An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
During the period of study, of the books borrowed from their collections, St Andrews University Library featured 7560 book holding records and these have been associated with 2611 book edition records across 21 genres. Of the books borrowed from St Andrews University Library, these were written by 1472 authors and had 673 borrowers. Of these, 663 (98.51%) were Male, 5 (0.74%) were Female, 5 (0.74%) were Unknown. The library documented 21578 borrowing events, 21566 (99.94%) by Male borrowers, 12 (0.06%) by Female borrowers, 4 (0.02%) by Unknown borrowers. There were an average of 32.06 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 2.85 times. At St Andrews University Library during the period of study, books were borrowed for 31 years between 1747 and 1827, with an average of 696.06 borrowings per year.
Of the 673 borrowers at St Andrews University Library, 615 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 627. In the visualisations, press on an occupation's segment to perform a search for its associated borrowing records.
A a book holding may have multiple genres and 2972 genre classifications have been applied to 7560 book holding records at St Andrews 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.
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.
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.
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.