- Dates
- 1977-06 – 1977-08
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1977 Beaver Beacon reports 44 public-library hours, approximately 626 users, and 725 books borrowed during the summer. It says the attendance exceeded earlier seasons when the library was open 66 hours.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper-reported usage figures, not a circulation ledger, attendance register, or complete annual service record.
Sources
- Reports that the library was open to the public for 44 hours, approximately 626 people used it, and 725 books were borrowed. It compares the attendance favorably with prior seasons of 66 hours and records visitor praise for the collection. These are newspaper-reported figures, not a circulation ledger, attendance register, or complete annual service record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the summer library figures.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island library reports summer 1977 usage figures”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-summer-1977-usage-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1977, “Library News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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