New data released by Cardiff Council shows a tenth of books stocked at Cardiff Central library have never been borrowed
Posted by Hannah Waldram, The Guardian, Monday 15 March 2010
One in five Welsh language books stocked in Cardiff Central Library are never borrowed, new data reveals.
Following comments made on this article I decided to look into whether claims Welsh books were taking up space on Cardiff's libraries were true.
Cardiff Council informed me breaking down the information for every library in the city would take too long – so I decided to focus my freedom of information request on Cardiff Central Library.
Out of 6,717 Welsh language books held in Cardiff Central Library, 1,507 had never been borrowed (22%).
Out of 99,068 English language books held in the library, 9,731 had never been borrowed (9.8%).
The total percentage of books never borrowed from Cardiff Central Library (both languages) is 10.6%.
A representative from the council said the 'weeding' of Welsh language books from the shelves did not conform to the Welsh Public Library standard policy of removing books which had never been borrowed after 7.6 years.
The full piece at the Guardian online.
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