The 10 year period data about borrowings of 4 different books and materials from public libriaries in Great Britian between 1995 to 2005 is demonstrated by the given graph.
Overall, the total number of borrowed books and materials decreased gradually during every 5 years. While children’s books and Top audio-visual materials continued to be borrowed in higher numbers, adult fiction and non-fiction books saw significat drops over the period.
The number of temporarely taken top-audio visual materials started at 28 millions. Beforing being dubled and reaching the peak of 60 million at the end of the period, there was a 5 million increase in 2000. At the same time, after experiencing a slight growth from 107 million to 114, the quantity of borrowed children books fell to 104 million in 2005.
In contrast, the rate of taking adult-fiction and non-fiction books only witnessed declines throughout the 10 year period. At the beginning, 1113 millions of adult non-fictions books were checked out. However, next five years, this figure went down sharply and reached the low of 161 millions and again experienced 51 millions drop in 2005. Similarly, over the period, there were declines of 50 millions in adult fiction books every 5 years, (from 330 to 230).
