Items supplied/consulted to users by the British Library (UK) 2010-2015 Statistic

This statistic displays the number of items supplied or consulted to users of the British Library remotely and online from 2010/11 to 2014/15. As of the most recent financial year end, 4.8 million items were supplied by the British Library.

Number of items supplied or consulted by the British Library in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2014/15 (in millions)

Characteristic	Items in millions***
2014/15*	4.8
2013/14*	4.42
2012/13	10.3
2011/12	11.07
2010/11	10.3

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Release date

September 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010/11 to 2014/15**

Special properties

remotely and online

Supplementary notes

* A more accurate method of recording the number of readers and items consulted was introduced for the years 2013/14 and 2014/15. Full details of the performance using the previous measure are included in the further information and tatistics available on the British Library website.

** Items as at March 31 annually.

*** The source indicates: " Items supplied/consulted includes access to the collection through our Reading Rooms, Remote Document Supply services and access to digitised images on our website. Items consulted in the Reading Rooms were lower in 2012/13 reflecting a reduction in visits to Reading Rooms together with an increase in reader activity towards the use of third party information. Documents accessed remotely through the Document Supply service continued to decline due to the overall downturn in demand and lower than expected fulfilment due to delays in the British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS) deployment, embargoes within storage areas, changes to the application of overseas copyright and a reduction in acquisition funding."

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