The number of digital books borrowed from libraries and schools in hit 605 million in 2023. E-books have historically been more popular among digital book borrowers, with 370 million borrowed from the 92 thousand libraries and schools included in the study in that year.

The purpose of this survey was to identify the cooperative library organizations within the United States and to gather information about these organizations. In this survey the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data collected 32 basic data items and 7 identifying items for each library. The data items include number of service outlets, full-time equivalent staff, income, operational expenditures, capital outlay, library collection, annual public service hours, library services, and inter-library loans. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are included in this file, which encompasses 8,968 libraries.

In 2019, there were around 392.88 in-person visits to public libraries per 100 people in the United States. In the same year, there were around 686.39 circulated library items per 100 people. In-person visitation peaked in 2009 with around 535.5 visits per 100 people. The number of circulated items peaked in 2010 with 826.2 circulated items per 100 people.

The Public Libraries data set aggregates individual library services and finance data to the town level. Public libraries provide free borrowing privileges and services to their patrons and receive financial support from local tax funds. Public libraries may be municipal, which are established by and administrative units of local government, or association, which are not units of town government but receive some public funding. Some towns are served by more than one public library. Library visits include all persons entering a library for any purpose, including persons attending meetings or activities and persons requiring no staff assistance. Circulation counts all library materials of all formats lent out for use outside the library, including renewals. Registered borrowers are all town residents to whom a library has issued membership. Reference questions counts all interactions in which library staff provide information, knowledge, or recommendations to patrons. Town tax appropriation indicates the funds allotted to the library's operation budget from the town. The Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List per Capita (AENGLC) measures town wealth based on property tax and income per capita.

Annual statistical data on Public Library Services from each Queensland Council from 2010/2011 financial year on.

This index includes Council level data on expenditure, collections, usage, membership, events, and services; and Branch level data on facilities, opening hours, and services.

Additional background information can be found on the Public Library Statistics web page: http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/manage/statistics

This statistic shows the share of public libraries in the United States which have a library app as of January 2018, by library size. During the survey, 69 percent of very large libraries stated that they have a library app.

This table presents an overview of the number of public libraries, the number of volumes in collections, the number of volumes lent out to the public, registered users, the staff working for public libraries and their operating costs and revenues.

Data available from: 1999.

Status of the figures: The figures for 2023 are preliminary. The figures for 2022 are revised preliminary, since further research is needed in regard to the financial variables. All other figures are final.

Changes as of 12 September 2024: The revised preliminary figures for 2022 have been published. The preliminary figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published? Preliminary figures for 2024 will be published in September 2025, as well as the final figures for 2022 and 2023.

This dataset provides the monthly circulation statistics since 2013, including renewals, for all public libraries in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Self-reported data from approximately 380 public libraries, First Nation public libraries and contracting organizations. The data includes: * general information including address * financial information * holdings information * staffing information * facilities information * activities information including typical week data * partnership information (2011 onwards) Data from 2011 and onwards is from a refreshed database. New fields were added for: * provincial funding types * project grant types * special collections holdings * circulation of E-resources including E-books * lending laptops * program types * readers advisory transactions * information technology support In 2012, new fields were added for: * E-readers * requests for accessible format materials * business and economic partnerships. In 2013 more fields were added for social media visits and other professional staff. In 2016 a field was added for indigenous language training and retention, while circulating and reference holdings information was combined. In 2017 fields were added for e-learning services, students hired for a summer or semester, circulating wireless hot spots, and library service visits to residence-bound people. In 2019 fields were added for Facility Rentals and Bookings, ‘Pop-up’ Libraries, Extended Services and Facilities, Government Services Partnerships, and Business and Economic Sector Partnerships. The database uses the common name "LibStats".

The Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2004 (PLS FY2004), is a study that is part of the Library Statistics program. PLS FY2004 (https://www.imls.gov/research/public_libraries_in_the_united_states_survey.aspx) is a cross-sectional study that includes information on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children's materials, reference transactions, library visits, children's program attendance, interlibrary loans, electronic services and information, full-time-equivalent staff, operating revenue and expenditures, and capital expenditures. The study was conducted using paper surveys, web-based surveys, and email. The key respondents in this study were state library agencies. The study's response rate was 97.7 percent. The key statistics produced from PLS FY2004 were about service measures such as access to the Internet, number of users of electronic resources, number of internet terminals used by the general public, reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and circulation of children's materials. It also includes information about size of collection, staffing, operating revenue and expenditures, type of geographic service area, type of legal basis, type of administrative structure, number and type of public library service outlets, and square footage of outlets.

Statistics by type of media in Hawaii State Public Libraries for 2011

As of the fiscal year of 2019, New York state had the highest number of full-time-equivalent staff in public libraries in the United States, with around 12,859 employees. The states with the next highest number of full-time-equivalent public library staff were California, Ohio, and Illinois.

Find Public Libraries in the state of Oklahoma.

From 2005 to 2019, the share of individuals that visited a public library in England decreased gradually. According to the survey, roughly 48 percent of respondents claimed to have visited a public library in 2005. This share reached a record low of 31.4 percent in 2019.

Annual statistics on Libraries in the London Borough of Barnet including:

Yearly and weekly visitor figures

For more information visit the Barnet Libraries webpage

The statistics of the number of people borrowing books and the number of books borrowed from Miaoli County Public Libraries are provided for public reference and use.

The German Library Statistics (DBS) is the national statistics of the German library system and contains statistical key figures. It includes public libraries, scientific libraries, as well as specialized scientific libraries. More information can be found at DBS. This dataset contains the following information about public libraries in Bavaria in 2002: Number of libraries (facilities), public space (m2), annual opening hours

Libraries Statistics: MA. Table 14. Libraries with web page by type of library. National.

Libraries Statistics: CL. Table 14. Libraries with web page by type of library. National.

This multi-year dataset has been compiled to provide users with a single, compact source of reliable BC public library data. For better cross-year comparisons, we have used the current (2019) question wording and numbering for all included years. The full data is available in both XLS and CSV format. Version Notes: 19.0 Initial release of the 2019 survey results