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October 7, 2007
League tables for England: "Unitary" library authorities
In order to make the presentation practical I shall divide the 149 authorities in England in the same groups that CIPFA use -- London, Metropolitan, Unitary and County; with league tables of 12 for each.
In each case the figure alongside each name is the number of book loans per resident per annum in the last set of published figures (20005-6)
English Unitary Authorities: League Division 1
1. Southend 8.1
2. Bournemouth 6.8
3. Warrington 6.8
4. Southampton 6.7
5. Blackburn 6.3
6. Poole 6.3
7. Milton Keynes 6.2
8. Isle of Wight 6.1
9. Torbay 6.0
10. Redcar and Cleveland 6.0
11. South Gloucestershire 6.0
12. Windsor and Maidenhead 6.0
English Unitaries ; League Divsion 2
13. Swindon 6.0
14. Blackpool 5.9
15. Reading 5.9
16. Hartlepool 5.7
17. Rutland 5.7
18. North Somerset 5.7
19. Luton 5.7
20. Wokingham 5.7
21. Bracknell Forest 5.6
22. West Berkshire 5.4
23. York 5.4
24. Darlington 5.3
English Unitaries League Division 3:
25. Halton 5.2
26. Slough 5.2
27. Plymouth 5.1
28. Herefordshire 5.1
29. Stockton on Tees 5.1
30. Peterborough 5.1
31. Brighton and Hove 4.9
32. Leicester 4.9
33. Nottingham 4.9
34. Thurrock 4.6
35. Portsmouth 4.6
36. Derby 4.6
English Unitaries League Division 4.
37. Telford and Wrekin 4.5
38. Middlesborough 4.3
39. East Riding of Yorkshire 4.3
40. Medway 4.1
41. Bristol 4.1
42. Bath and North East Somerset 4.1
43. Kingston upon Hull 4.0
44. North Lincolnshire 3.8
45. North East Lincolnshire 3.3
46. Stoke on Trent 3.2
There are some famous names, those who claim to be 'operators of best practice', low down on these lists--- time to alert the councillors I think .
Posted by Tim Coates at October 7, 2007 10:59 AM
Comments
What is the Southend secret? They are far ahead of even the second authority.
Are they publicising this extraordinary success over there?
Posted by: Christopher Hawtree at October 8, 2007 10:28 AM
Their loans position is pretty much the first thing you see on their library website.
Posted by: Pete at October 8, 2007 12:33 PM
According to Tim's league tables so far produced, Southend aren't top; that honour goes to Shetland.
Hence the opening paragraph on Southend's website isn't really true is it?
Regards,
Peter
Posted by: Peter K. at October 8, 2007 6:25 PM