Arkansas Post National Memorial · Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0Gillett’s library is a branch of Arkansas County Library, which lends less per resident than 93% of systems its size
Gillett’s library is the Cleon Collier Memorial Library, a branch of Arkansas County Library, which serves 16,050 people and lent 17K items last year.
What stands out about Cleon Collier Memorial Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Gillett’s civic life grade
Gillett 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Arkansas County Library serves 16,050 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Arkansas County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
17K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,141 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 kids’ programs 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
Cleon Collier Memorial Library, 211 W Main Street, Gillett.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Arkansas County Library branch.
New in Gillett? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gillett cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $301K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $292K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $301K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 8,401 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Cleon Collier Memorial Library is one branch of Arkansas County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 16,050 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 Gillett
Does Gillett have a public library?
Yes: Cleon Collier Memorial Library, 211 W Main Street, is a branch of Arkansas County Library, which serves 16,050 people. The branch is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Arkansas County Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Gillett’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Gillett’s civic life grade?
Gillett 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 Gillett.
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.