Campaigners say fall in adult visitors over 10 years shows ‘it’s time to stop talking about the dismantling of library services and instead to demand action’
Severe cuts to public libraries have taken a toll on visitor numbers, which show a drop of almost a third over 10 years, according to the latest government data.
Despite ministerial pledges to halt the decimation of library services, the report from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport found that the number of adults who had visited a public library in the 12 months to the end of September 2016 fell to 33.8%, from 48.2% 10 years earlier.
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