There was a 17 per cent decline in public library use in the UK between 1993 and 2013, according to a report by CABE (The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment). They suggest this is not due to a lack of public interest in reading books. Rather, it is the authoritarian style and image of libraries with their rules about silence and fines for late returns of books. Those few libraries that have moved away from this image, such as the one in Bournemouth, which provide cafes and 'chill-out' zones, have seen a 40 per cent increase in library use. Therefore, it is clear that the future of the function of the UK library service will be more assured if all libraries follow this lead.