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 2005 "Top Ten Libraries with the Largest Weekly Volume" are (drum roll...):

	Library	City	# of items
1	Chelmsford Public Library	Chelmsford	2,342
2	Memorial Hall Library	Andover	1,890
3	Newburyport Public Library	Newburyport	1,430
4	Peabody Institute Library	Peabody	1,296
5	Nevins Memorial Library	Methuen	1,247
6	Stevens Memorial Library	North Andover	1,198
7	Burlington Public Library	Burlington	1,190
8	Samuel Pollard Memorial Library	Lowell	1,189
9	Haverhill Public Library	Haverhill	1,169
10	J. V. Fletcher Library	Westford	1,164

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 us at info@nmrls.org, 888-326-7772 (toll free within the region) or 978-762-4433.