The pie graphs depict the main reason why British visit libraries in 1991 and 2000.
Overall, the dominant factor that drove people to go to the libraries was to borrow or return books, which was presented both in 1991 and 2000. Adversely, the proportions of people visit libraries for the purpose of studying and obtaining information were the lowest in 1991, while only studying was the least in 2000.
A closer examination of the data reveals that the percentage of British who go to libraries to borrow or return books dropped slightly during the period, which was 65% in 1991 and 55% in 2000. Coincidentally, studying and reading newspapers or magazines also shared the same trend as borrowing or returning books. The former decreased from 15% to 5% whereas the latter declined 8% from 10% in 1991 to 2% in 2000.
However, there were more British go to libraries for some other reasons. Apparently, more and more people prefer to obtain information in the libraries during this nine years, the proportion of which increased 10% from 10% in 1991 to 20% in 2000, becoming the second main reason that made people visit libraries. Additionally, a pure new reason, borrow or return videos, appeared in 2000 at a ratio of 18%.