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October 4, 2007
League Tables
Yesterday a commenter suggested league tables, so I have decided to have leagues of 12. Here are the tables for Wales. They are ranked simply by the number of book issues per resident
Wales : League Division 1
1.Monmouthshire 6.7
2.Pembrokeshire 6.2
3.Powys 6.1
4.Carmarthenshire 6.0
5.Ceredigion 6.0
6.Neath Port Talbot 5.7
7.Anglesey 5.3
8.Gwynedd 5.3
9.Swansea 5.1
10.Conwy 5.0
11. Bridgend 4.9
12. Newport 4.9
Wales League Division 2
1. Merthyr Tydfil 4.8
2. Cardiff 4.8
3. Torfaen4.3
4. Flintshire 4.3
5. Rhondda Cynon Taff 4.2
6. Caerphilly 3.9
7. Blaenau Gwent 3.6
8,9,10. Denbighshire, Vale of Glamorgan and Wrexham failed to fill in their CIPFA forms
(Apologies, particularly to Pembrokeshire, the first edition of this table had the wrong figures)
Excuses on a postcard to D Lloyd George, Upa mountain, CYMAL, Camel, WRUFC, Millenium Arms Park, Wales. in welsh
Posted by Tim Coates at October 4, 2007 9:45 AM
Comments
Tim,
It'd be interesting to know how these figures related to the accessibility that people have to a library/mobile library/home library service.
Regards,
Peter
Posted by: Peter K at October 4, 2007 11:15 AM
Peter
Isn't the point that this figure is a measure of how successful the council has been in providing access to literature etc - it is an overall measure of how well they provide a service.
Posted by: Tim at October 4, 2007 11:24 AM
Tim,
I understand your point completely.
But let me make a footballing analogy. We all know that the league will be won by one of four teams (Man U., L'pool, Arsenal or Chelsea) and we know the main reason for it (£££££).
Does this mean that football is necessarily more important to the communities of those places than say Newcastle. My team (Derby) has great, enthusiastic support, but there's no way they'll be top of the league. At least not this year.....
Regards,
Peter
Posted by: Peter K. at October 4, 2007 11:51 AM
In view of yesterday's 'glum story', aren't Cardiff's issues a glowing trbute to the professionalism and public service of the staff there,in spite of minimal political support?
Posted by: Verity Penglais at October 4, 2007 11:53 AM
Are there similar figures for England?
Posted by: Christopher Hawtree at October 4, 2007 2:59 PM
- Yes the figures for Scotland and England will be published to coincide with the annual library jamboree next week
- Verity you could say that it shows how awful the rest must be
- Peter, as i said in a comment yesterday an expensive consultant (actually a very close ally of this blogger) spent a lot of time trying to correlate expenditure with performance and could find none. we can study at length - but you will find that the money spent in total is not a factor in improving performance. You have to begin to grasp that. i keep telling you!
Posted by: tim at October 4, 2007 4:49 PM
- Yes the figures for Scotland and England will be published to coincide with the annual library jamboree next week
- Verity you could say that it shows how awful the rest must be
- Peter, as i said in a comment yesterday an expensive consultant (actually a very close ally of this blogger) spent a lot of time trying to correlate expenditure with performance and could find none. we can study at length - but you will find that the money spent in total is not a factor in improving performance. You have to begin to grasp that. i keep telling you!
PS I'm sorry you support Derby; I am a Leeds Utd person, you see. Do you remember them? i think the last manager of both was Brian Clough (no football on this blog, we have serious things to do)
Posted by: tim at October 4, 2007 4:51 PM