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Core (GB) * |
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74,980 |
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42.4% |
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57.7% |
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52.9% |
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47.2% |
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Wider (England)** |
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23,770 |
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Self-employed (England)** |
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1,490 |
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100,242 |
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MLA, 2005 ( * ONS
Annual Business Inquiry
** ONS Labour Force Survey) |
| Core employees includes those employed in standalone institutions that
are solely in the business of being a museum, library or archive – such as public libraries,
independent museums, and the ‘nationals’ (e.g. the British Museum, Tate, the National
Archives etc.)
Wider sector employees are Archivists, Curators or Librarians, working in museums, libraries
and archives which are part of other organisations such as archives in private businesses, libraries
in pharmaceutical companies, academic libraries in education institutions and military museums.
Figures exclude library assistants and records management staff. |
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1998-99 |
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Professional staff |
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Professional staff |
Total staff |
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6,010 |
26,286 |
6,366 |
25,858 |
CIPFAc/LISU database |
| Staff per 10,000 population |
1.01 |
4.30 |
1.07 |
4.25 |
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| Academic libraries ² |
3,775 |
10,238 |
3,599 |
9,363 |
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| Staff per 1,000 FTE students |
2.21 |
6.05 |
2.36 |
6.14 |
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31.3.04
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31.3.99
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| Number of people employed in local authority archives |
1,397 |
1,201 |
of which archivists |
30.7% |
33.38% |
of which conservation staff |
6.6% |
8.4% |
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5.1% |
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Local authority museums (in England and Wales) *
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4,701 |
All museums (in GB) ** |
32,370 |
Source: * CIPFAb, 2005; ** MLA,
2005 (taken from ABI) |
* Staff in position on 31 March
2004. This figure has been grossed up.
** Figure for people working in 'museums activities and preservation of historical sites
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Based on a sample of 630 museums and galleries, and 24,973 staff.
FT - full-time
PT - part-time
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