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January 19, 2007
Are the Norfolk libraries cutting the mustard?
The debate about whether libraries should be turned into internet cafes is going on in the Norfolk local paper
It is very odd that library figures are presented in different ways every time one looks at them. This article says that the council spent £12.795m on their library service of which £1.76m was spent on new books. They calculate that this is 14%
The CIPFA figures which are the cause of this article and doubltess the press release from Norfolk county council tell me that Norfolk actually spent £16.148m on its library service (some of which money comes from fines, rentals etc) in the way that IPF present the figures and that £1.50 m was spent on new books-- which is 9.3%..
I honestly don't know why there is this difference, but it would help everybody enormously if there was transparency and consistency in the use of figures like these.
Posted by Tim Coates at January 19, 2007 9:41 PM