>>8032746In terms of what's in the rows or what's taken out by users? My point is overly simplistic certainly, regardless, in my city, neighbourhood libraries are about 2/3 of the loans and having worked in them, it's mostly teens, kids/families and elder people. Even the students often don't use the books (there's the uni library for that) but the space.
Anyway, fiction is overwhelmingly preferred to docs, and in fiction, it was mostly bd/manga then crime fiction then "classical" literature. That whole "passing of knowledge" is lovely and certainly nothing to sneer at, but it's really not what the library is for the majority of its users. Accessible cultural entertainment is still the main reason people go to the public library, and it's already a great thing. Having parents reading and taking books for their kids is fantastic. Giving kids the desire and the means to read is important.
Proper enduring, practical wood furniture is really not what is easily available nowadays as well...
