High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, August 21, 2008
Public Libraries
Public library services in Scotland are entirely the responsibility of local authorities which have a statutory duty to secure the provision of adequate library facilities for all persons resident in their area.
Currently there are some 545 public libraries in Scotland and a further 94 mobile libraries, which serve rural areas (Source: SLAINTE, 2008).
Audit Scotland results for 2006/07 show:
- The number of borrowers from public libraries in 2006/07 dropped to 1.1 million people from 1.2 million in 2005/06.
- Across Scotland, the percentage of the resident population borrowing from public libraries was 21.6%, a decrease from the previous year (23.1%).
The introduction of learning centres and learning access points has been phased in across Scotland. Audit Scotland figures for 2006/07 is:
- Across Scotland the number of users of learning centres and access points in 2006/07 was just over 500,000 , a large increase (34%) since 2004/05.
- Each of them used the service an average of 9 times, a total of 4.3 million occasions.
Publication
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