Today, it is World Book Day, at least it is in the UK. In most parts of the world, this is celebrated on 23 April, but for us it happens on the first Thursday in March - apparently to avoid clashes with Easter and school holidays. Confusingly, there is now also a World Book Night on 5 March.
Talking of books, there is some new data on the 43 Oxfordshire libraries here, which relates their use for one year up to November 2010. For Grove, the age profile of registered users is: Children(0-17)=580(47%), Adult(18-59)=499(40%) and Over 60=157(13%). There is also a graph of where current borrowers live - this is obviously dominated by Grove, but there is quite a reach into the surrounding villages and parts of Wantage.
On the financial side, the average cost per visit is quoted for each library - an interesting statistic, but clearly this is only one parameter that needs to be considered alongside many others when reviewing the libraries. For Grove, this is £1.91 (across all 43 libraries this averages to £2.08). To put this into context, click on the graphic above and it will show this cost for all 43 libraries in Oxfordshire.
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