| 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 | ||||||||||||