The Success of the Library at Willesden

It is worth thinking about what a tremendous success the new Willesden Library Centre has been so far.  Anecdotally, I know many people think the range of activities are impressive, but lets look at the numbers as well.

Here are the visits:



Here are the issues:



I have included the July figures as the new library did actually open the doors in July.  That month shows a comparatively modest change.  The following three months hsow the enormous difference a new facility can make, even though it was surrounded by building works up to the middle of September. 

The detailed figures for the graphs above are here:

Visits	2014	2015	% Growth
July	20,347	23,143	13.7%
August	19,293	31,003	60.7%
September	19,698	38,496	95.4%
October	20,254	39,492	95.0%
Issues	2014	2015	% Growth
July	9,066	10,972	21.0%
August	8,158	17,181	110.6%
September	8,651	18,219	110.6%
October	8,499	17,260	103.1%