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?