City Library Performance Measures (2007-2010)

Performance Measures	2007	2008	2009	2010
Materials in collection	43,937	46,464	46,000	55,000
Borrowers registered	35,544	38,089	41,093	43,247
Hours open per week	56	56	56	50
Book budget per capita	$1.05	$1.10	$1.15	$1.40
Library materials circulated	187,481	188,203	188,050	167,365
Patron visits	111,550	110,939	121,167	103,491
Annual customer satisfaction survey- # of respondents	1,500	1,348	1,256	1,243

Please refer to the above table and answer the following questions:

2 (a): What does the table tell us about performance of the citys library?

2 (b): In your opinion, what kind of performance information is useful in this table?

2 (c): How could these performance measures be used in budget decisions?