Czech Republic: Library Facts: Czech Library Network “Densest” in EU

From the Prague Post:

The Czech Republic has the densest network of public libraries in the EU, with almost as many libraries as towns, and Czechs continuously show a strong interest in borrowing books with the exception of a temporary decline after the fall of the communist regime in 1989.
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In 2013, the NK (National Library] was visited by 667,692 people, according to the relevant annual report. Over a half of them came to borrow a book, but more than 200,000 came to use the public Internet.
The NK loaned 669,806 books and other items in 2013.
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Of the EU’s 63,000 public libraries, 5,408 are in the Czech Republic, which is 5.1 libraries per 10,000 inhabitants, compared with the EU’s average of 1.3.
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Czech libraries loaned a total of 41.5 million books and other items in 2013.

More Stats in the the Complete Article
Direct to National Library of the Czech Republic Web Site

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