Int. Libr. Rev. (1980) 12, 9-17-218

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CITY LIBRARIES (INTAMEL)

(3) I n t e r n a t i o n a l Statist ics o f Ci ty Libraries I978

COMPILED BYJ. EYSSEN

Index to Statistics

1. Name of town 2. Number of inhabitants 3. Book stock of library system 4. Book stock of central library 5. Number of periodicals (i.e. of titles, not of volumes) regularly

received 6. Number of audio-visual media (non-book material)

(a) Series of slides (b) Single slides (c) Number of records (d) Number of tapes (reels) (e) Number of microfilms (i.e. of titles, not of reels) (f) Number of microfiches (transparent) (g) Number of microcards and/or microprints (opaque) (h) Number offilms (titles) (i) Number of video-cassettes (k) Number of art-prints, paintings etc. (1) Number of games (m) Number of maps

7. Loans in 1978 (total) 8. Loans in 1978 per head of inhabitants 9. Loans in 1978 per head of total staff

10. Total budget for 1979 10a. Budget for audio-visual medials 11. Budget per head of inhabitants 12. Acquisitions budget (including book-binding costs) 13. Acquisitions budget per head of inhabitants 14. Periodicals budget (within general acquisitions budget)

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15. Budget for non-book material (within budget)

16. Staff salaries 17. Number of staff (full-time positions) 18. Number of librarians (full-time positions) 19. Number of branch libraries 20. Number of mobile libraries (busses) 21. Opening hours (per week)

(a) Central library (b) Branch libraries

22. Nominal lending period (days)

general acquisitions

Index of cities

Amman 23

Berlin (West) 7 Birmingham 16 Bremen 28

Cape Town Chicago Cleveland Copenhagen

Denver Detroit Dortmund Dt~sseldorf Duisburg

Hannover 30 Hong Kong 1 Houston 12

Johannesburg 13

18 Lagos Island 33 2 London (City) 40

24 London (Borough 32 of Camden) 41

31 Milano 8 11 Minneapolis 37 25 Montreal 15 26 27 New York

(Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island) 3

Edinburgh 35 Essen 21 Oslo 36

The Hague 34 Philadelphia 6 Hamburg 9 Praha 14

Sheffield 29 Singapore 4 Stockholm 22

Toronto 5 Toulouse 38 Tunis 17

Vienna 10

Washington D.C. 19 Westminster (City) 39

Zagreb 20