The pie chart presents data on the changes in the number of individuals who visit public libraries and the primary reasons to use it in Britain over a period of 9 years, from 1991 to 2000.
Overall, over the course of the period, it is noticeable that the number of visitors to the public libraries in Britain remained unchanged after nearly a decade with borrowing and returning books the most common reason. Significantly, there was an introduction about borrowing or returning videos in the latter year, which reflect the advancement of technology.
Looking first at the number of visitors to the public libraries in both specific years, it exhibited an unchanged data, staying at 290 million visits. In 1991, nearly seven-tenths of individuals visited the public libraries to borrow and return books, which was 50 percent higher than the proportion for those who read newspapers or magazines (50%). Meanwhile, the number of people who use this public space for study and obtain information made up the same portion, showing at 10%.
Turning to the 2000’s chart, the percentage of individuals who visited libraries to libraries underwent a slight decrease to 55%. By contrast, there was a steady growth to 29% in the data of obtaining information, which was 2% higher than the figure for the new reasons to the libraries (borrow or return videos). Notably, the percentages of people who were studying and reading newspapers and magazines followed the same patterns, decreasing significantly to 2% and 5%, respectively, by the end of the surveyed period.