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MLA West Midlands: the regional council of museums, libraries and archives. |
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1st Floor, Grosvenor House,
14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5RS.
Tel: 0121 345 7300.
Fax: 0121 345 7303.
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Email: info@mlawestmidlands.org.uk
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MLA: Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Wellcome Wolfson Building,
165 Queen's Gate,
South Kensington,
London, SW7 5HD.
Tel: 020 7273 1444
Fax: 020 7273 1404
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Email info@mla.gov.uk
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www.mla.gov.uk
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| West Midlands Libraries | |
- 14 local authorities run 307 static libraries and 51 mobile libraries. They employ c4,000 staff and receive around 32 million visits per year.
- Higher Education provides around 40 libraries to over 160,000 students with around 13 million visits per year. Further Education more than 50 libraries, and schools around 2,400.
- There are many other library and information services in the health, business and private sectors.
- There are 307 static libraries and 51 mobile libraries in West Midlands. They employ over 4,000 staff.
Libraries have visits from 58004 per 1000 of the population and over 50% of people have a library ticket.
- Public libraries receive 32 million visits per year.
HE libraries receive 13 million visits per year.
- There are152 special collections within libraries.
- There are currently 2,808 computer terminals in public libraries due to the People’s Network.
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