Kennemerwaard Public Library statistics
Chapter 6

No. of members 39,568
Increase since 2021 +2.4%

Total no. of loans 788,189
Increase since 2021 +30%

No. of renewals 248,554
Reduction since 2021 -4.4%

Total collection 260,319
Reduction since 2021 -2.3%
Total no. of branch visitors
Alkmaar 212,548
Increase since 2021 +34.7%
Bergen 52,786
Increase since 2021 +45.6%
Castricum 104,829
Increase since 2021 +41.3%
Municipality of Heerhugowaard 122,867
(unable to count the low number of visitors on the ground floor)
Increase since 2021 +74.6%
National Online Library

No. of online library accounts within the Kennemerwaard Public Library
6,957
Increase since 2021 21.2%
No. of national online library accounts
524,481
Increase since 2021 20.5%
The Kennemerwaard Public Library holds
1.3%
of the total number of accounts in the Netherlands in 2022
No. of e-book loans from Kennemerwaard Public Library
64,905
Reduction since 2021 – 9.2%
No. of e-book loans nationwide
5,305,661
Reduction since 2021 -9.8%
The Kennemerwaard Public Library holds
1.2%
of the total number of loans in the Netherlands
No. of audio book loans from Kennemerwaard Public Library
28,882
Reduction since 2021 – 4.9%
No. of audio book loans nationwide
2,093,595
Reduction since 2021 -3.3%
The Kennemerwaard Public Library holds
1.4%
of the total number of loans in the Netherlands
Social media

Followers:
Kennemerwaard 1,628
Heerhugowaard 530
Castricum 275
Bergen 119
Alkmaar 204

Followers:
BiebStart 552
Education 130

1,768

1,009

674
Digital Newsletter
General newsletter
Primary Education
Volunteers
Friends of
Childcare
Municipality
Junior Nieuw
Campaign Summer Reading
No. of times sent
12
5
9
4
6
2
5
8
Average No. addressees
10,051
239
264
28
163
130
238
66
Open rate for the general newsletter has increased by 80.5% since 2021
Website
No. of visitors 350,676 (Reduction of 6% since 2021)
No. page views 613,417
No. of special visitors 167,728 *An increase of 1.1% compared to 2021
Return visitors 53,6%
New visitors 48.4%

Desktop users 41.5%
Mobile users 52.6%
Tablet users 5.8%
Website agenda Op-Shop
No. page views 95,512 No. of visitors 25,335 (Increase of 35.8% compared to 2021)
