Sedona Public Library

Sedona Public Library focuses on early literacy - each month we hosted more than 30 programs designed to develop young minds so that children are prepared to read, write and listen by the time they enter kinfdergarten, and so that older children stay engaged in literacy and literature, especially during the summer. Programs for fy 2023 included our annual summer reading program weekly story times in 2 locationsweekly toddler timestorywalk at sunset park, which is an on-going outdoor installation of 18 sequential story pages along a half-mile path that encourages literacy and physical activity. Stories are changed quarterly. We check out steam kits have annual science and theatre campshave weekly music programs and our teen programs also include a weekly chess club, movies, and monthly creativity programs.

We provided space for 75 non-profits, organizations,clubs, associations and government groups for meetings, trainings, classes, and informational presentations. Groups used our spaces over 350 times last year.

Each day last year during open hours, over 500 patrons visited the librarys 2 locations. We enable lifelong learning with our collections, including a combined 63,000 physical items, access to over 62,500 downloadable ebboks and audiobooks, and access to over 950,000 additional items through our membership in the yavapai Library network. Last year we checked out 220,719 phyical items, and over 27,000 e-materials.