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BREMEN PUBLIC LIBRARY

--- SMALL,BUT POWERFUL


RostockHamburg

Hannover

Magdeburg

Berlin

München

Erfurt Dresden

Stuttgart

Nürnberg

Düsseldorf

BREMEN

Frankfurt

WHERE IS BREMEN?

Inhabitants: 547,000 Territory: 310 sqkm


The Library Network1 central library6 branch libraries: adults & children1 mobile library (with 14 stops)1 prison + 1 hospital library

BREMEN


With a budget of about 9.7 Million € the library offered in 2008:

opening hours14,100

printed books389,000

CDs,DVDs, games & other material

125,000

periodicals600

events2,700


228

191

149

136

120132 127

121 115119

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

240

1981 1984 1994 1998 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Staff (Fulltime equivalent)


Bremen Public Libraries counted 1.27 Million visits to the premises and 1.25 Million visits to the homepage.

57,000 users held a library card and carried out 3.5 Million loans.


0

500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

3.500.000

4.000.000

Loans 2.764.458 2.204.663 2.116.713 2.419.725 3.074.975 3.349.716 3.773.616 3.334.459 3.340.513 3.478.857

Visits 1.273.549 1.237.383 1.521.265 1.510.960 1.490.966 1.276.257 1.178.502 1.269.334

1980 1990 1996 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Performance 1980 – 2008 shows increasing figures


Correlation between input and output 1999-2008

9.756.271 €9.620.878 €9.403.838 €

10.699.498 €

9.903.064 €9.402.602 €

3.651.020

3.349.716 3.463.435

3.340.513

3.478.857

2.406.213

0

2.000.000

4.000.000

6.000.000

8.000.000

10.000.000

12.000.000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

3.500.000

4.000.000

4.500.000

5.000.000

5.500.000

Output – Loans: 1:5

Input – Euros: 1:1


7,7%

9,3%10,3%

13,9%

6,4%

11,5%

13,4%

10,0%10,9%

3,8

4,2

55,2

5,6

6,5 6,6 6,56,8

0,0%

2,0%

4,0%

6,0%

8,0%

10,0%

12,0%

14,0%

16,0%

18,0%

20,0%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

0

1

2

3

4

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6

7

•Correlation between turnover and renewal rate

1:2


1.396.4931.269.334

513.890 871.792

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500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2005 2008

-9 %

+70 %

1.910.3832.141.126+10 %

Correlation between physical and virtual visits


247,32

90,24

241,00235,04

239,99

189,11

167,21169,52

150,42143,80134,86

85,0289,9695,59

88,2986,0481,9477,2877,7376,57

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50,00

100,00

150,00

200,00

250,00

300,00

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

loans per openinghour

visits per openinghour

The performance became more efficient


Structure of users according to library card owners

9,715 young adults

12,449 children

34,682 adults

56,846 registered users = 11 percent of the population

(22 %)

(61 %)(17 %)


IMPRESSIONS OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY




IMPRESSIONS OF THE BRANCHES



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