Not exact matches
Interestingly, libraries that
reported a decrease in total book
circulation actually pointed to
ebooks as the culprit.
Singapore
reports 3,062,002
eBook titles,
circulation of 8,247,966 and annual expenditure of $ 1,268,857 US (all 2012).
Canada Five large urban public libraries in Canada with mature digital collections serving a combined population of 8,402,000
reported the following combined digital use statistics: Downloadable
eBook circulation in 2013 was 2,871,514 downloads or 0.34 per capita.
Taiwan public libraries
report eBook title holdings of 255,278 (2012) and annual
circulation of 562,482 (2013).
According to Library Journal's «2013
Report on E-Books in Public Libraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer
eBooks, collection size and
circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 %
circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a consortium.
Ebooks have been grabbing headlines throughout publishing, and librarians nationwide
report mega-increases in
ebook circulations and requests.
LJ's 2012 Book Buying Survey showed a 102 percent jump in
ebook circulation, and 74 percent of the
ebook patrons in LJ's Patron Profiles
report say they want even more
ebooks in the library.