The chart illustrates the number of materials borrowed from public libraries in the United Kingdom over the ten-year period between 1995 and 2005.
Overall, it is clear that the figure for items which were borrowed from the UK libraries decreased significantly throughout the period. In addition, top audio-visual materials and children’s books were in favour of many individuals, while the least was adult fiction.
Looking firstly at children’s books, the figure peaked at 1113 million in 1995, whereas the top audio-visual materials was at 330 million. It then dropped dramatically to 161 million five years later, and ended at 110 million in 2005. A similar pattern was observed in top audio-visual materials, the figure decreased to 280 and 230 million from 2000 to 2005, surpassing the children’s book to become the highest figure recorded in this period.
Regarding adult-non fiction, starting at 107 million in 1995, which then rose modestly to 113 million in 2005 before going down slowly to 104 five years later. In terms of adult fiction, which was the least favourite item, it started at 98 million, then dropped to 93 million in 2000. In the end of the period, only 60 million was recorded for this figure.