Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, your selected libraries featured 28031 book holding records and these have been associated with 19794 book edition records records across 21 genres. Of the books borrowed from your selected libraries, these were written by 12837 authors and had 11198 borrowers. Of these, 10581 (94.49%) were Male, 509 (4.55%) were Female, 26 (0.23%) were Unclear, 82 (0.73%) were Unknown. The selected libraries documented 162533 borrowing events, 154530 (95.08%) by Male borrowers, 7579 (4.66%) by Female borrowers, 45 (0.03%) by Unclear borrowers, 316 (0.19%) by Unknown borrowers. There were an average of 14.51 borrowings per borrower at the selected libraries and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 5.8 times. At the selected libraries during the period of study, books were borrowed for 109 years between 1732 and 1840, with an average of 1491.13 borrowings per year.

Across the whole of the Books and Borrowing site, we use the following data structure and terminology. All titles in our dataset are categorised on four levels: Works, Editions, Holdings and Volumes. A work is a text considered as a conceptual object or whole (such as Adam Smith’s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations). An edition is a particular physical printing of a work (such as the 1776 quarto edition of Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations printed in London for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell and William Creech). A holding is a copy of an edition (or in some cases multiple editions, as when pamphlets are bound together) held at one of our libraries (such the copy of the 1776 quarto edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations held by the Advocates Library). A volume is a part of a holding (such as volume 2 of the Advocates Library’s copy of the 1776 Wealth of Nations).

The most popular book works

Overall

  1. Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
    2259
  2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
    2046
  3. History of England [David Hume]
    1972
  4. World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
    1812
  5. Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
    1177
  6. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
    955
  7. Edinburgh Review, or, Critical Journal
    887
  8. Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
    871
  9. Lives [Plutarch]
    820
  10. Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
    808

By Male borrowers

  1. Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
    2244
  2. History of England [David Hume]
    1927
  3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
    1847
  4. World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
    1811
  5. Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
    1166
  6. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
    955
  7. Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
    863
  8. Edinburgh Review, or, Critical Journal
    836
  9. Lives [Plutarch]
    811
  10. Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
    796

By Female borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
    194
  2. New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
    65
  3. British Theatre; or, a Collection of Plays ... acted at the Theatre Royal
    56
  4. Disowned
    48
  5. Edinburgh Review, or, Critical Journal
    47
  6. Borderers: A Tale
    43
  7. Works of Henry Fielding
    47
  8. Pelham; or The Adventures of a Gentleman
    42
  9. History of England [David Hume]
    43
  10. Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist
    41

By Unclear borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
    3
  2. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    3
  3. History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
    2
  4. Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries
    2
  5. View of the Principal Deistical Writers
    1
  6. Treatise on the Management of Bees
    1
  7. Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII
    1
  8. Seventeen Sermons Preach'd upon Several Occasions [William Fleetwood]
    1
  9. Sermons of M. John Calvin upon the Fifth Booke of Moses called Deuteronomie
    1
  10. Righteous Branch: Growing Out of the Root of Jesse, and Healing the Nations
    1

By Unknown borrowers

  1. Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time
    16
  2. Works of Henry Fielding
    11
  3. Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures
    11
  4. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
    11
  5. Works of Robert Burns
    6
  6. History of England [David Hume]
    6
  7. Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
    6
  8. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
    6
  9. Penny Magazine
    6
  10. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
    5

The most popular book editions

Overall

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    2041
  2. The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
    1812
  3. Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
    955
  4. The Edinburgh review, or, Critical journal.
    887
  5. The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
    857
  6. The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
    851
  7. An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
    848
  8. The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
    824
  9. The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
    806
  10. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    583

By Male borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    1842
  2. The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
    1811
  3. Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
    955
  4. The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
    851
  5. The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
    850
  6. An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
    845
  7. The Edinburgh review, or, Critical journal.
    836
  8. The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
    808
  9. The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
    794
  10. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    577

By Female borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    194
  2. The New monthly magazine and literary journal.
    65
  3. The British Theatre; or, a Collection of plays ... acted at the Theatre Royal ... Printed ... from the prompt books. With biographical and critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald.
    56
  4. The Disowned.
    48
  5. The Edinburgh review, or, Critical journal.
    47
  6. The Borderers: A Tale
    43
  7. Pelham; or the Adventures of a Gentleman.
    42
  8. Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist. By the author of “Waverley,” &c. [i.e. Sir Walter Scott.]
    41
  9. Hungarian Tales. By the author of 'The Lettre de Cachet'. In three volumes.
    35
  10. The New Forest.
    33

By Unclear borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    3
  2. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    3
  3. An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books
    2
  4. The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
    2
  5. Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
    1
  6. A compleat history of Europe: or, a view of the affairs thereof, civil and military, for the year [yyyy]
    1
  7. The abridgment of the history of the reformation of the Church of England.
    1
  8. The pattern of catechistical doctrine at large: or, A learned and pious exposition of the Ten Commandments, with an introduction, containing the use and benefit of catechizing; the general grounds of religion; and the truth of Christian religion in particular; proved against atheists, pagans, Jews, and Turks.
    1
  9. Moses his choice, vvith his eye fixed upon heaven: discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart. Delivered in a treatise upon Heb. 11.25,26.
    1
  10. An universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. With a general index to the whole.
    1

By Unknown borrowers

  1. The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers. By the Authors of the Antient Part.
    16
  2. Tait's Edinburgh magazine.
    11
  3. The Beauties of Scotland: containing a full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures; of the population, cities, towns, etc., of each county.
    11
  4. The works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author. Vol. I.
    11
  5. The Penny Magazine.
    6
  6. Terra Australis Cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain : with a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed.
    6
  7. The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry.
    6
  8. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [Gibbon, 1802]
    6
  9. Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres [Blair 1806]
    5
  10. The history of England to the revolution in 1688.
    5

The most popular book holdings

Overall

  1. World Displayed
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    1774
  2. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
    Orkney Library
    1171
  3. Rollin's Ancient History
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    840
  4. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    672
  5. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    Orkney Library
    583
  6. Cook's Voyages
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    506
  7. The Edinburgh review, or, Critical journal.
    Orkney Library
    492
  8. Voyages
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    485
  9. Mavor's Travels
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    475
  10. Quarterly Review
    Orkney Library
    474

By Male borrowers

  1. World Displayed
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    1773
  2. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
    Orkney Library
    1138
  3. Rollin's Ancient History
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    839
  4. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    606
  5. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    Orkney Library
    577
  6. Cook's Voyages
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    506
  7. Voyages
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    483
  8. The Edinburgh review, or, Critical journal.
    Orkney Library
    478
  9. Mavor's Travels
    Royal High School of Edinburgh
    475
  10. Quarterly Review
    Orkney Library
    464

By Female borrowers

  1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    100
  2. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine.
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    64
  3. The British Theatre; or, a Collection of plays ... acted at the Theatre Royal ... Printed ... from the prompt books. With biographical and critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald.
    Orkney Library
    56
  4. New Monthly Magazine
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    49
  5. Disowned
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    48
  6. Borderers
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    43
  7. Pelham; or the Adventures of a Gentleman
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    42
  8. Hungarian Tales
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    35
  9. New Forest
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    33
  10. English in France
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    32

By Unclear borrowers

  1. The Edinburgh Christian Instructor
    Orkney Library
    3
  2. Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
    Orkney Library
    3
  3. The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  4. An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, : in four books
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  5. The abridgment of the history of the reformation of the Church of England.
    Innerpeffray Library
    1
  6. An universal history, from the earliest account of time
    Innerpeffray Library
    1
  7. A complete concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament: : in two parts.
    Innerpeffray Library
    1
  8. All the orations of Demosthenes, pronounced to excite the Athenians against Philip King of Macedon./The orations of Demosthenes, on occasions of public deliberation./The orations of Ñschines and Demosthenes on the crown.
    Innerpeffray Library
    1
  9. A view of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century
    Innerpeffray Library
    1
  10. A commentarie, or, exposition upon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians
    Innerpeffray Library
    1

By Unknown borrowers

  1. Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
    Haddington Library
    16
  2. Beauties of Scotland: containing a full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures; of the population, cities, towns, etc., of each county.
    Haddington Library
    11
  3. Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author.
    Haddington Library
    11
  4. Tait's Edinburgh magazine.
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    11
  5. Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings.
    Haddington Library
    6
  6. Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
    Haddington Library
    6
  7. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
    Haddington Library
    6
  8. The Penny Magazine.
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    6
  9. Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
    Haddington Library
    5
  10. History of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic [Ferguson]
    Haddington Library
    5

The most popular authors

Overall

  1. Sir Walter Scott
    4353
  2. Charles Rollin
    3654
  3. David Hume
    2415
  4. William Robertson
    2292
  5. Oliver Goldsmith
    1551
  6. William Fordyce Mavor
    1213
  7. Plutarch
    1162
  8. Tobias George Smollett
    1140
  9. Henry Fielding
    1111
  10. Joseph Addison
    1107

By Male borrowers

  1. Sir Walter Scott
    3810
  2. Charles Rollin
    3625
  3. David Hume
    2368
  4. William Robertson
    2242
  5. Oliver Goldsmith
    1529
  6. William Fordyce Mavor
    1205
  7. Plutarch
    1153
  8. Joseph Addison
    1101
  9. Tobias George Smollett
    1074
  10. Henry Fielding
    1035

By Female borrowers

  1. Sir Walter Scott
    520
  2. James Fenimore Cooper
    167
  3. Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
    120
  4. Maria Edgeworth
    102
  5. Eyre Evans Crowe
    79
  6. Washington Irving
    78
  7. Henry Fielding
    72
  8. Horatio Smith
    67
  9. Tobias George Smollett
    66
  10. Catherine Grace Frances Gore
    62

By Unclear borrowers

  1. Sir Walter Scott
    3
  2. William Robertson
    3
  3. James Ferguson
    2
  4. Colin MacLaurin
    2
  5. Gilbert Burnet
    1
  6. Homer
    1
  7. John Leland
    1
  8. Demosthenes
    1
  9. David Jones
    1
  10. John Campbell
    1

By Unknown borrowers

  1. Sir Walter Scott
    21
  2. Henry Fielding
    11
  3. Robert Forsyth
    11
  4. Hugh Blair
    8
  5. Charles Rollin
    7
  6. William Robertson
    7
  7. David Hume
    6
  8. Charles de Brosses
    6
  9. Edward Gibbon
    6
  10. Robert Burns
    6

The most popular genres

Overall

  1. History
    29108
  2. Fiction
    23108
  3. Travel
    18981
  4. Theology
    16165
  5. Lives
    12213
  6. Periodicals
    9453
  7. Poetry
    8928
  8. Natural Philosophy
    8001
  9. Belles Lettres
    7877
  10. Medicine
    7619

By Male borrowers

  1. History
    28512
  2. Fiction
    19364
  3. Travel
    18117
  4. Theology
    15899
  5. Lives
    11600
  6. Periodicals
    8814
  7. Poetry
    8560
  8. Natural Philosophy
    7943
  9. Medicine
    7600
  10. Belles Lettres
    7563

By Female borrowers

  1. Fiction
    3684
  2. Travel
    828
  3. Periodicals
    602
  4. Lives
    572
  5. History
    516
  6. Poetry
    352
  7. Belles Lettres
    299
  8. Theology
    217
  9. Sermons
    126
  10. Drama
    121

By Unclear borrowers

  1. Theology
    8
  2. History
    8
  3. Periodicals
    7
  4. Natural Philosophy
    5
  5. Fiction
    3
  6. Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
    3
  7. Sermons
    2
  8. Travel
    2
  9. Politics, Society and Political Economy
    2
  10. Reference Works
    2

By Unknown borrowers

  1. History
    84
  2. Fiction
    66
  3. Travel
    40
  4. Lives
    34
  5. Periodicals
    24
  6. Belles Lettres
    18
  7. Poetry
    18
  8. Politics, Society and Political Economy
    13
  9. Theology
    12
  10. Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
    12

The most prolific borrowers

Overall

  1. Reverend Mr George Lawson
    Selkirk Library
    1667
  2. Captain Malcolm Cowan
    Orkney Library
    1050
  3. Robert Trail
    Glasgow University Library
    909
  4. Thomas Reid
    Glasgow University Library
    767
  5. Mr Fotheringhame
    Orkney Library
    609
  6. John Millar
    Glasgow University Library
    573
  7. James Williamson
    Glasgow University Library
    544
  8. George Muirhead
    Glasgow University Library
    511
  9. Andrew Duncan
    St Andrews University Library
    502
  10. Mr George Rodger, of Bridgelands
    Selkirk Library
    495

Most prolific Male borrowers

  1. Reverend Mr George Lawson
    Selkirk Library
    1667
  2. Captain Malcolm Cowan
    Orkney Library
    1050
  3. Robert Trail
    Glasgow University Library
    909
  4. Thomas Reid
    Glasgow University Library
    767
  5. Mr Fotheringhame
    Orkney Library
    609
  6. John Millar
    Glasgow University Library
    573
  7. James Williamson
    Glasgow University Library
    544
  8. George Muirhead
    Glasgow University Library
    511
  9. Andrew Duncan
    St Andrews University Library
    502
  10. Mr George Rodger, of Bridgelands
    Selkirk Library
    495

Most prolific Female borrowers

  1. Mrs Omond
    Orkney Library
    282
  2. Mrs Thomas Hutchins
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    274
  3. Miss Skene
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    260
  4. Mrs James (Jane) Paterson, of Carpow
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    232
  5. Mrs Isabella Thuring
    Orkney Library
    224
  6. Lady Molesworth
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    216
  7. Mrs Blair
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    215
  8. Miss Briarcleff
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    174
  9. Mrs McDonald
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    160
  10. Mrs Orme
    Chambers' Circulating Library
    160

Most prolific Unclear borrowers

  1. W. Cooper
    Orkney Library
    8
  2. Pat McFarlane
    Innerpeffray Library
    3
  3. Christian Morison
    Innerpeffray Library
    3
  4. D Grant
    Innerpeffray Library
    3
  5. P Oatt
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  6. Pat Campbell
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  7. Pat Brovand
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  8. Pat McFarlen
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  9. P H Sutherland
    Innerpeffray Library
    2
  10. J. Gardner
    Innerpeffray Library
    2

Most prolific Unknown borrowers

  1. Burgh of Wigtown
    Wigtown Subscription Library
    111
  2. R. Douglas
    Haddington Library
    33
  3. Q Gordone
    Haddington Library
    15
  4. A. Maclaurin
    Haddington Library
    15
  5. S. Fraser
    Haddington Library
    13
  6. J Brown
    Haddington Library
    10
  7. J Littel
    Dumfries Presbytery Library
    9
  8. M. Young
    Haddington Library
    7
  9. P. Farish
    Haddington Library
    7
  10. Ham. Watson
    Haddington Library
    6

Borrower Occupations

Of the 11198 borrowers at your selected libraries, 8259 have at least one identified occupation. Borrowers may have any number of occupations and the total number of occupations associated with borrowers at these libraries is 9193. In the visualisations, press on an occupation's segment to perform a search for its associated borrowing records.

A breakdown of borrower occupations present at these libraries

The percentage of borrowings made by each occupation

["Agricultural","Arts and Letters","Commerce, Trade, and Finance","Construction","Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing","Domestic Service","Education","Independent Means","Law","Mariner","Medicine and Health","Military","Miscellaneous","Politics/Office Holders","Print and Book Trade","Religion and Clergy","Service Provision and Hospitality"]
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Book Genre

A a book holding may have multiple genres and 24748 genre classifications have been applied to 28031 book holding records at your selected libraries. The first visualisation shows the total number of book holdings we have catalogued from your selected libraries (we have only catalogued books that are actually borrowed, not the entire collection), divided into sections for genre, while the second visualisation shows the total number of borrowing acts we have catalogued, divided into sections for the genre of the associated book. The comparison between the two shows the relative popularity of genres. If all genres were borrowed equally then the two visualisations would be the same. What is interesting is when the visualisations differ, as this shows where a particular genre is more (or less) popular than another. In the visualisations, press on a genre's segment to perform a search for its associated borrowing records.

A breakdown of book genres borrowed at these libraries

The percentage of borrowings of each genre

A breakdown of book genres borrowed at these libraries

The percentage of borrowings of each genre

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Borrowings through time

Borrowings at your selected libraries during the period, divided into sections for occupation types. Press on a year bar to zoom in on its borrowings, divided into months.

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Borrowings through time by book genre

Borrowings at this library during the period, divided into sections for book genre. Press on a year bar to zoom in on its borrowings, divided into months.

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