Dubai Public Libraries - Dubai Municipality

Abstract

This file constitutes an institutional statistical item on Dubai Public Libraries affiliated with Dubai Municipality and presents an integrated quantitative picture of aspects of their organizational structure, services, human resources, collections, and patterns of use during 1999. The item opens with references to the online presence of Dubai Public Libraries and statistics on the use of internet-related services in the most recent months, then moves to the organizational structure of the Public Libraries Department, the number of staff, and selected elements of the technical infrastructure. It also provides tables on general and reference collections, seating capacity, numbers of visitors and subscribers, and circulation activity, distributed by branch and by month.

The material further offers analytical data on users and beneficiaries by nationality, gender, and age groups, supported by comparative charts and tables that help in reading differences among branches and patterns of use. It also includes indicators related to collection movement or the distribution of materials by fields of knowledge in some branches, making the item a useful quantitative document for evaluating the performance of public libraries in Dubai, understanding the nature of their user community, supporting administrative and service planning, and measuring the impact of both traditional and electronic library services at the end of the 1990s.