[Library Service at the National Library, Cultural Foundation: Statistics 2000]

Abstract

This item is a unified institutional statistical dossier on the library service of the National Library at the Cultural Foundation for the year 2000. It consists of four interconnected quantitative sections documenting patterns of use across the library’s services and facilities. The first page presents data on borrowers and types of borrowed materials, supported by tables and pie charts showing the distribution of circulated subjects such as Arabic fiction, English fiction, children’s books, and other categories. The second page records the total number of users of the main hall, classified by category, gender, and educational level, thus offering a statistical profile of the library’s primary audience.

The third and fourth pages extend this profile by documenting internet room usage during the year and the number and categories of users of the library halls according to place, gender, qualification, and user group. Taken together, the four pages do not constitute separate items, but rather a single integrated statistical report on multiple dimensions of institutional use. The item therefore has documentary value for administrative monitoring, service evaluation, and the assessment of library and cultural facilities.