QUEENS IS KING!

According to the just-released Public Library Statistical Report 2007, Queens Library topped U.S. public library circulation with 20,223,787 items lent in Fiscal Year '06. Multnomah County Public Library circulated the second highest number: 19,589,530.

Preliminary numbers for the recently-completed FY 2007 confirm the #1 ranking and broke all previous U.S. records. Queens Library's circulation was 21,033,861.