FOI Request - Data on Supply of Digital Books
Request 101003845028
1 Who is/are the current supplier(s) of digital books (ebooks and eaudio books) to your public library?
2 Which other suppliers of digital books (ebooks and eaudio books) have you used in the last 10 years?
3 How many physical books do you currently have available to borrow aimed at children, defined as readers aged under 18 years old?
4 How many ebooks do you currently have available to borrow aimed at children, defined as readers aged under 18 years old?
5 How many eaudiobooks do you currently have available to borrow aimed at children, defined as readers aged under 18 years old?
6 How many physical books do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'juvenile'?
7 How many ebooks do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'juvenile'?
8 How many eaudiobooks do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'juvenile'?
9 How many physical books do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'young adult'?
10 How many ebooks do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'young adult'?
11 How many eaudiobooks do you currently have available to borrow classified as 'young adult'?
12 What is your current pa spend on physical books?
13 What is your current pa spend on ebooks?
14 What is your current pa spend on eaudiobooks?
15 What is your current pa spend on physical books classified as 'adult'?
16 What is your current pa spend on ebooks classified as 'adult'?
17 What is your current pa spend on eaudiobooks classified as 'adult'?
18 What is your current pa spend on physical books classified as 'juvenile'?
19 What is your current pa spend on ebooks classified as 'juvenile'?
20 What is your current pa spend on eaudiobooks classified as 'juvenile'?
21 What is your current pa spend on physical books classified as 'young adult'?
22 What is your current pa spend on ebooks classified as 'young adult'?
23 What is your current pa spend on eaudiobooks classified as 'young adult'?
24 How many book lends did you make in 2025?
25 How many book lends did you make in 2024?
26 How many books were not lent out at all in 2025?
27 How many books were not lent out at all in 2024?
28 How many lends of ebooks did you make in 2025?
29 How many lends of ebooks did you make in 2024?
30 How many ebooks were not lent out at all in 2025?
31 How many ebooks were not lent out at all in 2024?
32 How many lends of ebooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - did you make in 2025?
33 How many lends of ebooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old -did you make in 2024?
34 How many ebooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - were not lent out at all in 2025?
35 How many ebooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - were not lent out at all in 2024?
40 How many lends of eaudiobooks did you make in 2025?
41 How many lends of eaudiobooks did you make in 2024?
42 How many eaudiobooks were not lent out at all in 2025?
43 How many eaudiobooks were not lent out at all in 2024?
44 How many lends of eaudiobooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - did you make in 2025?
45 How many lends of eaudiobooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - did you make in 2024?
46 How many eaudiobooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - were not lent out at all in 2025?
47 How many eaudiobooks aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old - were not lent out at all in 2024?
52 Please provide a list of all the isbns for the physical books you currently offer in your library service aimed at children - defined as readers aged under 18 years old.
53 Please provide a list of all the isbns for the ebooks you currently offer in your library service coded as juvenile or 'young adult'. This information will be available from your digital book supplier.
54 Please provide a list of all the isbns for the eaudiobooks you currently offer in your library service coded as juvenile or 'young adult'. This information will be available from your digital book supplier.
55 Please provide the contact details of the department at your local authority responsible for library services to people aged under 18 years.
56 Please provide a list of the data categories you collect relating to library borrowings
57 Please provide a list of the data categories you collect from your digital book supplier relating to library borrowings
58 Do you currently operate a scheme with schools in your area for the school to register their pupils with your public library service?
59 What library management system do you use?
60 Who selects the physical books in your collection?
61 Who selects the ebooks in your collection?
62 Who selects the eaudiobooks in your collection?
63 What criteria is used to select the physical books in your collection?
64 What criteria is used to select the ebooks in your collection?
65 What criteria is used to select the eaudio books in your collection?
Response 19-09-2025
DIGITAL
1. Bolinda - through the Borrowbox platform
2. Overdrive - through the Libby platform
QUANTITY
3. 398 eBooks
4. 46,750
5. 245 eAudioBooks
6. 42,608
7. 311 eBooks
8. 204 eAudioBooks
9. 4,142
10. 87 eBooks
11. 41 eAudioBooks
SPEND
12. £80,830
13. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock
14. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock
15. £41,157 across ordinary and large print fiction and non-fiction
16. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock
17. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock - due to changing supplier in June 2025 this information isn't available broken down by category
18. £25,673 is our allocation for children's physical stock
19. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock - due to changing supplier in June 2025 this information isn't available broken down by category
20. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock - due to changing supplier in June 2025 this information isn't available broken down by category
21. This is contained within our £25,673 children's allocation and isn't split out separately
22. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock - due to changing supplier in June 2025 this information isn't available broken down by category
23. Our annual budget for ebooks and eaudio is £11,000 this is divided across all categories of stock - due to changing supplier in June 2025 this information isn't available broken down by category
USEAGE
24. 136,580 to date (12/09/2025)
25.
217,454
26. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held
27. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held
28. 4611 - until end of August 2025
29. 6282
30. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
31. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
32. Information not held prior to June 2025 due to change in supplier - 323 ebooks issued from 19/06/2025 until end of August 2025. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
33. Information not held due to change in supplier. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
34. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
35. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
40. 6,330 loans until end of August 2025
41. 8,283 loans in 2024.
42. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
43. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
44. Information not held prior to June 2025 due to change in supplier, 606 eaudiobooks issued from 19/06/2025 until end of August 2025. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
45. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
46. Information not held prior to June 2025 due to change in supplier, 60 eaudiobooks not issued from 19/06/2025 until end of August 2025. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
47. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
BOOKLIST
52. Otherwise Accessible. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible.
A full list of titles is available via the online catalogue - https://moraylibraries.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME
53. Otherwise Accessible. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible.
A full list of titles is available via the online catalogue https://moray.borrowbox.com/
54. Otherwise Accessible. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. A full list of titles is available via the online catalogue https://moray.borrowbox.com/
CONTACT
55. The Library Service can be contacted at Libraries@Moray.gov.uk Further information can be found on the libraries website http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_1472.html
REPORTING
56. Number of loans and renewals - physical and digital by branch and monthly total
Active borrowers - by branch and total - monthly
New borrowers - by branch and total - monthly
Virtual visits to online catalogue - quarterly
57. Digital issues by type i.e - eBooks, eAudio, eMagazines, ePress and eComics
Active borrowers - monthly
New borrowers - monthly
SCHOOLS
58. No
SYSTEMS
59. Spydus - provided by Civica
SELECTION
60. 90% of physical books are selected by the libraries book supplier based on bestseller lists, popular authors and branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification
61. 90% of ebooks and eaudiobooks are selected by the libraries book supplier based on bestseller lists, popular authors and branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification
62. 90% of ebooks and eaudiobooks are selected by the libraries book supplier based on bestseller lists, popular authors and branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification
63. 90% of ebooks and eaudiobooks are selected by the libraries book supplier based on bestseller lists, popular authors and branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification
64. 90% of ebooks and eaudiobooks are selected by the libraries book supplier based on bestseller lists, popular authors and branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification
65. 90% of ebooks and eaudiobooks are selected by the libraries book supplier based on branch and community profiles provided by the library service. 10% of books are selected based on staff and reader requests, and stock gap identification