Birmingham Public Library Item Count
BPL ITEMS AS OF  Sep-11 Sep-10 Sep-09
       
Locations   Totals Totals
Avondale 48,273 47,304 46,882
Books-by-Mail 5,529 6,899 6,631
Central (see below) 413,232 411,470 413,998
East Ensley 8,252 6,940 7,894
East Lake 12,020 14,112 13,372
Eastwood 8,254 8,837 8,717
Ensley 15,464 15,728 15,780
Five Points West 54,368 54,229 54,933
Inglenook 6,490 7,409 9,583
North Avondale 12,204 12,941 12,817
North Birmingham 33,556 33,729 34,293
Powderly 9,990 14,790 14,116
Pratt City 17,808 20,601 19,703
Slossfield* 350 17,383 18,188
Smithfield 23,231 24,025 24,511
Southside 23,104 24,990 25,606
Springville Road 71,610 71,060 73,737
Titusville 17,754 19,761 19,829
West End 19,557 20,014 19,030
Woodlawn 15,992 18,697 20,231
Wylam 11,143 12,426 12,441
BPL ALL 828,181 863,345 872,292
CENTRAL
Arts, Lit., & Sports 71,283 70,698 70,989
BST 40,544 40,386 41,481
Catalog Dept. 111 111 111
Fiction 68,427 68,695 67,361
Social Sciences 45,201 44,567 46,924
Youth 67,275 67,953 70,916
CENTRAL-EAST BUILDING 292,841 292,410 297,782
Archives 502 490 487
Government Documents 31,706 31,323 31,297
Literacy Office 1,129 1,810 1,741
Southern History 87,054 85,437 82,691
CENTRAL-LINN HENLEY 120,391 119,060 116,216
   Chinese 2,397 2,283 2,328
   Russian 268 268 267
   Spanish 372 273 161
International Collection Total (Included in ALS Total as of 2009 before with Fiction) 3,199 2,986 2,919
*East Lake closed as of June 19, 2009-November 18, 2010
*Pratt City closed April 28, 2011indefinitely because of Tornado damage.
*Slossfield closed for good July 30, 2010
*Titusville closed September 11, 2010-November 9, 2010
*Woodlawn closed most of August 2011 for Air conditioning problems