A
Quarter of a Century of Book Borrowing
Clare
Champion, 21st April 2006
A
look at the library statistics over the last 25 years shows an increase
of 40% in the number of books being borrowed now than in 1980. A remarkable
statistic when one considers the number of distractions now compared to
1980. We now have multichannel, sports channels, dvd's, playstations,
increased foreign travel ipods, mp3, videos, personal computers, broadband,
etc.
Over
11 million books have been issued in the various branch libraries throughout
the county and the following list outlines the figures for each individual
branch.
| Branch |
Library
Issues |
New
Branch |
| de
Valera Public Library, Ennis |
3,547,882 |
(new
branch in 1975) |
| Sean
Lemass Public Library, Shannon |
1,777,172
|
(new
branch in 1983) |
| Kilrush
Public Library |
1,180,172
|
(new
branch in 1981) |
| Ennistymon
Public Library |
1,023128 |
(new
branch in 1981) |
| Killaloe
Public Library |
524,939
|
(new
branch 1994) |
| Newmarket
on Fergus Public Librray |
501,300
|
(new
branch in 1982) |
| Dr.
Patrick J. Hillery Public Library, Miltown Malbay |
490,912
|
(new
branch in 1995) |
| Sweeney
Memorial Public Library, Kilkee |
406,630
|
(since
1985) |
| Tulla
Public Library |
391,044
|
(new
branch in 1985) |
| Scariff
Public Library |
367,705
|
(new
branch under construction) |
| Kilfinaghty
Public Library, Sixmilebridge |
258,027
|
(new
branch in 2001) |
| Corofin
Public Library |
219,347
|
(new
branch in 1992) |
| Kildysart
Public Library |
200,414
|
(new
branch in 2003) |
| Lisdoonvarna
Public Library |
146,014
|
(new
branch in 1999) |
| Kilmihil
Public Library |
101,752
|
(since
1987. new branch in 2003) |
|