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This report analyses the historic performance of public library services in the US, UK and Australia. It contains a narrative of the past ten years, showing declines in use and how widely they have occurred. It looks at the performance of different library activities and of different categories of expenditure on libraries It looks at the use of different reading formats that are available and how much they are used in public libraries compared to the wider reading public It identifies the purpose of reading in libraries and what influences people to read their books The report draws conclusions and makes recommendations for improvement.

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"From Tim Coates' previous work on public libraries ""Just the ticket to ensuring your library is the center of your community"" - Sally Gardner Reed, Executive Director, ALTAFF, USA ""Tim Coates brings an informed eye to the world of public libraries, always challenging and provocative""- Alan Gibbons, author ""Tim Coates knows more about libraries and how to make them better than any number of management consultants or quangoes"" - Richard Charkin, Executive Director, Bloomsbury publishing USA and UK ""Tim Coates shows local libraries transformed and that in turn transform the way local people view and use their libraries"" - Mavis Cheek, author ""Tim Coates' passion, imagination and determination for libraries are an inspiration to us all"" - Hugh Andrew, Birlinn, publisher, Edinburgh ""Practical and upbeat advice, in a delightful style, for anyone who wants to see public libraries thrive- Kathleen Zaenger, Director, Howell Carnegie district library, Michigan USA ""Libraries are our future, to close them would be a terrible, terrible mistake"" - Neil Gaiman, author."

From Tim Coates' previous work on public libraries Just the ticket to ensuring your library is the center of your community - Sally Gardner Reed, Executive Director, ALTAFF, USA Tim Coates brings an informed eye to the world of public libraries, always challenging and provocative - Alan Gibbons, author Tim Coates knows more about libraries and how to make them better than any number of management consultants or quangoes - Richard Charkin, Executive Director, Bloomsbury publishing USA and UK Tim Coates shows local libraries transformed and that in turn transform the way local people view and use their libraries - Mavis Cheek, author Tim Coates' passion, imagination and determination for libraries are an inspiration to us all - Hugh Andrew, Birlinn, publisher, Edinburgh Practical and upbeat advice, in a delightful style, for anyone who wants to see public libraries thrive- Kathleen Zaenger, Director, Howell Carnegie district library, Michigan USA Libraries are our future, to close them would be a terrible, terrible mistake - Neil Gaiman, author.

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