About the Library Research Service

Mission

• The Library Research Service provides library professionals, educators, public officials, and the media with research and statistics about libraries.

Goals

• • To collaborate with clients to design and conduct research projects and apply the results.
• • To gather needed data; package it attractively, flexibly, and persuasively; and deliver it on time to clients.
• • To enable clients to utilize available data, to collect and report more complete and accurate statistics, and to use both types of data more effectively.

Services

• • Research design
• • Location, compilation, and analysis of available data
• • Sample design and selection
• • Survey administration
• • Statistical analysis
• • Report writing, layout, and design
• • Presentation of findings
• • Workshops on presenting research and statistics persuasively

www.LRS.org

About LRS.org

LRS.org provides online access to research and statistics about academic, public, and school libraries in Colorado and beyond. For each type of library, it provides statistics for Colorado, other states, and the nation. The website also provides access to two types of reports: FAST FACTS, one- to three-page issue papers on current topics and trends facing libraries that are published once or twice a month; and A CLOSER LOOK reports, more in-depth analyses resulting from major LRS research projects that are published two or three times a year. In addition, the site provides links to research and statistics on specific library topics - such as materials prices, public opinion about libraries, and library technology - and links to dynamic tools that assist users in making sense of library statistics - such as peer comparison tools and calculators that adjust dollar figures for inflation over time or cost-of-living differences from place to place. Contact information for other organizations involved in library research and statistics and key individuals in those organizations is also provided.

Citation of the website: Library Research Service.(applicable year) LRS.org. Colorado State Library; Denver CO. Accessed (date) address: http://www.lrs.org

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