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Public library statistical snapshot

Summary of Queensland public library services statistics.

February 2012
Total library sites	340
Independent library sites (including mobiles)	252
Country Lending Service library sites	68
Indigenous Knowledge Centres	20
2010-2011
Total population served	4,414,460
Total loans	40,511,975
Loans per capita	9.18
Total membership	1,984,545
Percentage of population enrolled	45%
Total visits	20,765,834
Visits per capita	4.70
Total stock	7,905,707
Lending Stock	7,569,919
Lending stock per capita	1.71
Loans per item	5.35
Expenditure per capita (excluding Capital and Library Materials expenditure)	$34.85
Total expenditure on library services	$203,947,018
Total staff (full time equivalent)	1,424
Total qualified librarians (full time equivalent)	370
Public Access PCs (providing Internet, library catalogue, software)	2,374

Last updated: 16th February 2012

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