READING AND BORROWING HABITS Uusikaupunki Pirkko Khr Uusikaupunki
READING AND BORROWING HABITS (Uusikaupunki) Pirkko Kähärä Uusikaupunki city library 15. 04. 2015
UUSIKAUPUNKI TOWN FACTS (http: //uusikaupunki. fi) • Founded by King Gustavus Adolphus on the 19 th of April 1617 • Current population approximately 16000 • Area 2200 km 2 of which land 494 km 2 and waters 1706 km 2 • Occupational structure: - services 47 % - industry 46 % - agriculture and forestry 5, 4 % - other 1, 6 % • The most significant industries: - car-manufacturing - chemical industry - metal industry - fish processing
Uusikaupunki city library
UUSIKAUPUNKI LIBRARY FACTS 2014 • Collections / Inhabitants • Books / Inhabitants 6. 92 • Collections • 116 035 Books 106 992 • Loans • 203 112 Books • Library visits • Borrowers • Personel 7. 50 165 864 131 932 5 390 11
VASKI – joint service system (2012 -) • 17 municipal libraries – Turku… • 41 libraries and five mobile libraries • Common web library, library card and rules of use • Joint collections with regular transports – – 2 000 books 100 000 music recordings 40 000 DVDs and Blu-rays E-books, E-newspapers and databases
The number of borrowed books has decreased…
The Number Of People, Who USED Libraries To Borrow male female Books 2005 The Number Of People, Who USED Libraries To Borrow male female Books 2014 26% 29% 71% 74%
The Number Of Borrowed Books 2005 22% 78% The Number Of Borrowed Books 2014 male female 29% 71% male female
FICTION / NONFICTION 2005 The Number Of Borrowed fiction books The Number Of Borrowed nonfiction/science books (ALL) 45% 55% 2014 The Number Of Borrowed fiction books The Number Of Borrowed nonfiction/science books (ALL) 39% 61%
The Number Of Borrowed nonfiction/science books Grouped INTO The UDC* Main Tables 2005 0 - SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. ORGANIZATION. . INFORMATION. DOCUMENTATION. LIBRARIANSHIP. INSTITUTIONS. PUBLICATIONS 1 - PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY 2 - RELIGION. THEOLOGY 1% 21% 8% 5% 3 - SOCIAL SCIENCES 3% 9% 15% 11% 27% 5 - MATHEMATICS. NATURAL SCIENCES 6 - APPLIED SCIENCES. MEDICINE. TECHNOLOGY 7 - THE ARTS. RECREATION. ENTERTAINMENT. SPORT 8 - LANGUAGE. LINGUISTICS. LITERATURE 9 - GEOGRAPHY. BIOGRAPHY. HISTORY
The Number Of Borrowed nonfiction/science books Grouped INTO The UDC* Main Tables 2014 0 - SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. ORGANIZATION. . INFORMATION. DOCUMENTATION. LIBRARIANSHIP. INSTITUTIONS. PUBLICATIONS 1 - PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY 2 - RELIGION. THEOLOGY 1% 22% 3 - SOCIAL SCIENCES 2% 7% 5 - MATHEMATICS. NATURAL SCIENCES 9% 4% 15% 13% 28% 6 - APPLIED SCIENCES. MEDICINE. TECHNOLOGY 7 - THE ARTS. RECREATION. ENTERTAINMENT. SPORT 8 - LANGUAGE. LINGUISTICS. LITERATURE 9 - GEOGRAPHY. BIOGRAPHY. HISTORY
VASKI libraries – project: USERS AND COLLECTIONS A new way to evaluate • • Geographical methods Reports about the areas of influence around the library Reports about the segments of the population Reports about our collections compared with the users’ age and their loans
Age groups around Uusikaupunki library 31. 10. 2021 Gispositio oy
Age – gender – loans / All users female 30 -49 / male 30 -49
Nonfiction: supply / demand
20 most borrowed fiction book author in the year of 2005 and 2014 2005 Finland Adler Elisabeth Brown Dan Hassinen Pirjo Hietamies Laila Huovinen Veikko Lehtolainen Leena Mankell Henning Mustonen Enni Mäki Reijo Paasilinna Arto Pakkanen Outi Plain Belva Remes Ilkka Rissanen Pirjo Roberts Nora Sheldon Sidney Steel Danielle Tervo Jari Tuominen Pirjo Utrio Kaari 2014 Nationality Sweden UK US Finland 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 Nationality 5 Härkönen Anna-Leena Jokinen Seppo Jungstedt Mari Kepler Lars Kinnunen Tommi Kivelä Anneli Kyrö Tuomas Kähkönen Sirpa Lehtolainen Leena Leon Donna Lundberg Ulla-Leena Läckberg Camilla Mustonen Enni Mäki Reijo Nesbø, Jo Oksanen Sofi Rauhala Pauliina Tuuri Antti Tähtinen, Rake Valtonen, Jussi Sweden Norway US 1 1 1 1 1 15 3 1 1
Fiction book authors 2005 Finland Sweden UK US Fiction book authors 2014 Finland 5% 25% Sweden Norway 5% 15% 5% 5% 65% 75% US
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