This is a presentation made by Cllr David Arthur, the McKillop in Lochwinnoch, 24th November 2010. Entitled "Difficult Choices for Difficult Times" to the on the 24th Nov 2010. He outlines some of the "statistics" used as justification for the downgrading of Lochwinnoch Library. Please see pages 9 and 10, with a summary of the most damming figures on page 12. The figures are very biased as they use a single year comparison, and for maximum effect the council has used percentage decline figures rather than usage by the population.

1. RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL Difficult Choices for Difficult Times McKillop Institute, Lochwinnoch 24 November 2011

9. Performance of Libraries Lochwinnoch is amongst the least used libraries in Renfrewshire in terms of loans and visits with a decreasing trend in the use of library services. Ferguslie Library and Ralston Library are already co-located with other services . Total Change Total change loans from visits from 2009/10 previous year 2009/10 previous year Johnstone 149992 -1% Paisley Central 143907 12% Paisley Central 143542 -2% Johnstone 134856 -14% Renfrew 95792 3% Renfrew 76517 -17% Erskine 80454 6% Erskine 71821 -11% Glenburn 59431 1% Ferguslie 50369 14% Foxbar 34044 3% Glenburn 42420 3% Linwood 32640 -3% Bishopton 29031 19% Bishopton 28794 -3% Foxbar 25011 35% Bridge of Weir 27623 -5% Bridge of Weir 23623 -5% Ralston 25078 -2% Linwood 23067 -18% Lochwinnoch 21981 -2% Lochwinnoch 22764 -22% Ferguslie 20428 10% Ralston 13429 -20% Total 719799 1% Total 656815 -4%

10. Performance of Libraries Lochwinnoch is amongst the least used libraries in Renfrewshire in terms of PC bookings and total transactions, with a decreasing trend in the use of library services. Ralston Library is already co-located with other services and Bridge of Weir will be co-located from 2011. Total Change Total Change PC bookings from transactions from 2009/10 previous year 2009/10 previous year Paisley Central 22442 -1.0% Paisley Central 309891 4% Johnstone 14378 -5.0% Johnstone 299226 -8% Renfrew 10479 -3.0% Renfrew 182788 -7% Ferguslie 8295 24.0% Erskine 156421 -3% Erskine 4146 -22.0% Glenburn 105119 1% Glenburn 3268 -17.0% Ferguslie 79092 14% Linwood 3197 -29.0% Foxbar 61220 14% Bishopton 2217 -23.0% Bishopton 60042 6% Foxbar 2165 -2.0% Linwood 58904 -11% Lochwinnoch 1783 -46.0% Bridge of Weir 52458 -6% Bridge of Weir 1212 -36.0% Lochwinnoch 46528 -15% Ralston 667 -11.0% Ralston 39174 -9% Total 74249 -7.0% Total 1450863 -2%

11. Performance of Libraries The council agreed to retain library services in Lochwinnoch but to provide a more compact, contemporary library, which will provide a more efficient, cost effective service. The library will co-locate with the McKillop Institute, generating more efficiencies in terms of property costs, operational costs and cleaning, caretaking.

12. Usage Summary for Lochwinnoch Library 2009/10 PC bookings dropped by 46% between 2008/09 and 2009/10 Total visits dropped by 22% between 2008/09 and 2009/10 Total transactions dropped by 15% between 2008/09 and 2009/10 Total loans dropped by 2% between 2008/09 and 2009/10 Total loans 2009/10 2009/10 21981 -2% Total PC bookings 2009/10 2009/10 1783 -46% Total visits 2009/10 2009/10 22764 -22% Total transactions 2009/10 2009/10 46528 -15%

13. Stock usage statistics for Lochwinnoch Library stock figures at July 2010 Stock not loaned in previous year 42% of non-fiction books not loaned 40% of talking books not loaned 29% of junior books not loaned 29% of large print books not loaned Adult paperback fiction stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year Adult hardback fiction stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year Adult non-fiction stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year 1724 259 15% 1146 88 8% 2177 905 42% Junior stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year Adult large print stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year Adult talking book stock Number not loaned in previous year Percentage not loaned in previous year 2759 791 29% 413 121 29% 285 113 40%

16. Developing the new library space