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Digest of Statistics for Museums, Libraries and Archives

2005

Research & consultancy for performance management Information, cultural & academic servicesLISU

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Number of Institutions

Number of museums in England by type

Central Government funded 60

Local authority 689

Government Agency 69

of which, English Heritage 56

Higher Education 98

Independent (owned by charitable trusts) 811

of which, National Trust 50

Private 167

Other 90

Total 1,984

Source: Museums Association, 2005

The Museums Association agreed a defi nition for museums (to include art galleries) in 1998:‘Museums enable people to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They are institutions that collect, safeguard and make accessible artefacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society.’

Categories are based on sub-domain breakdown used in the MLA report Overview of Data in the Museums, Libraries and Archives Sector:Central Government funded Museums that receive core funding from central government. Includes ‘nationals’ and military museums. Local authority Museums that receive core funding from one or more local authorities. May be managed by the local authority, or by another organisation on its behalf.Government Agency Museums that receive core funding from a government agency, e.g. English Heritage.Higher Education Museums associated with the UK’s universities, university departments or other higher education institutions.Independent Museums that are managed outside the traditional frameworks of central or local government and which are owned by charitable trusts.Private Museums owned by a private individual or for profi t company.Other Museums not included in the above categories and those which Other Museums not included in the above categories and those which Otherfall into more than one of the above categories.

Number of museums in MLA Accreditation scheme 1,467

Source: MLA 2005 (from website)Click here for details of the scheme

Number of libraries2004-05 2003-04 1998-99 Source

Public libraries 3,474 3,524 3,504 CIPFA public library actuals

Academic libraries 700 590 SCONUL/LISU database

National 3 3 British Library

FE 500 * 500 CILIP Survey

Secondary School 6,400 6,400 CILIP Survey

Government 23 32 CDL

Public libraries Figure is for public library service points (inc. mobile) in England. Does not include service points in institutions.Academic libraries Service points in higher education institutions. Substantial increase is due to Oxford University College libraries becoming part of the count in 1999-00.National The British Library has three service points.FE and Secondary School UK estimate.* 2002-03Government 2003-04 fi gure relates to the number of respondents to a new pilot survey.Note: the estimated number of NHS libraries is 400 - this fi gure has remained unchanged over the fi ve-year period.

Number of archives in England by type

National 77

Local 492

University 279

Special 1,064

Business 52

Total 1,964

Source: ARCHON Directory (July 2005)

The ARCHON Directory is continuously updated, and can be viewed online at www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/

Contents

Number of Institutions ................. 2

Employment ................................ 3

Expenditure ................................. 4

Income ......................................... 5

Value ............................................ 6

Stock ........................................... 6

Services ....................................... 7

Visits ............................................ 8

Users ........................................... 9

Bibliography and Sources ......... 11

Acknowledgements ................... 12

The main purpose of these statistics is to give a broad overall perspective of the museums, libraries and archives scene in England.

The base year is 2003-04 except where stated otherwise. More recent data will be included in the next version of the Digest of Statistics, which is intended to be published in November 2006.

In some tables, historical data for 1998-99 are included for comparison. Figures in italics are estimates based on incomplete data and feature considerable uncertainty. A dash or a blank indicates that a statistic is unavailable or not signifi cant.

All data are for England only unless stated otherwise.

Cover photographs - © MLA: Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 2005.

http://www.mla.gov.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=73&Section%5B@stateId_eq_left_hand_root%5D/@id=4332&Section%5B@stateId_eq_selected%5D/@id=4359

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/


Employment

People employed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives sector 2003Core * 63,570

of which, male * 42%female * 58%

of which, full-time * 52% part-time * 48%

Wider sector 23,770Self-employed 1,490Total 88,830

Source: * ONS Annual Business Inquiry;

ONS Labour Force Survey (from MLA, 2005)

Core employees includes those employed in standalone institutions that are solely in the business of being a museum, library or archive – such as public libraries, independent museums, and the ‘nationals’ (e.g. the British Museum, Tate, the National Archives etc.)

Wider sector employees are Archivists, Curators or Librarians, working in museums, libraries and archives which are part of other organisations such as archives in private businesses, libraries in pharmaceutical companies, academic libraries in education institutions and military museums.

Figures exclude library assistants and records management staff.

Number working in libraries2004-05 2003-04 1998-99

Professional staff

Total staff

Professional staff

Total staff

Professional staff

Total staff

Source

Public libraries 5,027 21,691 4,966 21,436 5,319 21,019 CIPFA

Staff per 10,000 population 1.00 4.33 1.00 4.30 1.07 4.25

Academic libraries 3,220 8,510 3,160 8,020 SCONUL

Staff per 1,000 FTE students 2.21 6.00 2.36 6.14

National 960 2,246 951 2,394 BL Report

Museums workforce

Local authority * 4,350

All museums 27,600

Source: * CIPFA, 2005b.

ABI (from MLA, 2005)

* Staff in position on 31 March 2004. This fi gure has been grossed up.

Figure for people working in ‘museums activities and preservation of historical sites and buildings’ in 2003.

Based on a sample of 630 museums and galleries, and 24,973 staff.

FT - full-timePT - part-time

Archives workforce2003-04 1998-99

Number of people employed in local authority archives 1,204 1,093

of which archivists 30.0% 33.3%

of which conservation staff 6.8% 9.0%

of which records management staff 4.6% n/k

Source: CIPFA, 2005a, 2000a

Staff in post at 31st March 2004 and 1999

Museums and galleries staff by employment type (2004)

Source: VisitBritain, 2005b

Paid seasonal

PT 4%

Paid permanent

PT 13%

Paid seasonal

FT 1%

Unpaid

volunteers 58%

Paid permanent

FT 23%


Library expenditure2004-05

(£m)2003-04

(£m)1998-99

(£m) Source

Public libraries * 913 879 681 CIPFA

Academic libraries 414 343 SCONUL

National 116 138 BL Report

* Revenue expenditure. Total resources expended

Expenditure

‘Other’ expenditure has been calculated by subtraction from the total.

Libraries detailed expenditurePublic libraries Academic libraries

2004-05(£m)

2003-04(£m)

1998-99(£m)

2003-04(£m)

1998-99(£m)

Materials 115 111 102 145 116Staff 496 470 369 211 174Other 302 298 210 58 53Source: Public - CIPFA, Academic - SCONUL

Museums expenditure1998-99

(£m)2003-04

(£m)%

change2004-05

(£m)

DCMS museums and galleries 333.7 373.1 12% 469.9 of which, resources 240.8 310.0 29% 411.9 of which, capital 92.9 63.0 -32% 58.0Source: DCMS 2004, 2005

Local authority museums 139.9 168.9 21% 150.6Net expenditure per head population £2.21 £2.89 31% £3.03

Source: CIPFA 1999b, 2004b, 2005b

Figures are for gross expenditure unless otherwise stated.

Resource budgets for DCMS museums and galleries.

Capital budgets for DCMS museums and galleries.

Figures for local authority museums are revenue expenditure (i.e. do not include capital expenditure).

Revenue expenditure is spending on the day to day running expenses of the service, so called because it is the cost of resources used up in the process of generating revenue.

This is distinct from capital expenditure, which refl ects the amount spent to acquire or improve long-term assets such as premises purchase or renovation and major equipment purchase.Net expenditure is gross expenditure minus income.

Breakdown of public library expenditure

13%

53%

34%

31%

54%

15%

Outer ring

1998-99

Inner ring

2003-04

Materials

MaterialsStaff

Staff

Other

Other

Breakdown of academic library expenditure

35%

51%

14%34%

51%

15%

Outer ring

1998-99

Inner ring

2003-04

Materials

Staff

Other

Staff

Materials

Other

Archives expenditure2003-04 1998-99

Total (£m)

Per head *population

Total (£m)

Per head

population

Local authority archives

Gross expenditure 46.9 0.94 23.9 0.48Net expenditure 39.0 0.78 20.4 0.41

The National Archives

Net expenditure 36.5 0.73 23.9 0.48Source: CIPFA 2004a, 1999a; TNA 2004; TNA

* Based on total population of England of 49.8 million. Based on total population of England of 49.5 million.

Figures for local authority archives have been grossed to account for missing returns.

All fi gures are for revenue expenditure.

Other expenditure comprises other supplies and services Other expenditure comprises other supplies and services Otherand capital charges.

Breakdown of local authority archives revenue expenditure 2004-05

Total gross revenue expenditure £50.3m

Source: CIPFA 2005a

Staff

54%

Computing

2%

Other

16%

Collections

<1%Premises

12%

Preservation

1%

Transport

<1%

Support services

15%


Income

Heritage Lottery funding for the sector2004-05 2003-04 1998-99

Museums & galleries £122.8m £77.6m £116.9m

Libraries & archives £30.7m £20.1m £29.2mSource: Heritage Lottery Fund, 2005

Local authority museums income1998-99 2003-04 % change 2004-05

£30.9m £25.9m -16% £29.8mSource: CIPFA 1999b, 2004b and 2005b

Figures are for revenue (self-generated) income and exclude government grant income.

Libraries income2004-05 (£000s)

2003-04 (£000s)

1998-99 (£000s) Source

Public libraries * 95,404 99,390 68,491 CIPFA

Academic libraries * 58,277 46,202 SCONUL

National 25,423 31,096 BL Report

* Figures are for revenue (self-generated) income and exclude parent authority/institutional funding.

Excludes Grant in aid

Note: miscellaneous includes receipts from the public (including photocopying) and corporate income.

Breakdown of public library income 1998-99

Source: CIPFA

Note: miscellaneous includes services to other local authorities, receipts from the public (including photocopying) and corporate income.

Local authority archives income1998-99 2003-04 % change 2004-05

£3.5m £7.2m 107% £8.8mSource: CIPFA 2005a, 2004a, 1999a

Figures are for revenue (self-generated) income and exclude parent authority funding.

Grants income includes monies from The Heritage Lottery Fund, the New Opportunities Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.

Other income includes donations and income from conserving and Other income includes donations and income from conserving and Otherstoring documents, hiring rooms and royalties.

Breakdown of local authority archives income 2004-05

Source: CIPFA 2005a

Excludes parent authority funding

Grants7%

Sales11%

Admission4%

Recharges22%

Research3%

Joint arrangements

43%

Other10%

Breakdown of public library income 2003-04

Source: CIPFA

Overdue charges14%

Reservation fees2%

Lettings3%

Hire of audio and visual materials

25%Electronic revenue

1%

Specific grants19%

Miscellaneous36%

Overdue charges24%

Reservation fees3%

Lettings4%

Hire of audio and visual materials

26%

Electronic revenue

1%

Specific grants5%

Miscellaneous37%


Libraries - acquisitions

Books2004-05 Total no.

2003-04 Total no.

1998-99 Total no.

Public libraries 9,931,344 9,934,892 8,968,357 per member 0.34 0.34 0.31 per capita 0.20 0.20 0.18

Academic libraries 2,416,000 2,480,000

National (3) 184,918 107,097(3) Figure relates to monographs and includes offi cial publications.

Serials

Academic libraries (4) 1,024,000 522,000

National (5) 106,739 343,011(4) Data relate to number of current serial titles taken.(5) 2003-04 fi gure is for serial titles, 1998-99 fi gure is for serial parts. Both

include offi cial publications.

Audio-visual materials

Public libraries 1,475,495 1,487,033 1,164,465 per member 0.05 0.05 0.04 per capita 0.03 0.03 0.02

National (6) 2,695 n/a(6) Electronic titles, including voluntary depositSource: Public - CIPFA; Academic - SCONUL; National - BL Report

Libraries - stock

Books2004-05 (000s)

2003-04 (000s)

1998-99 (000s)

Public libraries 84,546 86,841 97,489

Academic libraries 91,334 84,857

National (1) 12,060 13,068(1) Includes monographs and serial volumes.

Books per member & per capita

Public libraries

books per member 2.91 3.00 3.40

books per capita 1.69 1.74 1.97


Public libraries 7,138 7,332 6,558

audio visual per member 0.25 0.25 0.23

audio visual per capita 0.14 0.15 0.13

National (2) 1,533 46(2) Sound discs, sound tape items, videograms

Source: Public - CIPFA; Academic - SCONUL; National - BL Report

Local authority archive holdings (m3)

Archival 61,627

Records Management 10,322

Other 6,132

TOTAL 78,082

Source: CIPFA 2005a

National Archives holdings

Estimated 176km of shelving

Source: TNA, 2004

Value

Museums - value and impact

Attitudes to Museums Source

Percentage of people who feel it is very important / important that local town has museum / gallery

82% * MORI, 2004

Percentage of visitors who thought the DCMS museum they visited was good / very good 91% DCMS

Percentage of people who feel that they would feel out of place in a gallery, museum or theatre

14% Arts Council England, 2004

Impact

Percentage of visitors who feel they have gained new knowledge from their museum visit 82% MORI, 2005

* Figure for Great Britain Excludes visitors to Sir John Soane’s Museum and the Wallace Collection

Archives - value and impact

Proportion agreeing that archives contribute to society by: Strongly agree Agree

providing opportunities for learning 65.3% 32.8%preserving our culture and heritage 89.9% 14.8%

Proportion rating an archive’s service overall as: Very good Good Adequate

51.1% 39.6% 4.5%Source: Calculated from PSQG, 2004

Stock


Services

Libraries - InternetPublic libraries 2003 Total

Number of terminals providing free public access to the Internet

17,503

Number of Internet hours available per annum

30,621,403

Total number of hours use made of PN terminals

13,575,856

Source: Netbase

PN - People’s Network

2004-05 Total

2003-04 Total

1998-99 Total

Number of web visits

Public libraries - 54,822,908 -National * 24,832,906 -

Number of workstations

Public libraries 30,213 31,131 8,720Academic libraries 34,500 28,000National 473 326

Percentage of seats with workstations

Academic libraries 25% 19%National 27% 24%Source: Public - CIPFA; Academic - SCONUL; National - BL Report

* Page hits. Includes typing, online catalogues, microform, Internet,

CD-ROM access and study carrels.

Libraries - issues

Books2004-05(000s)

2003-04 (000s)

1998-99 (000s)

Public libraries 279,945 289,215 388,853 Children’s issues 76,718 75,013 93,113 Adult fi ction issues 132,712 139,777 194,738 Adult non-fi ction issues 70,515 74,435 98,663

Academic libraries 77,025 68,684National * 5,320 4,201 Book issues per capita in public libraries

5.6 5.8 7.9

Book issues per FTE student in academic libs

52.5 53.9


Public libraries 32,959 35,054 32,044Source: Public - CIPFA; Acadmic - SCONUL; National - BL Report

* Number of items supplied/consulted remotely and onsite.

Libraries - enquiries satisfi ed2004-05

Total2003-04

Total1998-99

Total

Public libraries 48,317,169 49,452,517 53,027,322University libraries* 8,511,000 11,597,000Source: Public - CIFPA, Academic - SCONUL

* Data not suffi ciently complete/reliable from HE colleges to include.

DCMS museums2003-04 (million)

Learners in on & offsite educational courses 10.2Children in on & offsite educational sessions 2.2Visits to websites 43.9*Source: DCMS

* This is the number of unique website visits

Archives - use

Documents produced 2003-04

Local authority archives

Document productions 1,222,704Microform usage 2,239,757

The National Archives

Document productions (originals) 543,956Microform usage 457,482

Enquiries received Written Telephone

Local authority archives 214,114 363,661The National Archives * 46,508 74,277Source: CIPFA 2005a; TNA

The majority of services do not submit returns for microform productions, because they do not quantify the use of fi lm/fi ches, or because they operate on a self-service basis.

Grossed data Excludes the Family Records Centre* Includes the Family Records CentreWritten enquiries include those received by post and email.

Local authority archives - activities

Local authority archives 2003-04 1998-99

Exhibitions 157 132Displays 670 444Talks/lectures 2,458 2,260Attendance at talks/lectures 66,673 50,697Source: CIPFA 2005a, 2000a

Figures for 2003-04 have been grossed up to account for missing returns.

Public libraries - issues

Source: CIPFA

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2004-05 2003-04 1998-99

Children's issues Adult fiction issues

Adult non-fiction issues A/V issues

Top ten busiest libraries (issues)Number of issues

Library 2003-04 2004-05 Library

Liverpool Central 1,152,167 1,023,881Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Milton Keynes Central

877,380 833,389Milton Keynes Central

Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

875,334 829,774 Chelmsford, Essex

Chelmsford, Essex 875,192 798,127 Colchester, Essex

Southend 785,704 725,236 Southend

Croydon Central 783,930 696,135 Oxford Central

Colchester, Essex 765,035 682,770 Birmingham Central

Nottingham Central 717,404 662,150 Nottingham Central

Birmingham Central 703,417 638,804 Croydon Central

Oxford Central 702,826 631,123 Chesterfi eld, DerbysSource: CIPFA


Archive visits2004-05 2003-04 1998-99

Local authority archives 759,640 698,524 Attendance at lectures 66,673 50,697

The National Archives* 103,527 103,957 95,029Source: CIPFA 2005a, 2000a; TNA

* Excludes visits to the Family Records Centre

Library visits2004-05Total no

2003-04Total no.

1998-99Total no.

Public libraries 288,381,801 285,397,144 292,483,825Academic libraries 99,703,000 102,854,000

visits per FTE student 70.7 81.8National 397,940 407,223Visits to public libraries per head of population 5.8 5.7 5.9Source: Public - CIPFA; Academic - SCONUL; National - BL Report

Visits

Based on total population of England of 49.8 million for 2003-04 and 49.5m for 1998-99 Excludes overseas visitors to Geffrye Museum and Royal Armouries. See www.culture.gov.uk/museums_and_galleries/Sponsored_Bodies.htm

for a list of DCMS sponsored museums Based on the returns of 701 museums and galleries From survey undertaken between September 2003 and January 2004 This fi gure refl ects the average number of visits to any museums or art galleries, other than where questioned This average number of times a museum visitor visits the same museum in the year

Museum visits

2003-04 1998-99 Source

Local authority museums 23.2m 20.3m CIPFA, 2005b, 2000b

Average visits per person 0.47 0.41DCMS sponsored museums 35.3m 24.0m DCMS

All museums (2004) 56.5m 50.9m VisitBritain, 2005a, 2005b

Average visits per visitor to all museums (2004)

6.4 MORI, 2005

% of adults visiting museums in last 12 months 37% Arts Council England,

2004

Average repeat visits (2004) 4.7 MORI, 2005

Total repeat visits to DCMS museums 18.0m DCMS

Top 10 most visited museums Visits in

2004

National Gallery 4,959,946

British Museum 4,868,127

Tate Modern 4,441,225

Natural History Museum 3,240,344

Science Museum 2,154,366

Victoria and Albert Museum 2,010,825

National Portrait Gallery 1,516,402

Royal Observatory 868,390

National Railway Museum, Yorkshire 855,032

Imperial War Museum 754,597Source: VisitBritain, 2005a

http://www.culture.gov.uk/museums_and_galleries/Sponsored_Bodies.htm


Users

Museum visitorsSource

Proportion of male/ female visitors

43% 56% MORI, 2005

Proportion of adult/ child visitors 70% 30% VisitBritain, 2005b

DCMS museums 76% 24% DCMS

Proportion of overseas visitors 19% VisitBritain, 2005b

DCMS museums 33% DCMS

Social Class Occupation of Chief Income EarnerA Upper Middle Class Higher managerial, administrative or

professional

B Middle Class Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional

C1 Lower Middle Class Supervisor, clerical, junior managerial, admin or professional

C2 Skilled Working Class Skilled manual workers

D Working Class Semi and unskilled manual workers

E Lowest subsistence State pensioners, etc, with no other earnings

Source: MORI, 2004

NB Outer ring is for Great Britain, inner ring is for England

Based on sample of 6,025 adults

Percentage of adults attending museums and/or galleries in the last twelve months,

by age (2003)

Source: Arts Council England, 2004

35%

39%

42%

41%

40%

34%

22%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Museum visitors by household type

Source: TGI, 2003-04 data

Single person14%

Two adults28%

Two parent family27%

Lone parent4%

Other27%

Museum visitors age profi le

Source: MORI, 2005

Breakdown of museum visitors by social grade 2004

Source: MORI, 2005

11%

16%

26%19%

12%

14%

19%

20%

16% 17%

16%

14%

35-44

55-64

45-54

16-24

25-34

65+

Outer ring

England

population

Inner ring

museum

visitors

42%13%

24%

21%

34

11%

27%

28%

AB

C1C2

DEOuter ring

GB

population

Inner ring

museum

visitors

Museums visitors by terminal education age

Source: TGI

Terminal education age is the age at fi nishing full-time education. The 19+ category includes those still studying.Percentages may not add up to 100% owing to rounding.

36%

32%

18%

19%

41%5

%

4

%46%

Up to 14

15-16

17-18

19+

2003-04

1998-99


Museum visitors by socio-economic status

Source: Arts Council England, 2004

Based on sample of 6,025 adults attending museums and/or galleries in the last 12 months (2003)

Professional - includes managerial postsSmall employers - includes own account workersTechnical - includes low supervisory rolesRoutine - Includes semi-routine workersUnemployed - Long-term unemployed and those who have never worked

Museum visits

Main circumstances for visiting museums/galleries

% visitors

Special exhibition/event of interest 49

Whilst on holiday in UK 48

Whilst on holiday abroad 38

Main factors in encouraging visits

General interest 35

Been before and wanted to come again 28

Interest in particular temporary exhibition 26

Main reasons for not visiting museums/galleries % non-visitors

No time/opportunity 32

Not interested 22

Nothing particularly want to see 19Source: MORI, 2004

Figures for Great Britain

54%

42%

33%

27%

23%

34%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Professional

Intermediate

Small employers

Technical

Routine

Unemployed

Users’ views of public libraries 2003-04Very good

Good Adequate PoorVery poor

Books and other materials

29.5% 46.1% 20.9% 3.2% 0.4%

Hours of opening 29.5% 42.8% 22.5% 4.5% 0.7%

Overall 49.4% 43.4% 6.7% 0.4% 0.1%Source: CIPFA Survey of adult library users only

Public libraries2004-05 2003-04 1998-99

Population 50,091,700 49,853,400 49,492,400

Public library members * 29,053,186 28,914,972 28,705,592* Figures based on an estimate of 58% of the population holding a library card

Status of users of public libraries 2003-04

Other

Permanently sick/disabled

Part-time student

Unemployed

Full-time student

Self-employed

Looking after home/family

Part-time employed

Full-time employed

Retired

Source: CIPFA PLUS

The total is higher than 100% because respondents were able to select more than one option.

39.1

20.3

15.5

11.2

5.5

5.4

5.1

3.5

3.3

2.0

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Retired

Full-time employed

Part-time employed

Looking after home/family

Self-employed

Full-time student

Unemployed

Part-time student

Permanently sick/disabled

Other

%

Gender of users of public libraries 2003-04

Source: CIPFA PLUS

Male

38%

Female

62%

Age of users of public libraries 2003-04

Source: CIPFA PLUS

35-4417%

45-5414%

55-6416%

65-7419%

14 or under1%

15-193% 20-24

5%75 or over

12%25-3413%


The survey relates to users up to age 16. Therefore, not all data have been included and the total % of respondents is less than 100. These results exclude those aged 16+, which total 1.6% of total surveyed.

Age of child users of public libraries 2003-04

Source: CIPFA C-PLUS

4.9

7.0

7.7

6.4

4.75.1

5.7

6.4

7.9

8.6

9.4

8.4

6.2

4.4

2.9

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2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

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3

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4

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5

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6

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7

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13

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14

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Age of user

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British Library (2004) Annual Report 2003-04. London. Also available at www.bl.uk [11.10.05].

CILIP (2002) Survey of Secondary School Libraries www.cilip.org.uk

CILIP (2003) UK Survey of Library and Learning Resource Provision in FE Colleges www.cilip.org.uk

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Proportion male / female 51.7% / 48.3%Proportion researching family history 71.4%Source: Calculated from PSQG Survey, 2004

Dwell time of visitors to

archivesUp to 1 hr 11.2%1-2 hrs 21.1%2-3 hrs 23.2%3-5 hrs 24.4%5hrs + 20.0%Source: Calculated from

PSQG, 2004

Child users having own library card 2003-04


Yes

76.9%

No

23.1%

Gender of child users of public libraries 2003-04


Boy

44.5%

Girl

55.5%

Main purpose in visiting an archives service

Source: Calculated from PSQG Survey, 2004

15.3%

11.2%

11.0%

61.6%

0.9% Formal education as a teacher

Non-leisure personal/family business

In connection with employment

Formal education as student/researcher

Personal leisure/recreation

Visitors to archives by age

Source: Calculated from PSQG Survey, 2004

55-64

30%

65-74

25%

45-54

17%

35-44

10%

75+

6% 25-34

7%

16-24

3%

Under

16

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Under 162%


AcknowledgementsGratitude is due to many organisations who have helped with information and advice, including

The British Library

CILIP - Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals

CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy

DCMS - Department of Culture, Media & Sport

HESA - Higher Education Statistics Agency

SCONUL - Society of College, National & University Libraries

The Heritage Lottery Fund

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)

The National Archives (TNA)

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at Loughborough University, Research School of Informatics,Holywell Park, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3TU

Tel: 01509 635680 Fax: 01509 635699 email: [email protected]/lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu/

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