The diagram below shows the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago and how it looks now. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The charts provide information about Little Chalfont Library, including the age distribution of its members, the proportion of

loans

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by category in 2016, and changes in the total number of

loans

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between 2007 and 2016.

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, adults aged 18 to 64 made up by far the largest proportion of library members,

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fiction accounted for the great majority of items borrowed.

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, the total number of

loans

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generally increased over the period, despite some fluctuations in the middle years. In 2016, just over half of the library’s members, at 51%, were adults aged between 18 and 64. Children represented the second-largest group at 22%, followed by young adults aged 13 to 17 at 15%.

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, people aged 65 and over constituted the smallest proportion, at 12%. Regarding borrowing categories, children’s fiction and adult fiction were equally popular, each accounting for 38% of all

loans

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. Adult non-fiction was the next most commonly borrowed category, at 13%,

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children’s non-fiction represented 6%. The remaining categories were relatively insignificant, with young-adult books and adult audiobooks each making up 2% and children’s DVDs just 1%.

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, the total number of

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rose

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from approximately 16,000 in 2007 to around 21,500 in 2016. After increasing to about 21,000 in 2011, the figure fell slightly in 2012 and 2013 before recovering steadily and reaching its highest level

at the end

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of the period.