This statistic displays the results of a survey of library employeees about changes to library services since government cutbacks in spending on public libraries in the United Kingdom (UK). Of respondents, 32.4 percent reported that thier library had introduced charges for previously free library services since cutbacks in May 2010.
Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks?
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UNISON. (June 1, 2013). Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/
UNISON. "Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks?." Chart. June 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/
UNISON. (2013). Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/
UNISON. "Has Your Library Introduced Charges for Previously Free Services since The Cutbacks?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/
UNISON, Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Has your library introduced charges for previously free services since the cutbacks? [Graph], UNISON, June 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/290899/introduction-of-charges-for-previously-free-public-library-services-since-cutbacks-united-kingdom-uk/