LISU Annual Library Statistics 2000

The subtitle of this annual is “Featuring trend analysis of UK public and academic libraries 1989‐99”. The title page also carries the note: “Including Public Libraries Statistics Report No. 14”. The verso of the title page carries another title: Library and Information Commission Research Report 88 (ISSN 1466 2949). And just to intrigue this reviewer further still, the copyright is owned, not by LISU, but by Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries. As we get further into this complex work, numerous other players in the library statistics game emerge. These include CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance...