Twice a year, in October and in March, NMRLS asks our delivery participants to conduct a week long survey of their delivery volume. In addition to being required for our state statistical reporting, it provides us with a nice snapshot of the activity in the region. The data also assists us with evaluating route structure and helps us estimate our budgetary and contractual needs.

The March 2004 "Top Ten Libraries with the Largest Weekly Volume" are (drum roll...):

	Library	City	# of bins	# of items
1	Memorial Hall Library	Andover	88	2,927
2	Chelmsford Public Library	Chelmsford	63	1,950
3	Newburyport Public Library	Newburyport	65	1,519
4	Haverhill Public Library	Haverhill	44	1,216
5	J. V. Fletcher Library	Westford	36	1,160
6	Burlington Public Library	Burlington	37	1,097
7	Samuel Pollard Memorial Library	Lowell	37	1,080
8	Stevens Memorial Library	North Andover	35	1,073
9	Amesbury Public Library	Amesbury	33	1,053
10	Nevins Memorial Library	Methuen	36	1,011

Thank you to ALL the NMRLS delivery service participants for providing us, once again, with a week's worth of delivery volume data - WELL DONE!! Thanks also go to Lucie Gallagher, of NMRLS, for coordinating and compiling the survey results.

If you have any questions about NMRLS delivery services, please feel free to contact me at sgrabski@nmrls.org or 978-762-4433 x 13.