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Summary
During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, Advocates Library featured 5899 book holding records and these have been associated with 5466 book edition records across 21 genres. Of the books borrowed from Advocates Library, these were written by 3459 authors and had 931 borrowers. Of these, 931 (100%) were Male. The library documented 11812 borrowing events, 11811 (99.99%) by Male borrowers. There were an average of 12.67 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 2 times. At Advocates Library during the period of study, books were borrowed for 38 years between 1766 and 1833, with an average of 310.84 borrowings per year.
Of the 932 borrowers at Advocates Library, 881 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 1548. 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","Commerce, Trade, and Finance","Education","Independent Means","Law","Medicine and Health","Military","Politics/Office Holders","Print and Book Trade","Religion and Clergy","Service Provision and Hospitality"]
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"drilldown": {
"name": "Arts and Letters",
"categories": ["Author","Curator","Librarian","Painter/Limner","Poet"],
"data": [1.49,0.19,0.06,0.06,0.19]}},{"y":0.26,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Commerce, Trade, and Finance",
"categories": ["Accountant","Banker","Factor/Agent"],
"data": [0.06,0.13,0.06]}},{"y":2.34,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Education",
"categories": ["University Professor","University Student"],
"data": [2.27,0.06]}},{"y":0.71,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Independent Means",
"categories": ["Gentleman","Landowner/Landlord/Laird"],
"data": [0.19,0.52]}},{"y":87.98,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Law",
"categories": ["Advocate","Advocate Depute","Advocate’s Clerk","Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors","Baron of the Exchequer","Barrister","Clerk of Session","Dean of Faculty","Judge","Lord Advocate","Lord Justice Clerk","Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice","Lord President","Magistrate","Notaries/Clerks","Sheriff","Solicitor-General","Writer to the Signet (WS)","Writer/Procurator"],
"data": [53.48,2.4,0.97,0.13,0.97,1.36,1.17,1.62,1.49,1.3,0.58,5.72,0.58,0.06,1.36,11.83,1.56,0.97,0.39]}},{"y":0.19,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Medicine and Health",
"categories": ["Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary","Surgeon"],
"data": [0.06,0.13]}},{"y":1.04,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Military",
"categories": ["Army","Navy","Officer","Supporting Activities"],
"data": [0.19,0.13,0.65,0.06]}},{"y":4.55,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Politics/Office Holders",
"categories": ["Attorney General","Customs Collector","Lieutenant Governor","Lord Provost/Provost","MP (Britain)","Privy Councillor","Secretary of State"],
"data": [0.06,0.06,0.06,0.13,4.09,0.06,0.06]}},{"y":0.06,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Print and Book Trade",
"categories": ["Publishers"],
"data": [0.06]}},{"y":0.78,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Religion and Clergy",
"categories": ["Minister/Priest"],
"data": [0.78]}},{"y":0.06,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Service Provision and Hospitality",
"categories": ["Brewer"],
"data": [0.06]}}]
[{"y":6.11,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Arts and Letters",
"categories": ["Author","Curator","Librarian","Painter/Limner","Poet"],
"data": [4.19,0.91,0.02,0,0.98]}},{"y":0.53,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Commerce, Trade, and Finance",
"categories": ["Accountant","Banker","Factor/Agent"],
"data": [0.32,0.22,0]}},{"y":4.56,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Education",
"categories": ["University Professor","University Student"],
"data": [3.39,1.17]}},{"y":1.62,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Independent Means",
"categories": ["Gentleman","Landowner/Landlord/Laird"],
"data": [0.36,1.26]}},{"y":80.8,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Law",
"categories": ["Advocate","Advocate Depute","Advocate’s Clerk","Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors","Baron of the Exchequer","Barrister","Clerk of Session","Dean of Faculty","Judge","Lord Advocate","Lord Justice Clerk","Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice","Lord President","Magistrate","Notaries/Clerks","Sheriff","Solicitor-General","Writer to the Signet (WS)","Writer/Procurator"],
"data": [47.08,2.4,0.02,0.09,0.67,2.27,2.36,2.52,1.17,1.27,0.24,7.62,0.63,0,0.16,10.99,0.7,0.5,0.11]}},{"y":1.19,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Medicine and Health",
"categories": ["Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary","Surgeon"],
"data": [0.02,1.17]}},{"y":0.2,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Military",
"categories": ["Army","Navy","Officer","Supporting Activities"],
"data": [0.01,0,0.16,0.04]}},{"y":4.13,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Politics/Office Holders",
"categories": ["Attorney General","Customs Collector","Lieutenant Governor","Lord Provost/Provost","MP (Britain)","Privy Councillor","Secretary of State"],
"data": [0,0.02,0,0.01,4.09,0,0.01]}},{"y":0,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Print and Book Trade",
"categories": ["Publishers"],
"data": [0]}},{"y":0.76,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Religion and Clergy",
"categories": ["Minister/Priest"],
"data": [0.76]}},{"y":0.1,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Service Provision and Hospitality",
"categories": ["Brewer"],
"data": [0.1]}}]
Book Genre
A a book holding may have multiple genres and 6606 genre classifications have been applied to 5899 book holding records at Advocates 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
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.
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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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Book holding frequency of borrowing
Select one or more books to plot their frequency of borrowing over time. Start typing the name of a book to begin. Once selected you can repeat this process for as many books as required. To search for all records relating to a book press on its name in the section above the chart. To remove a selected book press on the icon beside its name.
