Annual Statistical Survey (2000-2012)
The Statistics collate information from the member libraries including population, number of libraries and staff, budgets, acquisitions, fees, collections and materials, membership, visitors, loans, opening hours, enquiries, internet provision and usage, multicultural activities and outreach services. The Statistics also include website addresses of Metropolitan Libraries Section member libraries.
Prior to 2004, the statistics were compiled by Hannover Public Library. Toronto Public Library assumed responsibility for the compilation of data referring to the years 2004-2010, Helsinki City Library for the year 2011 and Auckland Libraries for the year 2012.
2012
- Statistical survey
- Survey definitions [94 Kb]
2011
- Statistical survey [347 Kb]
Please note: tables of data are at slides 56-57 (links below); ranking is at slide 56 (link above); links at the slides 41-48 are momentarily broken and will be fixed as soon as possible
2010
- Statistical survey [216 Kb]
- Survey definitions [165 Kb]
- Presentation: Libraries in Changing Times: A Global View [491 Kb]
How We Compare
- Circulations [234 Kb]
- Circulation per Capita [92 Kb]
- Virtual Visits per Capita [92 Kb]
- Visits per Capita [93 Kb]
Ranking
- All Visits per Capita [77 Kb]
- Circulation [79 Kb]
- Circulation per Capita [79 Kb]
- Collections [79 Kb]
- Collection per Capita [77 Kb]
- Cost per Use [76 Kb]
- Electronic Collection per Capita [79 Kb]
- Total Operating Expenditures per Capita [80 Kb]
- Weekly Hours per Capita [80 Kb]
- eBook as a % of total electronic materials expenditures [76 Kb]
- Circulation of electronic materials as a % of total circulation [79 Kb]
- Electronic materials as a % of total acquisitions expenditures [81 Kb]
- Electronic requests as a % of total information requests [78 Kb]
- Library programs per 1000 persons [81 Kb]
- Program attendance per capita [80 Kb]
- Information Requests per Capita [80 Kb]
- Internet Sessions [75 Kb]
- Internet Sessions per Capita [78 Kb]
- Population [79 Kb]
- Registered Users as a % of population [80 Kb]
- Virtual Visits [79 Kb]
- Virtual Visits per Capita [79 Kb]
- Visits [79 Kb]
- Visits per Capita [79 Kb]
Year-to-year Comparison
- Circulations [105 Kb]
- Circulation per Capita [103 Kb]
- Expenditures per Capita [106 Kb]
- Virtual Visits per Capita [105 Kb]
- Visits per Capita [102 Kb]
2009
- Statistical survey [162 Kb]
- Statistical survey report [115 Kb]
Ranking
- Library services [159 Kb]: Collection per Capita; Population; Collections; Weekly Hours per Capita
- Library usage [195 Kb]: All Visits per Capita; Circulation per Capita; Circulation; Registered Users as a % of Pop.; Visits per Capita; Visits
- Use of technology [192 Kb]: Electronic Collections per Capita; Internet Sessions per Capita; Internet Sessions; Virtual Visits per Capita; Virtual Visits
- Expenditures [546 Kb]: Cost per Use; Expenditures per Capita
2008
- Statistical survey [213 Kb]
- Statistical survey report [46,5 Kb]
- Statistical survey graphs [133 Kb]
2007
- Statistical survey [88,9 Kb]
- Statistical survey report [41,6 Kb]