PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Public library lending 2002-03
Staff, opening etc.
|
|
1997-98 |
2002-03 |
|
No. of authorities |
190 |
208 |
|
Professional librarians per 10,000 population |
1.08 |
1.04 |
|
Total staff per 10,000 population |
4.40 |
4.45 |
|
Service points open for 45 hours or more |
713 |
899 |
|
Service points open 30-44 hours |
1,575 |
1,471 |
|
Service points open 10-29 hours |
1,696 |
1,597 |
|
Service points open <10 hours |
271 |
169 |
|
Mobile service points |
673 |
656 |
|
Population per service point |
12,671 |
12,808 |
|
Total service point hours per week |
142,854 |
144,841 |
|
|
1997-98 |
2002-03 |
|
Professional librarians |
362 |
314 |
|
Expenditure per pupil (£) |
5.10 |
5.41 |
|
Bookstock per pupil |
3.3 |
3.8 |
Public libraries also serve the housebound, prisons and hospitals.
Total population 59,225,700
Registered borrowers 34,350,906
|
|
Totals (000s) |
Per member |
Per head of population |
|
Bookstock |
114,126 |
3.32 |
1.93 |
|
Books acquired |
11,956 |
0.35 |
0.20 |
|
Annual book issues |
360,706 |
10.50 |
6.09 |
|
Audio-visual acquired |
1,629 |
0.05 |
0.03 |
|
Audio-visual issues p.a. |
41,252 |
1.20 |
0.70 |
|
Total items on loan |
24,977 |
0.73 |
0.42 |
|
Enquiries handled p.a. |
57,859 |
1.68 |
0.98 |
|
Visits p.a. |
323,048 |
9.40 |
5.45 |
|
Net revenue expenditure (£) |
878,373 |
25.57 |
14.83 |
|
Book and audio visual expenditure (£) |
111,878 |
3.26 |
1.89 |
|
|
1997-98 |
2002-03 | |
|
Average cost per book acquired (£) |
8.65 |
7.79 | |
|
Average books allowed out |
9 |
12 | |
|
Average permitted loan (weeks) |
3.3 |
3.0 | |
|
Average duration of loan (days) |
22 |
23 | |
Demographics of adult public library visitors
|
|
2001 |
2002* |
|
Male |
41.1 |
38.9 |
|
Female |
58.9 |
61.1 |
|
0-14* |
1.8 |
1.4 |
|
15-19 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
|
20-24 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
|
25-34 |
12.6 |
12.3 |
|
35-44 |
17.3 |
17.4 |
|
45-54 |
15.4 |
14.5 |
|
55-64 |
15.6 |
16.5 |
|
65-74 |
17.4 |
18.3 |
|
75 and over |
9.8 |
11.4 |
* 2002 figures are unaudited
** Surveys of adult library users only
Source: CIPFA PLUS Archive
Proportion of adult library users borrowing books
* 2002 figures are unaudited and cover all items borrowed
Source: CIPFA PLUS Archive
Most borrowed fiction titles
Adult
|
|
Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
|
1 |
John Grisham |
The Summons |
2002 |
Century |
|
2 |
Josephine Cox |
Jinne |
2002 |
Headline |
|
3 |
Josephine Cox |
The Woman Who Left |
2001 |
Headline |
|
4 |
Josephine Cox |
Looking Back |
2000 |
Headline |
|
5 |
Josephine Cox |
Let it Shine |
2001 |
Headline |
Children's
|
|
Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
|
1 |
J K Rowling |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
1999 |
Bloomsbury |
|
2 |
J K Rowling |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
2000 |
Bloomsbury |
|
3 |
Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) |
The Story of Tracy Beaker |
1992 |
Yearling |
|
4 |
Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) |
Lizzie Zipmouth |
2000 |
Young Corgi |
|
5 |
Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt) |
Sleepovers |
2001 |
Doubleday |
Source: Registrar of Public Lending Right
Category analysis 2002-03
Libraries - annual loans
|
2002-03 |
1997-98 | |
|
Central Liverpool |
Aylesbury |
Milton Keynes |
|
|
Chelmsford |
Nottingham Central |
|
|
Colchester |
Southend |
|
|
Croydon Central |
|
Source: CIPFA
Authors - estimated loans|
2002-03 |
1997-98 | |
|
Janet & Allan Ahlberg |
Janet & Allan Ahlberg |
Dick Francis |
|
Agatha Christie |
Enid Blyton |
Jack Higgins |
|
Catherine Cookson |
Agatha Christie |
Dick King-Smith |
|
Josephine Cox |
Catherine Cookson |
Ann M Martin |
|
Mick Inkpen |
Josephine Cox |
Ruth Rendell |
|
Danielle Steel |
John Cunliffe |
Danielle Steel |
|
R L Stine |
Roald Dahl |
R L Stine |
|
Jacqueline Wilson |
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Source: Public Lending Right
Public library services to children 2002-03
|
|
Total (000s) |
Per capita |
|
Bookstock |
24,587 |
2.2 |
|
Book additions |
3,458 |
0.31 |
|
Book issues |
87,045 |
7.8 |
|
Books on loan |
7,077 |
0.60 |
|
| ||
|
% on loan |
28.8 | |
|
Replenishment rate |
14.1 | |
|
Stock turnover |
3.5 | |
|
| ||
|
Average charge for requests (£) |
0.38 | |
|
Average age of transfer to adult services |
16 years 3 months | |
|
Professional librarians |
578 | |
2004 LIST online: Academic library statistics
