Kennemerwaard Library annual report figures for 2023
Chapter 6
Aantal leden 46,267
Increase vs 2022 +4.5%
Total number of loans 857,420
Increase vs 2022 +8.8%
Number of renewals
263,586
Increase vs 2022 +6.1%
Total collection 261,118
Increase vs 2022 +0.3%
Total number of visitors to branches per municipality
Alkmaar 380,730
Increase vs 2022 +79.1%
Bergen 94,559
Increase vs 2022 +79.1%
Castricum 134,872
Increase vs 2022 +28.7%
Dijk en Waard 99,936
Increase vs 2022 -18.6%*
*(Within Dijk en Waard the actual number is much higher. Langedijk & ground floor Heerhugowaard cannot be counted - the decrease can be explained because quite a lot of activities now take place downstairs in Heerhugowaard)
National Online Library
Number of online Library accounts within Kennemerwaard Library
9,106
Increase vs 2022 +30.9%
Number of national online Library accounts
608,326
Increase vs 2022 +16%
Kennemerwaard Library accounted for
1.5%
of the total number of accounts in the Netherlands in 2023
Number of e-book loans within Kennemerwaard Library
79,128
Increase vs 2022 +21.9%
Number of e-book loans nationally
5,755,516
Increase vs 2022 +8.5%
Kennemerwaard Library accounts for
1.4%
of the total number of loans in the Netherlands
Number of audiobook loans within Kennemerwaard Library
37,555
Increase vs 2022 +30%
Number of audiobook loans nationally
2,446,962
Increase vs 2022 +16.9%
Kennemerwaard Library accounts for
1.5%
of the total number of audiobook loans in the Netherlands
Social media
Followers:
Kennemerwaard 2,005
Heerhugowaard 751
Castricum 372
Bergen 155
Alkmaar 242
Langedijk 1,328
Followers:
BiebStart 660
Education 144
1236
874
Digital Newsletter
General newsletter
Primary Education
Volunteers
Childcare
Municipality
Junior News
Number of times distributed
12
4
5
6
3
5
Average number of recipients
8,600
252
320
220
130
340
Website
Number of visitors 373,515* *An increase of +6.5% vs 2022
Number of page views 709,786
Users via desktop 37.7%
Users via mobile 57.4%
Users via tablet 4.9%