2007/2008 Public Library Statistics

Executive Summary (PDF 53 Kb)

Notes to Public Library Statistics (PDF 83 Kb) 

Summary Statistics for 1992-2007/08 (PDF 32Kb)

Table 1 Expenditure and Subsidy: By Councils (PDF 35 Kb)

Table 1 Summary (PDF 18Kb)

Table 1a Voted Expenditure, Subsidy and Special Purpose Grant (PDF 25Kb)

Table 1b Expenditure and Subsidy: By Councils – Summaries (PDF 23Kb)

Table 1c Expenditure and Subsidy: By Library Service(PDF 28Kb)

Table 1d Expenditure on Library Material: by Library Service (PDF 21Kb)

Table 2 Circulation 2007/08 (PDF 18Kb)

Table 2a Circulation Breakdown by Format 2007/08 (PDF 21Kb)

Table 2b Circulation: Books by Category 2007/08 (PDF 24Kb)

Table 2c Circulation of Non-Book Material 2007/08 (PDF 24Kb)

Table 2d Circulation of Separate Collections 2007/08 (PDF 21Kb)

Table 2e Circulation by Council 2007/08 (PDF 22Kb)

Table 3 Total Stock as at 2008 (PDF 15Kb)) 

Table 3a Total Bookstock as at June 2008 (PDF 19Kb)

Table 3b Total of Non-Book Material as at June 2008 (PDF 16Kb)

Table 3c Total Serials as at June 2008 (PDF 21Kb)

Table 3d Separate Collections as at June 2008 (PDF 18 Kb)

Table 3e Acquisitions and Discards 2007/08 (PDF 16Kb)

Table 4 Registered Borrowers at June 2008 (PDF 18Kb)

Table 4a Non-Resident Members by Council 2007/08 (PDF 24Kb)

Table 5 Service Points and Hours of Opening as at June 2008 (PDF 20Kb)

Table 5a Service Points and Hours of Opening as at June 2008 (PDF 15Kb)

Table 6 Full-time/Part-time Library Staff as at June 2008 (PDF 16Kb)

Table 7 Regional and Joint Library Services (PDF 18Kb)

Table 8 Summary of Comparative Statistics (PDF 15Kb)

Table 9 Population (PDF 13Kb)

Table 10 Total Expenditure 2007/08 (PDF 14Kb)

Table 10a Expenditure per Capita 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 10b Expenditure on Salaries per Capita 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 10c Expenditure on Library Materials Per Capita 2007/08 (PDF 15Kb)

Table 11 Library Material as at June 2008 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 11a Library Material per capita 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 11b Average Cost of Library Material 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 11c Age of Library Material 2007/08 (PDF 14Kb)

Table 12 Adult Fiction as at June 2008 (PDF15Kb)

Table 13 Adult Periodical Titles as at June 2008 (PDDF 13Kb)

Table 14 Acquisitions 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 14a Acquisitions Per Capita 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 15 Discards as % of Acquisitions 2007/08 (PDF 15Kb)

Table 15a Discards as % of Total Stock 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 16 Circulation of Library Mateirals 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 16a Circulation Per Capita 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 16b Turnover of Stock 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 16c Circulation Per Staff Membmer 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 17 Total Staff at June 2008 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 17a Population Per Staff Member 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 17b Total Qualified Staff at June 2008 (PDF 22Kb)

Table 17c Population Per Qualified Staff Member 2007/08 (PDF 13Kb)

Table 18 Document Delivery 2007/08 (PDF 16kB)

Table 19 Library Visits 2007/08 (PDF 15kB)

Table 20 Internet Access for the Public 2007/08 (PDF 25kB)

Table 21 Total Information Requests 2007/08 (PDF 15kB)

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