The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library has once again been named a five-star library in the latest Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. The five-star rating is the highest ranking, with only 86 libraries in the country receiving five-stars this year.
The LJ Index offers an overall indication of how a library’s performance stacks up to peer libraries with similar expenditures.  The EVPL is one of only eleven libraries to receive a five-star rating in its respective expenditure range.
The index measures four per capita areas that indicate public service - circulation, visits, program attendance, and public Internet use. The rankings are based on 2011 data reported by local libraries to their state library agencies.Â
A total of 263 libraries received a star ranking in this year’s evaluation.  The EVPL has received a star rating in all six editions of the LJ Index, three of those being five-stars.
