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    The public libraries statistic shows the activity of the public libraries in Denmark. Information regarding capacity, growth, loans and renewal of loans can be found.

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    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Public libraries (BIB2B)


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    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Public libraries key figures (BIB1)


    Public libraries key figures
    Unit: Number
    20222023
    Lending. All materials23 292 13924 892 932
    Lending. Books20 626 70822 347 865
    Lending. Audio books200 910167 418
    Lending. Music recordings438 049395 170
    Lending. Moving pictures774 237738 953
    Lending. Multimedia173 127179 257
    Lending. Other materials131 393141 820
    Lending. Serial publications947 715922 449
    Footnote
    Number of loans, stock, accession, discarding, interlibrary loans and active loaners will not be published in 2016 and 2017 due to problems with datagathering due to problems arising from a lot of the libraries changing IT-systems.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Public libraries key figures (BIB1)

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