York Libraries publish visitor and book issue numbers

York Libraries – now run by a a mutual benefit society with charitable status – have updated their performance stats page. They deserve some credit for doing so on a regular basis – in contrast to some other local taxpayer subsidised QUANGOs who are very reluctant to release  similar information.

Generally visitor numbers have been stable over the last year or so.

The central Explore Library is – not surprisingly – the most used with 530,020 visitors over the last 15 months. It is followed by Acomb (128,277) and Rowntree Park (100,808)

York libraries user numbers

York libraries user numbers

The number of books borrowed is also fairly stable.

York libraries book issues

York libraries book issues

Once again the central library dominates (296,595) against 123,397 at Acomb and 79,938 at Tang Hall.

Rowntree Park had a relatively modest 11,572 issues suggesting that the library there is popular for other reasons (possibly the cafe).

The Library recently had a £100,000 application to the Arts Council granted. It also recently opened a pop-up Reading Cafe in the historic Homestead Park.