{"id":35001,"date":"2025-04-22T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/?p=35001"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:22:52","slug":"2024-bapl-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/2024-bapl-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 BAPL Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BAPL-2024-annual-report.pdf\">Here is the 2024 Annual Report from BAPL<\/a>. Check it out for facts and figures, pictures and stories, and a fun look at last year here at the Bethlehem Area Public Library. A few highlights!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Visitors to the Main Library: 173,285<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Reference questions answered: 25,788<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Items Borrowed: 421,492<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also read about the new local history collections added to bapl.org, the many events held at our many library locations, our outreach activities in the community, and a list of our major donors.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who participated in BAPL\u2019s year in ways big and small. Whether you checked out a book, attended a program, donated to a fundraiser, or used a resource online, you were part of our story in 2024 and we thank you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BAPL-2024-annual-report.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-3.png?resize=1031%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1031\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-3.png?w=1031&amp;ssl=1 1031w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-3.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-3.png?resize=1024%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-3.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35009 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-5.png?resize=1024%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-5.png?resize=1024%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-5.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-5.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-5.png?w=1031&amp;ssl=1 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35011 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-7.png?resize=1024%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-7.png?resize=1024%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-7.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-7.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-7.png?w=1031&amp;ssl=1 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35008 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-6.png?resize=1007%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-6.png?resize=1024%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-6.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-6.png?resize=768%2C594&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-2024-Annual-Report-Postcard-US-Portrait-6.png?w=1031&amp;ssl=1 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the 2024 Annual Report from BAPL. Check it out for facts and figures, pictures and stories, and a fun look at last year here at the Bethlehem Area Public Library. A few highlights! Visitors to the Main Library: 173,285 Reference questions answered: 25,788 Items Borrowed: 421,492 You can also read about the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bapl-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVu5I-96x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35012,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35001\/revisions\/35012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}