National Library Board Library Reach Index, Collections And Loans, Annual

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NationalLibraryBoardLibraryReachIndexCollectionsAndLoansAnnual.csv (9 rows, 4.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text	1996 Text	1995 Text	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Text	1991 Text	1990 Text	1989 Text	1988 Text	1987 Text	1986 Text	1985 Text	1984 Text	1983 Text	1982 Text	1981 Text	1980 Text	1979 Text	1978 Text	1977 Text	1976 Text	1975 Text	1974 Text	1973 Text	1972 Text	1971 Text	1970 Text	1969 Text	1968 Text	1967 Text	1966 Text	1965 Text	1964 Text	1963 Text	1962 Text	1961 Text	1960 Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)77.8%	(Null)88.9% 78466011.1%	(Null)88.9% 70269611.1%	(Null)88.9% 58509711.1%	(Null)88.9% 52028011.1%	(Null)88.9% 46055211.1%	(Null)88.9% 42610011.1%	(Null)88.9% 37990011.1%	(Null)88.9% 31710011.1%	(Null)88.9% 28600011.1%	(Null)88.9% 24000011.1%	(Null)88.9% 20400011.1%	(Null)88.9% 16000011.1%	(Null)88.9% 13098911.1%	(Null)88.9% 18566711.1%	(Null)88.9% 17000011.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%	(Null)44.4%
National Library	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Public Libraries	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	20
Reach Index	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	69.9	78	61.7	64.3	70.9	72.5	80.3	81.4	53.6	50.4	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Total Physical Collections	6065400	5419800	5162700	4846200	4123500	3134099	2969292	2855826	2890676	2726156	2437094	2936305	2769398	2671796	2541556	2322242	2162231	1771412	1601680	1430753	1352276	1232262	1138803	1062133	971717	877207	784660	702696	585097	520280	460552	426100	379900	317100	286000	240000	204000	160000	130989	185667	170000	7932005	8034924	8348801	8396700	8378300	8429400	8820200	7540300	7549900	7899830	8726200	8090702	8303000	8657700	8446700	7880100	8631100	8602800	8447300	8306000	7855600	7821000	7771400	6861100
Total Ebooks Collections	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	2446457	2248547	1940333	1727500	1419500	1065960	904200	696500	4579700	4145100	3521953	3225623	3155585	2338300	1218715	903677	763108	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Loan Of Physical Library Materials	24543400	24757100	23323100	22500100	14209500	12429160	9738324	9076291	6995924	9066277	9118091	9317796	7438247	7580674	8659955	7025899	6093392	6227930	4679017	3603750	3407416	3264697	2921554	2732081	2639204	2569712	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	23988369	24423363	25554533	25377600	18249900	31896200	33587600	29325300	32061700	31824400	34034721	35537386	38082600	36504200	33150201	31474000	27816000	28768700	28563500	27743100	26371600	34889900	30128000	27718000
Usage Of Digital Library Materials	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	16459342	12711653	13911643	13278700	11428000	10564100	7936300	10616100	11680200	11504250	10758352	10611651	7483749	4406200	3485890	2758966	1632410	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
National Archive Sites	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Visits To Libraries And Archives	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	20757968	19825748	16431939	11549467	9125189	26920648	26936107	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2000	2000	Text	Number	-
1999	1999	Text	Number	-
1998	1998	Text	Number	-
1997	1997	Text	Number	-
1996	1996	Text	Number	-
1995	1995	Text	Number	-
1994	1994	Text	Number	-
1993	1993	Text	Number	-
1992	1992	Text	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bf36da418f88e5485aff69079694ecef"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). National Library Board Library Reach Index, Collections And Loans, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bf36da418f88e5485aff69079694ecef/view

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