Millions of people access the Internetfor the �rst time in a public library.Did You Know?

in FranceLIBRARIES AND SKILLS

2017

LIBRARIES IN FRANCE

SKILLS IN FRANCE

France ranks 16on the EU’s DigitalEconomy & SocietyIndex (DESI)

of French employers encounterdi�culties in finding employeeswith the rights skills

of French adultsparticipate in life-longlearning activities

20% 22%

24% 28%

One library per4,143 inhabitants

Population:66.7 million

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HOW GOOD ARE THE FRENCH ONLINE?

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of adults in Francehave used theirpublic library.

of public library usersin France took part ineducational activitiesat the library.

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Information drawn from: European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2016; European Commission Education and Training Monitor 2016; OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); TNS Global Survey Measuring perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries in the EU; the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), the French Library Association and the Observatoire de la Lecture Publique.

13.6 MILLIONADULTS USED THEPUBLIC LIBRARYin France each year There are

199,700,000eBOOK LOANSin French librarieseach year.

There are215 MILLIONDOCUMENTSloans in Frenchlibraries each year.

800.000adults per yearuse a computerin the library.