21-6    Facilities, Services and Expenditures of Public Libraries (2001)
       
  Total    
    Public Libraries Public Libraries
Item   at Provincial at County
    Level Level
       
  Total Collections       (10 000 volumes) 42130 13167 14731
  Total Length of Bookshelves   (10 000 m) 942 283 329
  Number of Library Cards Distributed (10 000 units)    792 156 332
  Circulation of Books                   
      Total Number of Circulation (10 000 person-times)          20757 2402 10042
      Number of Books Borrowed by the       17559 1559 9154
        Readers         (10 000 volume-times)
  Service Activities Provided for Readers
      Number of Activities           (times) 51164 6328 35169
      Number of Readers Involved (10 000 person-times)           1998 488 780
  Total Expenditures         (10 000 yuan) 187661 51285 55504
       Purchase Expenses  41977 15892 5995
  Number of Books Purchased During the    1130 319 329
    Year                   (10 000 volumes)
  Floor Space of Public Buildings         562 84 275
    Floor Space of Buildings (10 000 sq.m)
       Stack Rooms             146 29 64
  Seating Capacity of Reading Rooms (10 000 seats)       44 3 27