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Summary
During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, Orkney Library featured 600 book holding records and these have been associated with 499 book edition records across 21 genres. Of the books borrowed from Orkney Library, these were written by 356 authors and had 267 borrowers. Of these, 212 (79.4%) were Male, 53 (19.85%) were Female, 2 (0.75%) were Unclear. The library documented 14502 borrowing events, 13281 (91.58%) by Male borrowers, 1208 (8.33%) by Female borrowers, 9 (0.06%) by Unclear borrowers. There were an average of 54.31 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 24.17 times. At Orkney Library during the period of study, books were borrowed for 20 years between 1816 and 1835, with an average of 725.1 borrowings per year.
Of the 267 borrowers at Orkney Library, 110 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 142. 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","Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing","Education","Independent Means","Law","Mariner","Medicine and Health","Military","Miscellaneous","Politics/Office Holders","Print and Book Trade","Religion and Clergy","Service Provision and Hospitality"]
A a book holding may have multiple genres and 619 genre classifications have been applied to 600 book holding records at Orkney 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.
[{"name":"Arts and Letters","data":[8,25,33,55,39,44,22,88,24,1,0,0,0,0,11,2,18,28,48,16]},{"name":"Commerce, Trade, and Finance","data":[9,29,30,16,12,42,77,99,19,0,1,3,0,0,23,35,23,29,27,19]},{"name":"Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,6,50,36,5,27,12,8]},{"name":"Education","data":[0,2,0,0,0,15,43,49,2,2,2,2,0,1,39,2,3,45,13,15]},{"name":"Independent Means","data":[119,225,215,253,256,292,216,242,105,8,11,16,11,14,355,403,369,188,136,109]},{"name":"Law","data":[68,120,83,64,67,87,56,89,34,3,10,6,9,17,120,81,124,79,72,35]},{"name":"Mariner","data":[13,19,27,18,4,0,4,1,0,0,1,3,0,1,24,50,25,25,23,3]},{"name":"Medicine and Health","data":[12,26,23,15,32,45,64,57,6,3,14,3,6,8,52,41,92,74,46,70]},{"name":"Military","data":[19,63,114,104,122,169,81,104,66,5,7,11,7,13,168,196,192,83,33,29]},{"name":"Miscellaneous","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,1,8,1,0,0,0,5,0]},{"name":"Politics/Office Holders","data":[74,139,60,119,106,96,91,115,35,3,2,1,0,3,25,6,21,16,11,0]},{"name":"Print and Book Trade","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,4,26,56,96,32]},{"name":"Religion and Clergy","data":[110,254,215,196,210,171,207,220,80,9,26,18,14,19,262,268,273,198,161,95]},{"name":"Service Provision and Hospitality","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,2,0,42,73,0]}]
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.
[{"name":"Belles Lettres","data":[16,46,28,44,20,46,47,39,14,0,0,0,0,1,51,32,12,22,25,15]},{"name":"Drama","data":[24,81,32,22,44,43,11,40,4,0,0,0,0,0,31,41,15,11,1,9]},{"name":"Education","data":[0,1,7,2,4,2,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,16,2,2,0,0]},{"name":"Fiction","data":[172,351,288,227,299,377,269,283,108,6,17,19,16,26,392,377,329,360,248,152]},{"name":"Fine Arts","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,1,0,0,0]},{"name":"History","data":[41,128,79,79,121,134,76,80,17,0,0,0,1,5,140,173,113,52,63,32]},{"name":"Law","data":[2,9,5,1,1,5,8,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,4,9,13,5,2,4]},{"name":"Lives","data":[35,117,66,60,57,76,55,43,17,0,0,2,2,1,191,132,109,64,50,27]},{"name":"Mathematics","data":[0,0,0,16,5,0,9,7,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0]},{"name":"Medicine","data":[0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]},{"name":"Miscellaneous/Other","data":[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,3,0,0]},{"name":"Natural Philosophy","data":[2,2,6,4,2,2,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,1,8,3,0,0]},{"name":"Periodicals","data":[21,86,165,188,134,131,217,274,66,18,45,31,27,54,389,365,394,291,269,133]},{"name":"Philosophy and Morality","data":[18,31,24,34,20,12,11,15,5,0,0,0,0,0,17,19,14,8,8,1]},{"name":"Poetry","data":[33,99,61,64,81,109,62,55,19,1,0,1,1,1,80,43,23,23,25,19]},{"name":"Politics, Society and Political Economy","data":[13,38,26,36,23,32,51,26,6,0,0,0,0,0,25,22,10,17,9,8]},{"name":"Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge","data":[8,25,13,4,54,61,56,63,10,1,2,2,1,0,32,23,14,20,10,5]},{"name":"Reference Works","data":[0,2,1,5,0,5,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,7,2,0]},{"name":"Sermons","data":[1,13,15,6,4,11,4,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,17,11,8,3,3,5]},{"name":"Theology","data":[20,54,41,16,25,32,14,12,8,0,1,0,0,1,28,41,56,24,36,16]},{"name":"Travel","data":[75,151,165,101,143,150,160,105,41,0,1,3,1,2,75,85,258,155,86,45]}]
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.