Kudos go to the King County Library system staff for being selected by Gale/Library Journal as 2011 Library of Year.  The Journal cites several benchmarks for the award:

• Circulation of 22.4 million items-more than any other library in the U.S,
• Library visits of 10,199,150
• Issuance of More than 100,000 new libray cards
• KCLS web traffic reached 31,000,00 visits
• Attendance of 77,0000 people at KCLS programs

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketljxpress/890760-441/library_of_the_year_2011.html.csp contains the complete story.

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