This information is available on-line for public use for the first time. The statistics were published as part of the 2004/05 CIPFA (The Chartered Institute Public Finance and Accountancy) Public Library Statistics.
Public Library Service Standards Performance 2004/5 PDF (210kb)
The original Standards (2001) and the revised Standards (2004) are no longer available online. The link below leads to the latest version of the standards, which includes a revision made in March 2006.
Public Library Service Standards PDF (276kb)
These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.