The public library annual reports collected for the Wisconsin Library Service Record are intended to provide general descriptions of the libraries and the services they provide to library users. Selected data elements have been transmitted to the National Center for Education Statistics for creation of a national database of public library information. The purpose of this section is to provide basic information on the library's public service outlets. Public Libraries .
Branches are, however, administered from the central library.
Other public service outlets are locations to which library materials are distributed for lending, but at which there is no permanent collection or library staff. This includes nursing homes and jails but does not include bookmobile stops. Hours open per week are the hours open of the main library for winter and summer. Total annual public service hours are the combined hours for the main library, bookmobiles, and all branches. All facility open hours were totaled regardless of whether or not they were open at the same time.