The bart chart provides information about borrowing four typies book from local libraries in the United of Kingdon one decade – between 1995 and 2005, and numbers are given with millions.
Overall, it is clear that the number of Adult Fiction and Adult non-Fiction dropped dramatically, whereas the number of borrowing of top Audio-Visual Material rose sightly. Meanwhile, the number of Children’s books almost stood unchanged over time.
Intially, focusing on the decreases, the number of Adult Fiction was 330 million in 1995 and there was a dramatic drop to 230 million in the next 10 years. The Adult Non-Fiction borrowed dominated with 1113 million copies in the beginning, however it faced a significant reduction in 2005, dropped to 110 million copies.
In contrast, local readers started borrowing the Top Audio-Visual Material over time. Having started the period with 28 million copies, and the number of this type book borrowed rose moderately, reaching 60 million copies within a decade.
Meanwhile, the number of Children’s Books lent by the libraries remained almost stable. In 1995, 107 million copies were borrowed by people, and this number increased, reaching with 114 millions and dropped to 104 million copies
