Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:45:03 +0530
From: Madhuresh
Dear Friends,
One out of every six people in the world is a registered library user.
Five times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend
U.S. professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey
games combined.
Libraries hold 16 billion volumes worldwide-that's about 2.5 items for
each person on earth.
1 million libraries worldwide.
Total number of librarians worldwide: 690,000.
If you are interested in above statistical data, this OCLC report -
Libraries: How they stack up, is for you. This report provides a
snapshot of the economic impact of libraries. The report contains some
interesting comparisons of library economics and activities to other
sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy. To
access the report, just follow the URL
http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf
Regards.
Madhuresh Singhal
Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited,
Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road,
Bangalore 562 158
Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422
Mobile: 98861 82822
E-mail: mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com
