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Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830. 2024. University of Stirling. https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk
Summary
During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, Edinburgh University Library featured 2339 book holding records and these have been associated with 1979 book edition records across 20 genres. Of the books borrowed from Edinburgh University Library, these were written by 1339 authors and had 2069 borrowers. Of these, 2069 (100%) were Male. The library documented 14638 borrowing events, 14626 (99.92%) by Male borrowers. There were an average of 7.07 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 6.26 times. At Edinburgh University Library during the period of study, books were borrowed for 23 years between 1747 and 1816, with an average of 636.43 borrowings per year.
Of the 2069 borrowers at Edinburgh University Library, 2041 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 2073. 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
["Agricultural","Arts and Letters","Education","Law","Medicine and Health","Religion and Clergy"]
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"name": "Agricultural",
"categories": ["Farmer"],
"data": [0.05]}},{"y":0.19,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Arts and Letters",
"categories": ["Author"],
"data": [0.19]}},{"y":98.26,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Education",
"categories": ["University Professor","University Student"],
"data": [0.92,97.35]}},{"y":0.19,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Law",
"categories": ["Advocate","Baron of the Exchequer","Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice","Writer to the Signet (WS)"],
"data": [0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05]}},{"y":0.96,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Medicine and Health",
"categories": ["Physician","Surgeon"],
"data": [0.53,0.43]}},{"y":0.34,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Religion and Clergy",
"categories": ["Minister/Priest"],
"data": [0.34]}}]
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"drilldown": {
"name": "Agricultural",
"categories": ["Farmer"],
"data": [0.04]}},{"y":0.19,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Arts and Letters",
"categories": ["Author"],
"data": [0.19]}},{"y":95.85,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Education",
"categories": ["University Professor","University Student"],
"data": [1.55,94.29]}},{"y":0.17,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Law",
"categories": ["Advocate","Baron of the Exchequer","Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice","Writer to the Signet (WS)"],
"data": [0.02,0.01,0.02,0.12]}},{"y":2.53,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Medicine and Health",
"categories": ["Physician","Surgeon"],
"data": [1.32,1.21]}},{"y":1.22,
"drilldown": {
"name": "Religion and Clergy",
"categories": ["Minister/Priest"],
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Book Genre
A a book holding may have multiple genres and 2406 genre classifications have been applied to 2339 book holding records at Edinburgh University 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.
