Public libraries: MEDIA OFFERS AND USE in 2011

The German Library Statistics (DBS) is the national statistics of the German library system and contains statistical key figures. It includes public libraries, scientific libraries, as well as specialized scientific libraries. More information can be found at [DBS](https://www.bibliotheksstatistik.de/). This dataset contains the following information about public libraries in Bavaria in 2011: Media as a whole - inventory, media as a whole - rentals, media in open access or 'direct access' as a whole. - Inventory, media in free-hand position or in 'direct access' in total. - Borrowings, stock of magazines - Print media and non-book media in physical units, total print media - Stock, total print media - Borrowings, ... of which: Non-fiction - Stock, ... of which: Non-fiction - loans, ... of which: Fiction - Stock, ... of which: Fiction - borrowings, ... of which: Children's and Youth Literature - Collection, ... of which: Children's and young people's literature - borrowings, ... of which: Journals in print - inventory, ... of which: Journals in print - Borrowings, non-book media as a whole - Stock, non-book media as a whole - Borrowings, ... of which: Analogue and digital media - inventory, ... of which: Analogue and digital media - borrowings, ... of which: Other non-book media (e.g. games) - inventory, ... of which: Other non-book media (e.g. games) - rentals, virtual inventory - inventory, virtual inventory - rentals, access to media units, departure to media units, databases, current newspaper and magazine subscriptions in print form, current newspaper and magazine subscriptions in electronic form, exchange/block stocks received, exchange/block stocks lent, orders in taking (passive) loan traffic, orders in giving (active) loan traffic, document deliveries to the end user