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Monthly computer usage figures by branch library from April 2008 to present. Additional information Given as a percentage of the total available time computers can be booked. Blank means no data available. BIPC is the Business & IP Centre based within the City Library.

Monthly enquiry figures by branch library for April 2008 to present. Additional information Until 8 April 2018 an enquiry was defined as any question asked of library staff by a member of the public.What we record as an enquiry was first redefined in a narrower way on 9 April 2018, then reviewed several times over the following months. From 1 September 2018 only questions regarding the following are counted as enquiries: assistance with...

Monthly number of people visiting (entering) a library; by branch from April 2008 to present. We advise you to explore this data alongside our opening times data set, which shows changes in opening hours over the years.   Additional information Blank means no data available. Fenham Library: from end of August 2018 to early December 2018 Fenham Library underwent some building work. This caused the library to be closed a few extra days...

Monthly loan figures (number of items issued) by branch library for April 2008 to present.   Additional information Blank means no data availableAn issue is any item issued from the library catalogue

Monthly number of unique users who connected to Newcastle Libraries Wi-Fi from April 2019 to present. Additional notes No login is required for the Wi-Fi; users do not need to be library members to connect to the network. There is no data for Walker Library as it does not have its own Wi-Fi; citizens visiting the library use the Walker Activity Dome Wi-Fi network. Only partial data is available for April 2019.

Extract from the Library Management System (LMS) showing the items held in the libraries' catalogue. Due to a change of LMS in 2018 different fields are available from 2018 onwards.   Additional information 2019- data barcode = unique number allocated to each copy on our system biblionumber = unique number attached to title by our system when creating the title record isbn = International Standard Book Number, attached to title by publi...

Extract from the Library Management System (LMS) showing the libraries' catalogue of titles held in the collections. Due to a change of LMS in 2018 different fields are available from 2018 onwards.   Additional information 2019- data biblionumber = unique number attached to title by our system when creating the title record isbn = International Standard Book Number, attached to title by publisher copyrightdate = year from which copyrigh...

Monthly usage figures for online resources including databases and e-book platforms when available, for January 2005 to present. Additional information Blank means no data available Resources included : description {minimum dates of subscription} What the figure is 19th Century British Library Newspapers : digital newspaper archive {May 2007 - present} Number of sessions Access to Research : online journals {April 2014 - present} Numb...

Time each library opens and closes each day of the week.Data starts in 2004, with updated list every time the opening times of one library or more change. Note: some changes, especially in the earlier years of this dataset, may be missing.   Additional information Benwell reopened as West End Library 17/11/08. Gosforth closed in temporary accommodation 02/12/07 reopened 17/12/07. High Heaton closed 15/09/07 reopened as mobile 01/10...

Lists of the 50 most borrowed junior fiction titles across Newcastle Libraries by year.For each title, the dataset includes the name of the author, the number of loans and the number of copies that generated those loans.