LISU Annual Library Statistics 1999, Featuring Trend Analysis of UK Public and Academic Libraries 1988‐1998

This work summarises trends in the provision and performance of public, academic (mainly higher education but with sidelong glances at further education and secondary schools), and special (government, legal, professional etc) libraries in the UK. Its trend analysis approach covers the decade 1988‐1998. It follows in a tradition and so there are familiar features ‐ general statistics about inflation and prices, book and periodical publishing, book consumption and Public Lending Right; a wealth of topical and important data; and a series of commentaries and summaries binding it all together. It draws on a wide variety of key sources and organisations...