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By: warsystems » Public libraries outperformed video rental businesses

warsystems » Public libraries outperformed video rental businesses — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:55:50 +0000

[...] year), to 300 million videos loaned in 2004 (12% of the number of videos rented commercially). The growth of video lending from public libraries has been amazing, and largely [...]

By: purple motes » public libraries outperformed video rental businesses

purple motes » public libraries outperformed video rental businesses — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:53:56 +0000

[...] year), to 300 million videos loaned in 2004 (12% of the number of videos rented commercially). The growth of video lending from public libraries has been amazing, and largely [...]

By: purple motes » Applying Newton’s Third Law to human behavior: institutions have mass

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:50:45 +0000

[...] century. From 1977 to 2004, book circulation per user declined approximately 50%. The growth of audiovisuals circulation, estimated at 25% of total circulation in 2004, accounts for about half of this decline. These [...]