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Expenditure
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Library expenditure
  2003-04
(£000s)
1998-99
(£000s)
Source
Public libraries *
1,060,477
820,988
CIPFAc
Academic libraries
500,005
396,737
SCONUL
* Revenue expenditure
Table updated Dec 05
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Detailed library expenditure
  Public libraries Academic libraries
 
2003-04
1998-99
2003-04
1998-99
Materials
134,889,113
123,684,947
179,340,000
136,287,000
Staff
569,398,198
448,144,388
229,716,000
174,591,000
Other *
356,189,561
249,158,632
90,949,000
85,859,000
Source: Public - CIPFAc; Academic - SCONUL
* Other expenditure has been calculated by subtraction from the total.
Table updated Dec 05
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Breakdown of public library expenditure
public library expenditure graph
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Breakdown of academic library expenditure
 
breakdown ofacademic library expenditure
 
Graph updated Dec 05
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Schools library services - estimated expenditure
 
sls expenditure
 
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Archives revenue expenditure
  2003-04 (GB - Actuals) 1998-99 (E&W only - Estimates)
 
Total
(£m)
£ per head
population
Total
(£m)
£ per head
population
Local Authority archives  
Gross expenditure
54.1
0.93
26.5
0.61
Net expenditure
42.5
0.73
22.8
0.53
The National Archives
Net expenditure
36.5
0.61
23.9
0.40
Source: CIPFAa 2005, 1999; TNA 2004; TNA
Table updated Oct 07 (due to availability of Actuals)
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Breakdown of local authority archives revenue expenditure (in GB 2003-04)
graph
Source: CIPFAa 2004
Other expenditure comprises other supplies and services and capital charges.
Graph updated Dec 05
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Museums expenditure
  2003-04
(£m)
1998-99
(£m)
%
change
DCMS museums & galleries
373 .1
333.7
12%
  of which, resources *
310 .0
240.8
29%
  of which, capital **
63.0
92.9
-32%
Source: DCMS 2004, 2005
Local authority museums in England and Wales  
182.4
145.0
26%
Net expenditure per head population
£2.91
£2.17
34%
Source: CIPFAb 1999, 2004
Figures are for gross expenditure unless otherwise stated.

 * Resource budgets for DCMS sponsored museums and galleries.

** Capital budgets for DCMS sponsored museums and galleries.

  Figures for Local Authority museums are revenue expenditure
    (i.e. do not include capital expenditure).

Revenue expenditure is spending on the day to day running expenses of the service.

This is distinct from capital expenditure, which reflects the amount spent to acquire or improve long-term assets such as premises purchase or renovation and major equipment purchase.

Net expenditure is gross expenditure minus generated income.

Table updated Dec 05
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Average prices of British academic books
Category 2003-04 (£)
academic year
1998-99 (£)
academic year*
All Humanities
37.18
40.65
All Social Sciences
47.01
46.34
All Applied Social Sciences
42.04
38.63
All Biological Sciences
56.25
51.70
All listed Pure Sciences
57.86
60.72
Computer Sciences
43.39
39.26
All Technology
68.89
66.88
All Medicine
45.18
44.07
All books
41.89
41.62
Source: LISU, based on data from Blackwell
* Figures calculated under a different data collection method, and not strictly comparable with data for 2003-04
More detailed figures are available in the LISU publications Average prices of British academic books and Average prices of USA academic books (published twice a year in February and August)
Table updated Dec 05
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Book Prices
Consumer book sales
       
  Average price paid (£) Change over previous yr Sales volume (m) Change over previous yr
2000
7.43
126.3
2001
7.48
0.7%
126.7
0.4%
2002
7.30
-2.4%
129.1
1.9%
2003
7.39
1.3%
136.3
5.6%
2004
7.36
-0.4%
145.8
6.9%
Source: The Bookseller
Table updated Dec 05
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Average book prices
 
Average book prices graph
Source: The Bookseller
Graph updated Dec 08
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Periodical prices (Great Britain)
Average prices
2004 % increase 04 over 03 2003 % increase 03 over 02 2002 % increase annual average
Social sciences
£428.01
1.7
£420.84
29.9
£324.09
15.8
Science
£703.49
11.7
£629.98
-2.2
£644.45
4.7
Medicine
£396.33
7.8
£367.49
-2.4
£376.59
2.7
Technology
£492.53
11.3
£442.48
14.8
£385.45
13.1
Humanities
£89.14
34.6
£66.23
-6.5
£70.83
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Average all subjects ¹
Great Britain
£423.06
6.5
£397.13
11.3
£356.96
8.9
USA
$758.66
13.9
$665.80
2.1
$652.28
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EURO Region
€706.77
n/k
n/k
n/k
n/k
n/k
Europe (exc UK & € region)
€305.17
n/k
n/k
n/k
n/k
n/k
Source: Update and Swets Information Services
¹ Local domestic price only
Table updated Dec 05
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