PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS

Public library lending 2001-02

Staff, opening etc.

	2001-02	1996-97
No. of authorities	208	177
Professional librarians per 10,000 population	1.04	1.11
Total staff per 10,000 population	4.39	4.51
Service points open for 45 hours or more	770	733
Service points open 30-44 hours	1,509	1,611
Service points open 10-29 hours	1,671	1,676
Service points open <10 hours	195	452
Mobile service points	665	696
Population per service point	12,743	11,378
Total service point hours per week	143,402	145,300

Public Library Support Services to Schools

	2001-02	1996-97
Professional librarians	326	407
Expenditure per pupil (£ sterling)	5.73	5.39
Bookstock per pupil	3.3	3.8

Public libraries also serve the housebound, prisons and hospitals.

Use 2001-02

Total population 58,794,900

Registered borrowers 34,101,042

	Totals (000s)	Per member	Per head of population
Bookstock	115,962	3.40	1.97
Books acquired	11,019	0.32	0.19
Annual book issues	376,691	11.05	6.41
Audio-visual acquired	1,485	0.04	0.03
Audio-visual issues p.a.	40,313	1.18	0.69
Total items on loan	26,034	0.76	0.44
Enquiries handled p.a.	58,548	1.72	1.00
Visits p.a.	318,226	9.33	5.41
Net revenue expenditure (£1000 sterling)	824,226	24.17	14.02
Materials bought (£1000 sterling)	105,879	3.10	1.80
		2001-02	1996-97
Average cost per book acquired (£ sterling)		8.07	9.42
Average books allowed out		11	9
Average permitted loan (weeks)		3	3
Average duration of loan (days)		23	22

Demographics of adult public library visitors

	2000 (%)	2001 (%)
Male	40.2	41.1
Female	59.8	58.9
0-14*	1.2	1.8
15-19	3.9	4.8
20-24	4.2	5.4
25-34	11.3	12.6
35-44	17.6	17.3
45-54	16.2	15.4
55-64	16.0	15.6
65-74	19.4	17.4
75 and over	10.2	9.8

* Surveys of adult library users only

Proportion of adult library users borrowing books

Source: CIPFA PLUS Archive

Books borrowed 2001-02

Source: Registrar of Public Lending Right

Category analysis 2001-02

Over one million 2001-02