The Freckle Report 2020: An analysis of public libraries in the US, UK and Australia

This report analyses the historic performance of public library services in the US, UK and Australia.

It contains a narrative of the past ten years, showing declines in use and how widely they have occurred. It looks at the performance of different library activities and of different categories of expenditure on libraries

It looks at the use of different reading formats that are available and how much they are used in public libraries compared to the wider reading public

It identifies the purpose of reading in libraries and what influences people to read their books

The report draws conclusions and makes recommendations for improvement.