COUNTY LIBRARY VIDEO CIRCULATION
If video circulation at the county’s public libraries is any indication, some of the bloom may be off home movie viewing. Between 1988 and 1989, circulation of videocassettes declined 2%--this after a 6% increase between 1987 and 1988. Videos circulate in 27 branches of the county public library, and during 1989 there were declines from 1988 at 14 of them.
The La Habra branch circulated 51,156 movies (or 8% of the county total) in 1989, the most at any location. In terms of a single community, though, Irvine viewers were busiest, checking out nearly 72,000 movies at the city’s two branches--nearly 40% more than the three branches in Garden Grove and 83% more than Costa Mesa’s two libraries.
Percentage Percentage of Branch 1988 1989 Change 1989Total Brea 21,133 23,029 +9 3 Costa Mesa Main 11,711 13,280 +13 2 Costa Mesa-Mesa Verde 24,941 26,053 +4 4 Crown Valley 27,464 23,090 -16 3 Cypress 31,160 29,370 -6 4 Dana Niguel 37,428 30,379 -19 5 El Toro 43,648 33,727 -23 5 Fountain Valley 34,269 38,952 +14 6 Garden Grove-Chapman 1 4 +300 * Garden Grove-Regional 23,561 31,391 +33 5 Garden Grove-West 23,791 20,924 -12 3 Irvine-Heritage Park 43,207 46,845 +8 7 Irvine-University Park 23,260 25,022 +8 4 La Habra 48,716 51,156 +5 8 La Palma 24,644 23,063 -6 3 Laguna Beach 15,662 19,328 +23 3 Los Alamitos-Rossmoor 29,433 28,948 -2 4 Mission Viejo 13,453 12,570 -7 2 San Clemente 25,036 24,395 -3 4 San Juan Capistrano 21,622 23,417 +8 4 Seal Beach-Mary Wilson 24,824 24,478 -1 4 Seal Beach-Leisure World 25,640 26,494 +3 4 Silverado 8,462 8,940 +5 1 Stanton 25,950 20,146 -22 3 Tustin 39,089 34,041 -13 5 Villa Park 7,701 6,812 -12 1 Westminster 23,058 20,002 -13 3 COUNTY TOTAL 678,864 665,856 -2 100
* Less than 1%