This series is now well established as the most comprehensive set of statistics about libraries and information services in the UK. It gives the most recent figures available for libraries in all sectors, presenting the national picture appropriately broken down to give a useful overview of the current position, and in many cases how that position was arrived at. Coverage this year includes:
- Public libraries - trends for up to ten years, on key aspects of expenditure, stock, services, use and users, by local authority sector.
- Academic libraries - trends for up to ten years on a range of features including expenditure, users, provision of stock and facilities, drawn primarily from HE institutions’ returns to SCONUL and HCLRG.
- Other libraries - the most recent information from the three national libraries and libraries in Government departments is given, with some limited trend information where available. A summary of the latest CILIP survey of libraries in further education colleges.
- Statistics of general interest - including indexes of general, book and periodical price inflation, detailed information on Public Lending Right, and the BBC “Big Read”. A comprehensive bibliography gives details of the various sources used, and other relevant volumes and web sites.
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1 Introduction and Executive summary (pdf 196 KB)
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2 Public library statistics (pdf 4.1 MB)
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3 Academic library statistics (pdf 1.3 MB)
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4 Other libraries (pdf 540 KB)
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5 Miscellaneous statistics (pdf 788 KB)
Bibliography
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Appendices: (pdf 280 KB)
A: Authorities missing from CIPFA Actuals
B: Counting public
library issues - guidance notes
C: Local government reorganisation
