Facts & Figures
Cork City Libraries: Statistics Summary
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Percentage of City Council budget allocated to Cork City Libraries (2010) | 2.5% |
| City Council per capita budget for book purchase (2010) | €2.17 |
| Visits to Cork City Libraries during 2009 | 844,260 |
| Items borrowed/consulted in Cork City Libraries during 2009 | 1,377,560 |
| Internet half-hour sessions booked in 2009 | 39,390 |
| Public-access computer workstations with Internet (2010) | 90 |
| In-house public catalogue computers (2010) | 19 |
| Total library book stock (including tapes, CDs, etc.) (at 01 Jan 2010) | 420,017 |
Did you know that the annual total no. of visits to Irish public libraries is greater than the total annual no. of attendances at all GAA championship games? For every attendance at a GAA championship match, about six visits are made to public libraries in Ireland. These figures do not include online visits.
In Ireland, over 14 million visits are made to public libraries every year, while attendance figures at GAA fixtures total about two million - a ratio of >6:1 in favour of public libraries. Library visits, now in excess of 14 million, showed an increase of 16% between 2002 and 2007.
Public Library User Surveys 2007
The findings of the PLUSurvey 2007 on Irish libraries can be downloaded in PDF format from the http://www.librarycouncil.ie/publications/index.shtml page of An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.
These results can be compared with the first PLUSurvey 2002.
Other statistics on Irish librarianship are available from www.librarycouncil.ie.