General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library
public [Public library and archive]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution
Liverpool Central Library & Archive / Liverpool City Council
3 Address
William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
4 Phone / Fax / Email
0151 233 5835 0151 207 4870 libraries.enquiries@liverpool.gov.uk
5 Name of the director of the library
David Stoker
6 Contact person for enquiries
David Stoker dastoker@hotmail.co.uk

b population served

7 Current readership, number of registered readers
70000 [750,000 visitors p.a., circa 70, 000 registered readers]
8 Number of full time students
NA
9 Number of part time students
NA
10 Number of staff in institution
6000 [Circa 6,000 Council employees]

c the old/original building(s)

11 Total floor area
19000 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats
350
13 Total capacity of shelving
35000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage
7000 linear metres
15 …in closed access stacks
28000 linear metres
16 Number of library staff
54
17 Opening hours to the public
60 hours per week and 355 days per year