People

INTHISISSUE The Society Library Index: 2018

    New Electronic Resources      2018 was another busy and exciting year at the Society Library. This numbers-based
                          PAGE 3  snapshot reveals some recent goings-on.
                                  Years that have passed since the Library’s founding: 264
Votes For Women Broadsides        Years we have been open: 250
                         PAGE 4   (The Library was closed for 14 years during the American Revolution, reopening in 1789)
                                  Years in our current home: 81
Family Fun Day                    Signs throughout the Library to remind our members
                                  No food or beverages—No cell phone calls: 16
                          PAGE 7  Number of libraries in the American Membership Libraries Group: 17
                                  Latest member of the MLG: Folio—The Seattle Athenaeum
                                  (founded 2015, admitted in 2018)
                                  New members who joined the Library in
                                  2018: 540
                                  Most impressive use of mobile technology:
                                  Woman heard about the Library while
                                  hiking in Alaska and joined online.
                                  Tours of the building: 737
                                  Busiest month for tours: August
                                  Busiest hour for tours overall: 2-3 pm
                                  Active memberships at year’s end: 2,937
                                  Active members for over 25 years: 623
                                  Active members for over 40 years: 208
                                  Longest current membership: 69 years
                                  Books published by members in 2018
                                  (that we are aware of ): 26 (by 25 members)*
                                  Books, audiobooks, and ebooks cataloged
                                  for the collection in 2018: 4,235
                                  Book donations added to the Library’s
                                  collection: 344
                                  Number of books purchased with money
                                  from book funds established by Library
                                  members: 1,423
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