Photo: National Park Service · Public domainNuiqsut’s library is a branch of Tuzzy Consortium Library, which lends less per resident than 87% of systems its size
Nuiqsut’s library is the Nuiqsut Trapper School/Community Library, a branch of Tuzzy Consortium Library, which serves 9,321 people and lent 12K items last year.
The short version on Nuiqsut’s library
Open only about 12 hours a week
The Nuiqsut branch keeps short hours: about 12 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A well-funded system
The Tuzzy Consortium Library system spends $102 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 89% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Nuiqsut’s library is a branch of Tuzzy Consortium Library, so they cover the whole system (9,321 people), not just the Nuiqsut branch.
What’s behind Nuiqsut’s civic life grade
Nuiqsut isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Nuiqsut cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $954K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $239K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $954K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 5,678 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Tuzzy Consortium Library serves 9,321 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tuzzy Consortium Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
980 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Nuiqsut Trapper School/Community Library, 3310 3rd Avenue, Nuiqsut.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Tuzzy Consortium Library branch.
New in Nuiqsut? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Nuiqsut Trapper School/Community Library is one branch of Tuzzy Consortium Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 9,321 people it serves.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Nuiqsut
Does Nuiqsut have a public library?
Yes: Nuiqsut Trapper School/Community Library, 3310 3rd Avenue, is a branch of Tuzzy Consortium Library, which serves 9,321 people. The branch is open about 12 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tuzzy Consortium Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Nuiqsut’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Nuiqsut’s civic life grade?
Nuiqsut isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Nuiqsut.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.