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October 9, 2007
Prizes and problems
One of the differences between borrowing a book and buying one is that when you are borrowing you are much more likely to read the book- or at least try to
So the councils which in 2005-6 were the best at persuading people to borrow and read their books were
1. Shetland 8.8
2. Orkney 8.7
3. Southend 8.1
4. Norfolk 7.8
5. Cheshire 7.7
6. West Sussex 7.7
7. Harrow 7.6
8. Dorset 7.6
9. Eilean Siar 7.4
10. Stirling 7.4
11. Wolverhampton 7.4
12. Wandsworth 7.4
And the nul points society (whose motto must be 'libraries are about a lot more than books and reading- and we're here to prove it') are
1. Lambeth 2.7
2. Inverclyde 3.0
3. Camden 3.0
4. Stoke on Trent 3.0
5. North East Lincolnshire 3.2
6. Greenwich 3.4
7. Belfast 3.4
8. Western Board, Northern Ireland 3.4
9. Barnsley 3.4
10. Bradford 3.4
11. Birmingham 3.4
12. Southern Board, Northern Ireland 3.5
CIPFA will eventually produce figures for 2006-7 - so then we can have a new set of tables.
I apologise for any errors - and will happily correct any mistakes
Posted by Tim Coates at October 9, 2007 7:31 AM
Comments
Relieved to see I work for one of the authorities in the top 20, but worried that book issues are not what they were a decade ago.
Regards,
Peter
Posted by: Peter K. at October 9, 2007 9:59 AM
Interesting statistics.. clearly bugger-all else to do in the the far north except read
Posted by: Gary Marks at October 9, 2007 5:52 PM