IN an increasing age of digital technology, the City of Gosnells has seen an increase in library visits and members in the past five years.
The Amherst Village Library, Kenwick Library, Knowledge Centre and Thornlie Libraries all had more than 420,000 visits to its four libraries in the past financial year according to its annual report.
In the 2010/11 financial year, the city’s libraries had less than 350,000 visits and hit over 400,000 in the 2014/15 year.
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READ NOWThe libraries have similar amounts of items loaned since five years ago, but it has dropped from almost 800,000 in 2014/15 to under 750,000 in 2015/16.
Library members have seen an increase by about 10,000 in the past five years and currently sits at more than 50,000.
The amount of programs attended has doubled in the past five years with more than 36,000 people attending library programs.
It was at under 19,000 five years ago.
Go to www.gosnells.wa.gov.au for more.
Gosnells library figures from the past five years.
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16
Items loaned 744,729 722,603 738,084 786,449 791,488 741,582
Library visits 345,415 342,336 363,747 395,861 414,714 420,018
Library members 40,126 44,882 47,092 49,763 49,438 50,695
Program attendance 18,559 24,612 25,250 29,074 32,075 36,464