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Storefront Library Data

as of January 17, 2010…


books5000+ Books Donated

4300+ Books Shelved

4140 Books Cataloged

1374 Books Circulated (11 weeks of borrowing)

  • 54% Chinese

staff427 Hours Open to the Public (12 Weeks of operation)

1335.5 Hours of Volunteer Public Service

39 Volunteer Staff

2 Paid Staff


110 Events Produced

32 Programming Partners


card540 Storefront Library Cards Issued

Cardholders—How Learned about Storefront Library:

  • Walked by 43%
  • Newspaper 23%
  • Word of Mouth/Friend 21%
  • Community Agency 18%
  • Internet 3%
  • Other 8% (Teacher/School, Flyer)

Cardholders—Languages Spoken:

  • Cantonese 61%
  • English 44%
  • Mandarin 44%
  • Taishanese 17%
  • Vietnamese 3%
  • Spanish 2%
  • Other 3% (Japanese, German, Malay. Hokkien, Bengali, Persian, Pourtuguese, Greek, Russian, Sign)

Cardholders—Languages Read:

  • Chinese 52%
  • English 42%
  • Vietnamese 1%
  • Spanish 1%
  • Other 1% (Japanese, Malay, Bengali, Persian, Pourtuguese, Greek, Russian, Arabic, Sign)

Cardholders—Male/Female:
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Cardholders—Age:
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Cardholders—Ethnicity:
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