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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 08, 2014

Question No. 35

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on Library usage in SDCC proving all available statistics and facts?

REPLY:

The following covers 2013 being the last full year for which statistics are available.

 Issues

Adult Non-Fiction                   228,292

Adult Fiction                          263,370

Junior Issues                         508,268

Schools Library Service               2,282

Sound Recordings                    35,674

DVD/Videos                           297,369

Other Media                            56,274

Adult Non-Fiction e-books           2,560

Children’s e-books                    29,062

Adult Fiction e-books                  4,549

e-magazine downloads               1,872

Film downloads                              31

e-audio downloads                     3,753  

Total Book Issues                1,002,212

Total Multimedia Issues          389,317

Total e-resources Issues           41,827

 Total Issues                     1,433,356         

Active Membership

 Adult Members                           42,383

Child Members                            21,253

Total Membership                       63,638

Visits  

 Library Visits                        1,168,450

Unique website visits                611,741

Internet Sessions

 Internet sessions in Libraries     294,981

WiFi Sessions

 WiFi sessions in Libraries           29,629

Events

 Lectures/Events                             4,662

Exhibitions                                       331