Duchesne County Library reports record circulation, higher Wi‑Fi use and balanced operations in annual highlights

Daniel Markley presented the library's annual highlights to the board in Roosevelt, citing several record or near-record measures for 2025. "Physical is 95,000," Markley said, adding that roughly 43,000 of those were children's materials. He said combined checkouts across formats were "almost 160,000," a roughly 10% increase over the prior year and the largest total on record for the system.

Digital lending rose markedly: Markley reported an increase of about 15,000 digital checkouts and said the Beehive Library Consortium accounted for approximately 47,000 of the system's digital transactions. He also called out Hoopla (8,300 checkouts) and Libby (about 9,000 checkouts) as components of digital use.

On visits and programs, Markley said the system had about 94,000 visits across its two libraries and 11,500 attendees at in-person events; smaller rooms were reserved roughly 700 times last year. Wi‑Fi use jumped by about 37,000 sessions and computer use reached roughly 9,400 sessions.

Markley also reviewed staffing changes (retirements and promotions), the reopening of the Duchesne branch in January, and facility issues including a recent roof repair at the Roosevelt branch. He said library revenues this year covered operating costs and some building payments for the first time since construction, while noting that some maintenance and IT costs are subsidized by other county departments.

Materials included a preliminary tax revenue figure presented by the treasurer; Markley said the packet showed tax revenue "came out to be $94,940,000," which he described as preliminary and unlikely to change at this point. The board received the report and commended staff for the year's results.