Our report card
Key performance measures
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2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
| Achievement |
|
| Number of Tasmanian publications or items added to the state record/heritage collections1 |
19,027 |
39,988 |
82,003 |
| Number of heritage documents and artefacts publicly available in digital format1 |
8,743 |
9,881 |
14,024 |
| Participation |
|
| In-person visits to libraries |
2,928,059 |
2,755,2912 |
2,768,122 |
| Total loans from libraries |
4,528,392 |
4,493,263 |
4,420,969 |
| Use of key State Library of Tasmania web resources |
1,278,997 |
1,380,8612 |
1,559,185 |
| Reference and information enquiries to libraries |
701,271 |
719,209 |
776,666 |
| Number of registered users of Online Access Centres |
55,590 |
59,429 |
69,740 |
| Records retrieved by Archives Office staff for the general public |
29,500 |
30,400 |
27,100 |
| Use of the Archives Office internet site |
2,668,844 |
2,157,280 |
3,110,359 |
| Access |
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| Public library internet PCs per 1,000 population |
0.23 |
0.25 |
0.24 |
| Online Access Centres - public access internet PCs per 1,000 population |
0.74 |
0.74 |
0.76 |
Number of Tasmanian publications or items added to the state record/heritage collections
Other performance measures
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2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
| Achievement |
|
| Percentage of significant items conserved3 |
63.5% |
65.0% |
66.0% |
| Participation |
|
| Active library borrowers as proportion of population |
33.0% |
32.0% |
33.0% |
| Online Access Centres - formal courses provided |
1,923 |
1,887 |
1,864 |
| Online Access Centres - people formally trained in the year |
5,916 |
7,458 |
7,987 |
| Written enquiries from public dealt with by Archives Office staff |
2,721 |
2,790 |
2,640 |
| Access |
|
| Library items available for loan or research |
965,691 |
971,135 |
963,860 |
| Library items held in city and branch libraries per head of population |
1.49 |
1.48 |
1.45 |
| Line speed available at State Library service points: |
|
| 56 Kb lines |
6 |
6 |
1 |
| 64 Kb lines |
29 |
8 |
6 |
| 128 Kb lines |
2 |
14 |
0 |
| 256 Kb lines |
4 |
8 |
14 |
| 512 Kb lines |
4 |
3 |
0 |
| 1.5 Mb lines |
0 |
3 |
13 |
| 2.0 Mb lines or greater |
1 |
2 |
10 |
| Community involvement in and satisfaction with DoE |
|
| Online Access Centres - volunteers |
975 |
901 |
920 |
| Online Access Centres - volunteer hours |
68,422 |
108,672 |
89,882 |
| Number of active State Library users |
156,530 |
154,403 |
160,159 |
| Number of deposits of private archival records in the Archives Office |
65 |
62 |
40 |
| Efficiency and resource management |
|
| Number of archival items accessioned into the Archives Office |
14,129 |
34,642 |
78,559 |
| Loans per lending library item held |
7.0 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
| Archival Office holdings of records (linear metres) |
16,706 |
16,784 |
17,359 |
| Number of records disposal authorisations issued by the Archives Office |
33 |
30 |
31 |
Number of active State Library users
Reference and information enquiries to libraries
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