This statistic displays changes to public library staffing and hours in the United Kingdom in 2012, since government cutbacks on library spending in May 2010. Roughly 10.8 percent of respondents reported that opening hours increased since the cutbacks.
How have opening hours and staff numbers changed at your library since the cutbacks?
Characteristic
Increased
Decreased
No change
Don't know
Not applicable
Opening hours
10.8%
35.8%
43.2%
1%
0.7%
Number of full time paid posts
1.5%
60.8%
21.4%
3.7%
3.5%
Number of part time paid posts
8%
55.5%
20.8%
5.6%
0.8%
Number of paid casual / agency staff (not volunteers)
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UNISON. (June 1, 2013). How have opening hours and staff numbers changed at your library since the cutbacks? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290900/changes-to-public-library-hours-and-staffing-since-cutbacks-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
UNISON. "How have opening hours and staff numbers changed at your library since the cutbacks?." Chart. June 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290900/changes-to-public-library-hours-and-staffing-since-cutbacks-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
UNISON. (2013). How have opening hours and staff numbers changed at your library since the cutbacks?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290900/changes-to-public-library-hours-and-staffing-since-cutbacks-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
UNISON. "How Have Opening Hours and Staff Numbers Changed at Your Library since The Cutbacks?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290900/changes-to-public-library-hours-and-staffing-since-cutbacks-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/
UNISON, How have opening hours and staff numbers changed at your library since the cutbacks? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290900/changes-to-public-library-hours-and-staffing-since-cutbacks-in-the-uk-united-kingdom/ (last visited January 21, 2022)
