Las bibliotecas públicas en España: diagnóstico tras la crisis económica: informe Fesabid
| Main Authors: | Arroyo-Vázquez, Natalia, Hernández-Sánchez, Hilario, Gómez-Hernández, José-Antonio |
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| Format: | Report PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | es |
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, 2019
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/38948/1/Informe-fesabid-bibliotecas-espa%C3%B1a-arroyo-hernandez-gomez.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/38948/ |
Daftar Isi:
- In order to diagnose the situation of Spanish Public libraries System, their statistical data are extracted from 2010 to 2016, period selected to understand their evolution during the global economic crisis. A global description and an analysis based on comparison and criticism are made. The key elements identified for the diagnosis of the System are: In 2016, there were 4,633 public library service points in Spain, representing a decrease of 251 compared to those registered in 2010 (5.1%). As a consequence, there is also a lower number of staff in full-time equivalence, with a decrease of 4.0%. In 2016, public libraries were attended by 10,677 people in full-time equivalence, which represents a ratio of 2.30 people per service points Collection development is the input that suffers the greatest impact during the economic crisis. Between 2010 and 2016, a 47.7% decrease is observed: from 55.7 million in 2010 to 29.1 in 2016. By other side, personnel expenditure has increased by 10.3% , while the other expenses chapters remain. This evolution has caused a relevant budgetary imbalance, by increasing the expenditure of personnel by more than 73% with respect to the total allocated to libraries, which correlates with loss of effectiveness in services and a possible inhibition of library innovation processes; the document acquisition expense is reduced to 6.3% and other expenses remain at 20.0 % in 2016. During these years Local Authorities have assumed a greater financial effort to maintain the libraries, by reducing the contribution and support of the Autonomous dministrations to the maintenance of their libraries, and remaining as residual resources provided by the Central Administration. Now Local authorities represent eight out of ten euros in 2016: The 463.2 million euros expent in the public libraries in 2016 were financed by 78.3% by the local Administration, while the Autonomous Administrations contributed 20.8% and the remaining 0.9% corresponded to the General State Administration, private entities and others. Expenditure on buildings, furniture, computer systems and other infrastructure is maintained until 2015 with slight annual variations, with a maximum of 69.3 million euros in 2014, but drops sharply in 2016, when 24.1 million are recorded, less than half of the 2012-2016 period average. Regarding the use of libraries by citizens, the total number of visits to public libraries is practically maintained, with a decrease of 2.7% linked to the loss of libraries. The number of visits per service point has increased 1.3%, standing at around twenty-three thousand. On the other hand, the decrease in spending on collections seems to have affected the use of the loan service, which has also fallen by 18.8% during the period 2010-2016. In 2016 there were still more than 1.4 million people with no library service in their municipalities, no library service point or mobile library. There is insufficient evidence to analyze the evolution of the digital uses of public libraries, because the data on visits to the websites of the libraries are incomplete. The same problem exists with other library services, such as the number of organized activities and attendees. Yes we can say that, in the period analyzed, the percentage of ebook collections on eBiblio and eLiburutegia platforms and the loans made through them, still represents an insignificant percentage with respect to the total. A detailed analysis of the data by Regions reflects an increase in inter-territorial inequalities in these years, depending on the degree of commitment of the Autonomous Administrations, which is manifested in all aspects studied in the Report. The collection of statistical data available on the Spanish Public Library System must be improved and expandes in order to objectify all the work carried out by the libraries.