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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