Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey
2005-07
Public Library
Materials Fund and Budget Survey 2005-07
LISU is
pleased to announce publication of the latest Public Library Materials
Fund and Budget Survey report, describing in detail how UK public
library services are faring and their plans for the
future.
The series, which is now sponsored by Nielsen BookData, provides an
independent and objective overview of UK public library resource
utilisation.
Details of actual
expenditure for 2004-05 and 2005-06 are presented alongside the
original estimates for 2005-06 and the latest 2006-07 budget estimates
for individual library authorities. Summary tables cover total library
expenditure, total materials expenditure, expenditure on books and on
audio-visual materials, professional and total staff, number of
service points and opening hours. There is a detailed commentary
giving sector totals, with tables showing the percentage changes from
year to year. Based on an extensive questionnaire survey, it is
available within six months of the start of data gathering, and this
year has a response rate of 79%.
Key findings from
this year's survey include:
o Total library
expenditure in the UK rose by 5.0% in 2005-06; the sixth consecutive
increase
o
Total materials expenditure in the UK was largely unchanged at
£112,851,000
o Audio-visual expenditure showed a
slight increase of 0.2% for the UK as a whole in 2005-06
o Book expenditure showed a
slight decrease of 0.2% for the UK as a whole in 2005-06
o Total staff numbers rose by
0.4%, but there was a decrease of 2.7% in professional staff
o There was a 0.8%
increase for the UK overall in the number of hours that service points
are open
Library managers,
the book trade, academics, policy makers and other interested parties
all need reliable and up to date statistics. The Public Library
Materials Fund and Budget Survey is an important source which
takes the pulse at several important pressure points of the entire UK
public library system. This volume of extensive and detailed data is a
useful management, marketing and study aid.
The report is available to download free of charge from the Nielsen
BookData web site
For further
information contact
Claire Creaser,
Deputy Director and Senior Statistician, LISU, Holywell Park,
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU. Tel: 01509
635682,
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Dr Sally Maynard
Research Fellow, LISU and
Editor, "New Review of Children's Literature and
Librarianship"
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire LE11 3TU
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