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Public library statistical snapshot

Summary of Queensland public library services statistics.

JANUARY 2008
Total library sites	339
Independent library sites (including mobiles)	179
Country Lending Service library sites	145
Indigenous Knowledge Centres	15
2006 - 2007 FIGURES
Total population served	3,931,816
Total loans	40,168,087
Loans per capita	10.22
Total membership	1,945,793
Percentage of population enrolled	50%
Total visits	18,755,774
Visits per capita	4.77
Total stock	7,742,471
Lending Stock	7,316,346
Lending stock per capita	1.86
Loans per item	5.49
Expenditure per capita (excluding Capital and Library Materials expenditure)	$31.83
Total expenditure on library services	$167,338,164
Total staff (full time equivalent)	1,354
Total qualified librarians (full time equivalent)	355
Public Access PCs (providing Internet, library catalogue, software)	2,146

Last updated: 29th January 2008

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