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Library Lovers Day
14 February 2016
Library Lovers’ Day is a chance for everyone to connect
with the library and share the library love.
The initiative, coordinated by the Australian Library and
Information Association (ALIA), aims to raise the profile of
the services which libraries offer. Australia’s public libraries
provide quality information services that support lifelong
learning, significantly impacting the cultural and
information industry.
Here are a few facts about libraries in Australia:
• There is one public library service point for every 15,000
people and more than seven out of ten public libraries
are open for more than 30 hours per week
• more than 171 million items were lent to 8.6 million
members of Australia’s public libraries. There were more
than 112 million customer visits annually, or more than 9
million per month
• There are 203 university libraries, used by around one
million staff and students every year
• There are more than 9,000 school libraries and some
12 million people visit our National, State and Territory
libraries every year
• Behind the scenes, 2,000-plus special libraries provide
services for business users, lawyers, health professionals,
government officials and other information consumers.
How did PAE libraries
celebrate Library
Lovers Day?
• Shopping centre visits – we went out into the community
with a book trolley and talked to people about the
libraries. Port Library also did storytelling and joined
new members remotedly using the Library's mobile
phone app
• Library Lovers Hamper – customers at the libraries and
Civic Centre had the chance to win a beautiful book
hamper
• Displays – Each library had a library lovers book display
• Comments – heart shaped sticky notes were made
available for customers to write on saying what they
loved about their library.