Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Aberdeen Theological Library

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Summary

During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, Aberdeen Theological Library featured 360 book holding records and these have been associated with 346 book edition records across 13 genres. Of the books borrowed from Aberdeen Theological Library, these were written by 255 authors and had 278 borrowers. Of these, 278 (100%) were Male. The library documented 3333 borrowing events, 3333 (100%) by Male borrowers. There were an average of 11.99 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 9.26 times. At Aberdeen Theological Library during the period of study, books were borrowed for 12 years between 1786 and 1797, with an average of 277.75 borrowings per year.

The most popular books

Overall

  1. Collection of theological tracts, in six volumes [Watson]
    121
  2. Ecclesiastical history antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century [Mosheim] (Mosheim's Church History)
    98
  3. History of England from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 [Hume]
    77
  4. Sermons [Blair]
    67
  5. New history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity [Stackhouse]
    62
  6. Four Gospels, translated from the Greek [Campbell]
    60
  7. Statistical account of Scotland [Sinclair]
    51
  8. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions [Atterbury]
    48
  9. Sermons on several subjects [Secker]
    48
  10. Essays and treatises on several subjects [Hume]
    47

By Male borrowers

  1. Collection of theological tracts, in six volumes [Watson]
    121
  2. Ecclesiastical history antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century [Mosheim] (Mosheim's Church History)
    98
  3. History of England from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 [Hume]
    77
  4. Sermons [Blair]
    67
  5. New history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity [Stackhouse]
    62
  6. Four Gospels, translated from the Greek [Campbell]
    60
  7. Statistical account of Scotland [Sinclair]
    51
  8. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions [Atterbury]
    48
  9. Sermons on several subjects [Secker]
    48
  10. Essays and treatises on several subjects [Hume]
    47

The most popular authors

Overall

  1. Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff
    136
  2. David Hume
    124
  3. George Campbell
    118
  4. Johann Lorenz Mosheim
    110
  5. Hugh Blair
    107
  6. Thomas Stackhouse
    68
  7. Samuel Clarke
    54
  8. Thomas Reid
    53
  9. Jacques Saurin
    52
  10. Sir John Sinclair
    51

By Male borrowers

  1. Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff
    136
  2. David Hume
    124
  3. George Campbell
    118
  4. Johann Lorenz Mosheim
    110
  5. Hugh Blair
    107
  6. Thomas Stackhouse
    68
  7. Samuel Clarke
    54
  8. Thomas Reid
    53
  9. Jacques Saurin
    52
  10. Sir John Sinclair
    51

The most popular genres

Overall

  1. Theology
    1815
  2. Sermons
    695
  3. History
    321
  4. Philosophy and Morality
    295
  5. Belles Lettres
    155
  6. Reference Works
    140
  7. Politics, Society and Political Economy
    113
  8. Education
    77
  9. Lives
    73
  10. Periodicals
    14

By Male borrowers

  1. Theology
    1815
  2. Sermons
    695
  3. History
    321
  4. Philosophy and Morality
    295
  5. Belles Lettres
    155
  6. Reference Works
    140
  7. Politics, Society and Political Economy
    113
  8. Education
    77
  9. Lives
    73
  10. Periodicals
    14

The most prolific borrowers

Overall

  1. William Smith
    136
  2. James Donald
    131
  3. Hugh Hay
    70
  4. Alexander Stevenson
    68
  5. James Cromar
    65
  6. John Strachan
    53
  7. George Mitchell
    52
  8. James Touch, or Tough
    51
  9. Ferdinand Ellis
    49
  10. David Lyell
    49

Male borrowers

  1. William Smith
    136
  2. James Donald
    131
  3. Hugh Hay
    70
  4. Alexander Stevenson
    68
  5. James Cromar
    65
  6. John Strachan
    53
  7. George Mitchell
    52
  8. James Touch, or Tough
    51
  9. Ferdinand Ellis
    49
  10. David Lyell
    49

Borrower Occupations

Of the 278 borrowers at Aberdeen Theological Library, 248 have at least one identified occupation. Borrowers may have any number of occupations and the total number of occupations associated with borrowers at this library is 279. 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 this library

The percentage of borrowings made by each occupation

["Arts and Letters","Education","Religion and Clergy"]
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[{"y":5.29, "drilldown": { "name": "Arts and Letters", "categories": ["Author","Librarian","Poet"], "data": [1.8,3.46,0.03]}},{"y":83.22, "drilldown": { "name": "Education", "categories": ["School Master/Dominie","University Professor","University Student"], "data": [5.21,1.59,76.43]}},{"y":11.5, "drilldown": { "name": "Religion and Clergy", "categories": ["Chaplain","Minister/Priest"], "data": [0.13,11.36]}}]

Book Genre

A a book holding may have multiple genres and 397 genre classifications have been applied to 360 book holding records at Aberdeen Theological Library. The first visualisation shows the total number of book holdings we have catalogued from the library (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 for a library 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 this library

The percentage of borrowings of each genre

A breakdown of book genres borrowed at this library

The percentage of borrowings of each genre

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[{"name": "Theology", "y": 48.72, "gid": 5},{"name": "Sermons", "y": 18.66, "gid": 3},{"name": "History", "y": 8.62, "gid": 13},{"name": "Philosophy and Morality", "y": 7.92, "gid": 2},{"name": "Belles Lettres", "y": 4.16, "gid": 12},{"name": "Reference Works", "y": 3.76, "gid": 20},{"name": "Politics, Society and Political Economy", "y": 3.03, "gid": 17},{"name": "Education", "y": 2.07, "gid": 4},{"name": "Lives", "y": 1.96, "gid": 19},{"name": "Periodicals", "y": 0.38, "gid": 15},{"name": "Travel", "y": 0.27, "gid": 10},{"name": "Law", "y": 0.24, "gid": 8},{"name": "Natural Philosophy", "y": 0.21, "gid": 9}]
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Borrowings through time by occupation type

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

[1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797]
[{"name":"Arts and Letters","data":[33,38,8,7,2,15,13,21,18,22,22,1]},{"name":"Education","data":[240,370,275,236,199,333,382,362,228,245,265,14]},{"name":"Religion and Clergy","data":[42,67,45,36,14,17,29,34,30,68,50,3]}]

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.

[1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797]
[{"name":"Belles Lettres","data":[2,9,7,7,14,33,22,28,11,7,15,0]},{"name":"Education","data":[2,10,9,0,6,10,8,8,9,11,4,0]},{"name":"History","data":[64,43,28,32,17,33,37,19,14,16,18,0]},{"name":"Law","data":[1,2,0,3,0,0,0,2,0,0,1,0]},{"name":"Lives","data":[1,5,6,1,0,11,7,13,6,9,14,0]},{"name":"Natural Philosophy","data":[0,1,0,0,1,0,2,1,0,1,2,0]},{"name":"Periodicals","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,9,0,1,3,0]},{"name":"Philosophy and Morality","data":[32,44,19,24,13,42,26,30,20,20,23,2]},{"name":"Politics, Society and Political Economy","data":[4,4,1,2,0,4,22,35,9,17,15,0]},{"name":"Reference Works","data":[8,14,11,8,10,21,5,15,15,17,16,0]},{"name":"Sermons","data":[23,71,70,65,44,79,86,88,65,40,64,0]},{"name":"Theology","data":[158,193,177,149,118,165,207,179,132,151,175,11]},{"name":"Travel","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,1,1,0]}]

Book holding frequency of borrowing

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