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Wednesday, 18th July 2007

LAMPOST: LISU's New Statistical Compilation for the Information Economy (UK)

New Online: LAMPOST: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Publishing Online Statistics Tables

The LAMPOST is the successor to the LIST - incorporating most of the LIST tables, together with a wider coverage of the museums and archives sectors. Most of the data cover the whole UK, and it is freely available online.

The site is under construction but many tables are already online.

Examples include:

General
People employed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Sector

Libraries
Number of libraries
Number working in libraries
Library expenditure
Breakdown of public library income
Schools library services – estimated resources
Libraries - web visits and workstation
Public libraries – issues
Top 10 busiest libraries (issues)
Public library members
Adult users' views of public libraries
Child users having own library card
Age of child users of public libraries

Archives
Number of archives by type
Archives workforce
Archives – value and impact
National Archives holdings
Archive visits 2003-4 2004-5 †
Visitors to archives – age
Analysis of visitors to archives

Museums
Number of museums by type
Museums workforce
Museums and galleries staff by employment type
Top 10 most visited museums
Breakdown of museum visitors by social grade
Museum visitors age profile
Museums – reasons for visiting

Book Prices
Average prices of British academic books
Book prices
Average book prices
Periodical prices
UK publishing of books


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