The Australian Library and Information Sector
How many libraries?
| Sector |
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Source |
| Public libraries |
505 local government library organisations with 1510 library locations |
(a) |
| National/State/Territory |
8 National and State library organisations with 26 locations |
(a) |
| University libraries |
41 university library systems with 231 locations |
(b) |
| TAFE |
100 institutes and other government providers with about 1 000 campuses |
(c) |
| School libraries |
9 596 schools (72.3 per cent government, 27.7 per cent non-government) |
(d) |
| Special libraries |
1 12 research and specialist libraries in Federal and State/Territory government organisations and libraries in corporations and other non-government organisations |
(e) |
Funding and expenditure
| Expenditure |
| Local government libraries |
$456.5m recurrent expenditure |
(a) |
| National/State libraries |
$232m expenditure |
(a) |
| University libraries |
$409.6m expenditure |
(b) |
| Sources of funding |
| Local government libraries |
$477.9m (71 per cent from local government, 24 per cent from State/Federal - mainly State funding) |
(a) |
| National/State libraries |
$227m ($39M from Federal government; $152m from State/Territory governments |
(a) |
| University libraries |
Federal/State |
|
| School libraries |
Government schools - state/territory government-funded
Non-government schools - private, State and Federal government-funded |
|
| Special libraries |
Corporate/private, state and federal government funding |
|
Information resources
| Local government libraries |
39.38 million items |
$91.5m on acquisition of library materials; $1.2m on online subscriptions |
(a) |
| National/State libraries |
14.9 million items |
$31.5m on acquisition of library materials; $1m on online subscriptions |
(a) |
| University libraries |
27.63 million non-serial items; 0.93 million current serial titles (including electronic) |
$154.9m on acquisition of library materials (including $105.8m on serial subscriptions) |
(b) |
Staffing
| Local government libraries |
$270.2m labour costs |
9 592 employees |
(a) |
| National/State libraries |
$97m labour costs |
2 248 employees |
(a) |
| University libraries |
$208.3m labour costs |
4 298.3 employees (full-time equivalent) |
(b) |
Users and usage
| Local government libraries |
10.686 million members (54 per cent of population)
93.335 million visits (11 per cent increase since 96/97)
162.035 million loans
Public libraries most used and valued community service provided by local government
Est. 99 per cent of population has direct access to public library system |
(a)
(f) |
| National/State libraries |
6.1 million visits |
(a) |
| University libraries |
885 222 user population (34 065 academic staff; 44 228 other staff; 806 935 students, including 94 971 external students)
22 250m loans |
(b) |
| TAFE libraries |
749 400 vocational educational and training (VET) students |
(d) |
| School libraries |
3.268 million primary and secondary school students |
(d) |
Services
| Local government libraries |
In 1999/2000 2832 internet work stations (ave. 2.05 per location); 236 (46.7 per cent) organisations with web presence; 75 (14.8 per cent) organisations with catalogue accessible through web presence |
|
| National/State libraries |
173 internet workstations (ave. 6.7 per location) |
|
| University libraries |
59 606 study seats; opening hours ave. 74.47 per week) |
|
Continuing growth in internet services in public libraries (2000/01 figures)
| Victoria |
946 PCs with internet access (14 per cent increase) |
(g) |
| New South Wales |
897 PCs with internet access (30 per cent increase)
35 Organisations with web catalogues (133 per cent increase)
|
(h) |
| Queensland |
Rural.connect program (NTN funded) to provide 100 PCs to 50 shires, plus technical support and training |
(i) |
Sources
(a) Australian Bureau of Statistics. Public libraries Australia, 1999-2000. (Cat. No.8561.0, 2001)
(b) 2000 Australian and New Zealand Academic Library statistics. Australian Academic and Research Libraries, supplement to Vol 32(3), September 2001
(c) National Centre for Vocational Education Research. Australian vocational education and training: an overview (http://www.ncver.edu.au/statistics/aag/aus2000/pubtrain.htm accessed 13 August 2002)
(d) Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian social trends 2002 (Cat. No. 4102.0)
(e) Directory of special libraries, 10th ed, 1999
(f) internal ALIA report
(g) Victoria, Dept of Infrastructure. Annual survey of Victorian public libraries 2000-2001
(h) State Library of NSW Public Libraries Branch. Public libraries statistics (http://www.stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb accessed 2 August 2002)
(i) State Library of Queensland. Online Public Access in Libraries (OPAL) project (http://www.sql.qld.gov.au/project/opal/about.htm accessed 15 August 2002)
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