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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 0307-4803
- DOI
- 10.1108/eb008962
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Abstract
THE recent Home Office Return showing the names of all places in the British Isles in which the Public Libraries Acts have been adopted, and supplying the statistical information regarding issues, income and expenditure, etc., is an interesting testimony to the extent to which the Public Library has entered into the life of the community. The summary of the statistics which are for the year ending 31st March, 1911 gives the following results. The population of the places in which the Acts have been adopted is 26,370,582 the total number of volumes in the libraries is 10,995,115 of which 3,366,549 are in reference libraries the total issue is 54,690,222 and the total expenditure is 814,932. These figures vary considerably from other recent surveys, but this is caused by the method of compilation of the Return. Duly recorded reference issues are included, for example, and no allowance is made for the millions of unrecorded references. According to this Return there are six library systems in the British Islands issuing over one million volumes per annum. These systems are as follows
Journal
New Library World – Emerald Publishing
Published: Oct 1, 1912