The slogan may be gone, but Baltimore MD may still be the “city that reads.”
The Enoch Pratt Free Library system reported Wednesday 1.7 million visitors walked through its doors in fiscal 2009. That’s a 32 percent increase compared with the prior year.
The public library system’s fiscal year runs July-to-July. The system operates 22 neighborhood library branches, including the central location downtown, in Baltimore.
In addition, the library saw a 19 percent increase in program attendance for adults, teens and children; and a 2.4 percent increase in the number of books checked out in 2009.
The system’s Web site also experienced a 9 percent bounce in number of visits.
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