Westerkirk: Facts & figures. 2024. In Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830. University of Stirling. Retrieved 10 May 2024, from https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk/library/westerkirk/facts
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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, Westerkirk featured 293 book holding records and these have been associated with 295 book edition records across 19 genres. Of the books borrowed from Westerkirk, these were written by 221 authors and had 166 borrowers. Of these, 156 (93.98%) were Male, 10 (6.02%) were Female. The library documented 10239 borrowing events, 9813 (95.84%) by Male borrowers, 427 (4.17%) by Female borrowers. There were an average of 61.68 borrowings per borrower at this library and of the borrowed books, each book holding was borrowed an average of 34.95 times. At Westerkirk during the period of study, books were borrowed for 10 years between 1813 and 1822, with an average of 1023.9 borrowings per year.
Of the 166 borrowers at Westerkirk, 3 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 3. 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
A a book holding may have multiple genres and 330 genre classifications have been applied to 293 book holding records at Westerkirk. 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":"Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing","data":[45,47,34,13,4,0,11,14,17,12]}]
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":[25,41,37,32,28,15,34,26,17,30]},{"name":"Drama","data":[3,5,8,3,10,3,2,9,1,2]},{"name":"Education","data":[1,7,10,5,1,1,4,3,3,1]},{"name":"Fiction","data":[218,174,190,175,119,116,180,110,193,187]},{"name":"Fine Arts","data":[3,0,4,6,3,2,2,1,2,1]},{"name":"History","data":[205,148,99,142,85,59,133,114,114,98]},{"name":"Law","data":[4,4,2,2,1,0,0,2,1,2]},{"name":"Lives","data":[93,77,51,63,59,55,71,53,94,64]},{"name":"Medicine","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]},{"name":"Natural Philosophy","data":[26,32,34,33,37,29,33,17,16,13]},{"name":"Periodicals","data":[14,25,11,29,23,14,31,35,37,30]},{"name":"Philosophy and Morality","data":[37,28,28,25,15,15,45,32,19,23]},{"name":"Poetry","data":[83,70,72,88,77,47,82,62,54,68]},{"name":"Politics, Society and Political Economy","data":[20,17,23,22,19,29,45,29,14,24]},{"name":"Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge","data":[0,6,0,32,27,15,6,4,4,3]},{"name":"Reference Works","data":[43,34,53,62,49,26,33,38,58,58]},{"name":"Sermons","data":[257,215,222,192,191,138,236,199,175,191]},{"name":"Theology","data":[344,267,262,299,216,152,241,221,185,263]},{"name":"Travel","data":[99,78,79,69,67,62,82,54,61,57]}]
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.
