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Public library statistical snapshot

Summary of Queensland public library services statistics.

October 2009
Total library sites	342
Independent library sites (including mobiles)	256
Country Lending Service library sites	69
Indigenous Knowledge Centres	17
2007 - 2008
Total population served	4,035,111
Total loans	39,869,017
Loans per capita	9.88
Total membership	1,973,338
Percentage of population enrolled	49%
Total visits	18,640,648
Visits per capita	4.62
Total stock	7,882,025
Lending Stock	7,507,857
Lending stock per capita	1.86
Loans per item	5.31
Expenditure per capita (excluding Capital and Library Materials expenditure)	$33.41
Total expenditure on library services	$182,458,762
Total staff (full time equivalent)	1,374
Total qualified librarians (full time equivalent)	356
Public Access PCs (providing Internet, library catalogue, software)	2,196

Last updated: 8th October 2009

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