Newark Valley’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library serves Newark Valley’s 928 residents. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 4,766 visits.
What Newark Valley’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 56% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 16 items per child in Newark Valley last year. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library serves 928 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 25 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Nearly everyone in Newark Valley has a card
901 cards for 928 people, or 97%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Newwark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2006. Today’s library there has 1,830 square feet. The building ↓
Newark Valley is a town of borrowers
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 88% 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Newark Valley’s civic life grade
Newark Valley 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 →
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Newark Valley last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library serves 928 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 14K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
1,630 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 2006
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library, 6 Rock Street, Newark Valley.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Newark Valley? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Newwark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library
Newwark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 1, 2006. It is significant for its social history, architecture and education at the local level. Its architecture is described as Late Victorian. It was listed as part of Newark Valley MPS.
Newark Valley Municipal Building and Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library is a historic municipal building and library building located at Newark Valley in Tioga County, New York. The municipal building is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building with a cut stone foundation and full basement built in 1887 as the Union Free School and Academy.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Newark Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $67K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $191K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $67K 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 901 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Newark Valley
Does Newark Valley have a public library?
Yes. Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library, 6 Rock Street, serves Newark Valley’s 928 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tappan-Spaulding Memorial 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 Newark Valley’s library?
It logged 5.1 visits and lent 12.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Newark Valley’s civic life grade?
Newark Valley 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 Newark Valley.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.