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YEAR

INQUIRIES

RESOURCES SERVICES

LIBRARY COLLECTION HUMAN RESOURCES FINANCIAL RESOURCES LIBRARY CARDS LOANS

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used at least once

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1993 24 19 79% 321.073 19 3.496 18 14.683 16 86 19 57 12 158.404 14 510.419 14 66.335 12 nd 0 43.651 17 52.557 18 32 1

1994 38 25 66% 554.019 24 4.374 21 23.465 22 135 25 120 15 431.649 22 1.624.355 20 238.291 16 30.758 24 152.590 23 279.698 24 2.087 3

1995 44 32 73% 690.108 32 7.161 28 57.795 29 136 29 148 23 460.853 30 2.221.679 30 596.488 24 25.549 31 230.164 30 366.730 31 23.506 4

1996 53 42 79% 970.653 41 9.368 40 50.218 38 225 41 146 33 806.097 37 2.835.247 38 458.390 31 37.923 41 276.243 40 458.706 40 48.326 10

1997 57 36 63% 802.133 35 4.945 33 42.835 35 184 36 150 31 494.773 28 2.382.207 31 1.001.970 28 22.479 35 174.781 32 328.808 36 15.804 5

1998 73 56 77% 1.617.371 56 12.619 52 120.098 54 360 56 291 56 1.657.510 46 5.129.946 46 1.490.079 45 73.877 54 497.913 51 774.022 50 97.809 18

1999 78 61 78% 1.886.700 58 13.993 49 106.431 58 400 61 310 61 1.498.920 48 5.918.127 47 853.392 41 35.103 50 148.450 47 643.118 54 777.894 52 143.042 23

2000 81 70 86% 2.283.389 68 31.656 64 167.073 67 486 69 422 68 1.707.520 54 7.437.940 53 1.092.788 49 46.549 60 220.249 55 876.507 60 1.135.919 63 200.510 30

2001 87 84 97% 2.690.733 78 34.729 77 204.688 77 558 83 543 81 2.417.503 61 10.694.136 58 1.588.574 48 45.254 69 244.742 62 881.210 70 1.265.706 73 358.127 38

2002 106 89 84% 3.015.516 84 33.732 76 256.174 83 624 87 639 87 1.316.980 66 8.717.389 62 1.405.979 53 68.667 75 331.249 64 1.244.667 79 1.364.602 82 563.601 50

2003 107 95 89% 3.368.629 91 58.489 85 290.227 91 689 93 624 93 1.747.655 71 10.736.682 68 1.546.964 55 66.594 84 334.152 76 1.468.181 85 1.657.734 89 589.668 55

2004 122 78 64% 2.734.969 75 32.209 68 244.061 74 568 77 481 78 1.458.801 63 8.631.174 61 1.563.649 52 46.369 71 277.837 66 1.057.074 73 1.188.938 74 497.024 48

2005 133 94 71% 3.771.546 86 41.002 84 307.264 89 712 91 573 90 1.802.152 68 11.561.042 66 3.107.980 51 58.032 87 294.202 75 1.329.191 83 1.237.970 86 569.786 63

2006 145 124 86% 4.448.773 116 45.849 112 381.228 115 948 120 711 120 1.767.380 91 14.559.713 91 4.868.180 71 71.331 110 344.070 98 1.211.013 110 1.470.998 113 574.436 76

2007 154 136 88% 4.748.396 124 50.210 117 419.484 126 1.011 131 791 130 1.858.999 97 14.692.179 93 2.803.481 80 72.473 126 442.916 116 1.096.257 117 1.583.373 121 585.536 80

2008 159 142 89% 5.563.822 139 49.796 131 469.197 134 1.119 142 823 141 2.013.137 107 16.888.869 102 4.956.776 92 71.030 131 524.309 132 1.477.971 126 1.636.532 133 672.536 116

2009 174 145 83% 4.212.131 102 32.814 101 384.893 98 1.144 145 822 145 1.622.528 91 15.367.822 95 1.188.089 77 67.850 128 265.203 106 951.519 84 1.172.495 110 602.307 101

2010 189 184 97% 4.582.552 113 40.192 126 538.666 148 1.414 184 1.011 184 1.634.963 130 18.912.550 114 3.520.238 109 80.174 168 278.723 124 774.046 97 1.536.925 154 502.454 156

2011 191 188 98% 5.521.739 119 50.881 132 644.990 160 1.392 188 1.030 188 1.187.404 137 21.420.834 121 2.464.813 120 69.196 180 280.636 130 906.566 108 1.586.332 156 494.251 160

2012 194 188 97% 5.619.599 118 40.647 132 649.582 164 1.362 188 1.022 188 902.631 135 20.873.854 126 3.564.726 124 72.836 183 253.213 128 975.275 104 1.860.057 161 578.950 163

2013 195 192 98% 5.739.806 119 52.534 142 686.798 167 1.393 192 1.016 192 951.993 142 22.239.124 125 3.134.699 117 66.020 184 282.726 133 788.570 99 1.792.657 161 603.541 162

2014 206 199 97% 5.811.988 122 48.240 145 693.450 171 1.332 199 1.049 199 994.851 148 23.707.134 134 3.244.290 127 64.277 186 267.205 131 799.564 104 1.699.113 169 410.987 168

2015 209 201 96% 6.096.701 121 52.473 148 715.506 170 1.318 201 1.047 201 1.048.926 150 23.479.044 135 2.899.050 127 56.792 190 278.226 142 752.898 109 1.698.210 174 354.335 174

Information source: Public Library Inquiry. DGLAB (Directorate-General for the Book, Archives and Libraries) 2016