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A look at the Margaret Wilson Library’s 2015 holdings.

By Steve Brearton

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Infographic illustrating statistics about education in Ontario. Long description follows.
Infographics: Hannah Browne/Studio 141

An illustrated infographic titled By The Numbers: A Look at the Margaret Wilson Library's 2015 holdings by Steve Brearton. The infographic is divided into three sections.

The first section is called Well Stocked and lists the following data: 12,574 total print and electronic items, 11,046 of these items in English and 1,528 of these items in French with 223,196 total research database searches.

The next section is called Special Delivery and says, "The library ships materials free of charge to Ontario Certified Teachers anywhere in Ontario. Requests came from as far as Iroquois Falls, 577 km away, Hearst, 746 km away, Moosonee, 852 km away, Sioux Lookout, 1,190 km away, Webequie, 1,193 km away and Kenora, 1,334 km away."

The third and final section is called Reading Levels and shows the growth in circulation statistics from 2012 to 2015. Growth is divided into two categories. Category one is print and electronic items which has 21,491 items in circulation in 2012, 21,399 items in circulation in 2013, 25,185 items in circulation in 2014 and 26, 896 items in circulation in 2015. Category two is e-books which has 6,442 items in circulation in 2012, 7,220 items in circulation in 2013, 9,606 items in circulation in 2014 and 11,450 items in circulation in 2015.