Bentonville Public Library

A Quality Library in a Quality City

Bentonville Public Library is truly our community’s library!  Statistics and anecdotal evidence demonstrate an overwhelmingly positive response to BPL.  Our annual reports and special publications feature Bentonville Library’s impact, importance and success.  If you want to help Bentonville Public Library succeed in our mission, visit Support Us.

Stats-at-a-Glance: BPL on Main

• 2.8 Million Library Visits
• 5.1 Million Circulation
• 413,119 Computer Uses
• 298,998 Program Attendees
• 60,587 New Library Cards
• 15,131 Meeting Room Uses
• 157,750 Meeting Room Attendees
• Collection Size:  134,725
• Collection Value:  $2,926,589

Bentonville Library Reports

Presentations

• A Brave New World of Programming (PPTX) / Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals 2016
• A Brave New World of Programming (PDF) / Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals 2016
• Libraries Partner to Provide eBooks (PPTX) / Association for Rural and Small Libraries 2015
• Libraries Partner to Provide eBooks (PDF) / Association for Rural and Small Libraries 2015
• Students Learn Through Technology Cards (PPTX) / Arkansas Library Association 2015
• Students Learn Through Technology Cards (PDF) / Arkansas Library Association 2015
• No, We Really Do Want You to Check These Out! (PPTX) / Association for Rural and Small Libraries 2015
• No, We Really Do Want You to Check These Out! (PDF) / Arkansas Library Association 2015

Information about Arkansas Libraries

• Declaration for Libraries - an Arkansas Report
• Federal Funds in Arkansas Libraries
• Use of Arkansas Public Libraries Up During Recession
• Public Libraries in Arkansas
• Arkansas Public Library Laws Annotated 2009-2010
• Freedom of Information Handbook 2010

For more information about Arkansas Libraries, visit the Arkansas State Library website. 

American Libraries Links

• How Libraries Stack Up 2010
• Quotable Facts about America’s Public Libraries 2010
• Job Seeking In Public Libraries 2011

For more information about American Libraries, visit the American Library Association website.