The Saskatoon Public Library’s annual report shows numbers of visitors returning to pre-pandemic levels.
“Following the challenges of 2020 and 2021, we gradually returned to normalcy at the library in 2022,” the report said.
In total, the library saw 1,168,213 visits made to Saskatoon branches last year.
Over three million materials were circulated with 966,994 of those being digital items the report said.
Saskatoon libraries' collection now totals 521,505 items.
There were over 13,000 new library cards were issued, meaning over half of Saskatoon residents are library patrons, the report said.
SPL said library users saved almost $34 million by checking out items.
MOST POPULAR
The report also listed the most popular items for 2022, including:
- Fiction: Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
- Non-fiction: Only in Saskatchewan – Naomi Hansen
- .Young Adult – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
- Children’s – Dog Man Grime and Punishment – Dav Pilkey
- Movie – No Time To Die
- eAudiobook – The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck – Mark Manson
- eBook – The Four Winds – Kristin Hannah
Correction
A previous version of this story said the city's libraries added 521,505 items last year. The figure actually represents the total number of items in the combined collections of the city's libraries.
