The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Public Libraries in the UK: Findings from a National Study
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Public Libraries in the UK: Findings from a National Study
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COVID-19 封锁对英国公共图书馆的影响：一项全国研究的结果
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10.1080/01616846.2022.2058860
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
McMenemy D
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McMenemy D
本文探讨英国公共图书馆如何受到COVID-19疫情导致的封馆影响。信息自由的要求是向所有英国公共图书馆服务。收到的数据表明，英国近65%的图书馆服务实体贷款减少了大流行前70%至90%的借款水平。累计数据亦显示，疫情前已发行的近1. 2亿册图书于二零二零╱二一年封城期间并未发行。与此同时，47%的图书馆服务的电子贷款提供额较疫情前水平增长100%至200%，尽管这些数字的基数较低，与实物贷款损失相比相对较小。数据还显示，英国公共图书馆服务的活跃会员（在前一年借阅过一项图书的会员）下降到疫情前水平的40%。证据表明，虽然电子贷款的提供显着上升，而物理图书馆服务在很大程度上是不可用的，这种上升是从一个非常低的基数，在数字使用的这种上升并没有接近缓解发生在英国各地的物理借款下降。该论文的研究结果表明，即使公众别无选择，只能转向数字化，但与使用物理图书馆建筑和馆藏相比，他们这样做的数量有限。
This paper explores how public libraries in the United Kingdom were impacted by the lockdowns imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Freedom of Information requests were made to all UK public library services. The data received indicated that almost 65% of UK library services saw a reduction in physical loans of between 70% and 90% of pre-pandemic borrowing levels. The cumulative data also revealed that almost 120 million books that were issued in pre-pandemic years were not issued in the 2020/21 lockdown period. Meanwhile, 47% of library services saw their e-loan provision rise between 100% and 200% on pre-pandemic levels, although these numbers rose from a low base and were comparatively small when measured against physical loan losses. The data also highlighted that active membership of the public library services (members who had borrowed an item in the previous year) dropped to 40% of pre-pandemic levels across the UK. The evidence highlights that while e-loan provision rose significantly while physical library services were largely unavailable, this rise was from a very low base, and this rise in digital usage did not come close to mitigating the drop in physical borrowing that occurred across the UK. The findings of the paper suggest that even when the public had no choice but to move to digital, they did so in limited numbers when compared to usage of physical library buildings and collections.
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