LOCAL AUTHORITY ARCHIVE SERVICES
England and Wales
|
|
"large" |
"small"* | |||
|
Total number of services |
84 |
34 | |||
|
Total expenditure** |
£38.6m |
n/a | |||
|
Total staff (FTE) |
1,123 |
119 | |||
|
of which = archivists |
35% |
33% | |||
|
= conservation staff |
8% |
3% | |||
|
Total volume of holdings |
69,800 m3 |
11,900 m3 | |||
|
of which = archives |
76% |
65% | |||
|
= records management |
22% |
16% | |||
|
Total number of readers |
682,000 |
99,000 |
* "small" archive services are those which are part of a Library and Information Service and
are unable to provide separate financial information
** 2000/01 estimates
Source: CIPFA
Museums
There are estimated to be 2,500 museums in the UK, of which 1,964 have data entered on the Digest of Museum Statistics (DOMUS). The data below are taken from the 1999 figures of DOMUS, from a base of 1,327 museums.
|
|
|
% of total respondents |
Permanent staff (FTE) |
11,921 |
28% |
Temporary staff (FTE) |
2,415 |
6% |
Volunteer staff |
28,085 |
65% |
Freelance staff |
866 |
2% |
Source: Resource
2001 L.I.S.T. online: National Library Statistics
