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We've just released our latest Fast Facts - Computer Users at JCPL are More Likely to be Very Active Patrons. About a year ago, we collected computer usage data from Jefferson County Public Library, and found that patrons who were using the library's computers also tended to check out more materials.
See more at http://www.lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/261_jcpl_computers.pdf
Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
Recently Gannett News Service released the Library Systems Database which includes 2006 and 2002 data for all 9,200 public libraries in the U.S. Although limited in scope, the database has data from all 50 states and includes LSA population, visits, circulation, public Internet access computers, and operating expenditures.
The news service also included rankings of libraries serving a population 10,000 or more. The three rankings are...
* Highest circulation per capita
* Most Internet-capable public computers per capita
* Largest operating expenses per capita
Because it has not yet been finalized and released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the 2006 data was compiled using each states annual report (survey). The 2002 data is, presumably, from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
For more information about public library statistics see...
LRS - State Public Library Statistics: http://www.lrs.org/public/other.php
Gannett's Library Systems Database: http://data.gannettnewsservice.com/libraries/library_start.php
American Libraries article: http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/july2008/gannettdoesresearch.cfm
IMLS public library data: http://harvester.census.gov/imls/index.asp
NCES public library data: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/
~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us
Want to get the most out of our dynamic public library statistics pages? We now have a tutorial available which will help you better navigate the tools and find the statistics you are looking for more easily.
Based on interest expressed at the May 2008 Colorado Public Library Directors (CPLD) meeting, a survey was developed by LRS and distributed by James LaRue (Director of Douglas County Libraries) through the CPLD email list. The purpose was to assess existing hardware, software, and personnel costs associated with existing integrated library systems (ILS) in public libraries, as well as gauge interest in a statewide consortial ILS. The results of this survey are now available at: http://www.lrs.org/technology/ils/.
Links on the page include:
* Public Library ILS Survey Results Summary
* Survey Report & Results
* Open Source ILS - CO Libraries Task Force
* What's with all this ILS talk?
~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us
From ChildStats.gov, "The annual report profiles the status of the nation's children and youth, presenting up-to-date federal statistics in one convenient reference. The National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences is one of the 22 federal agencies that participate in the Forum [Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics] and contribute to the report. The report documents that mathematics and reading scores of fourth and eighth graders have increased, but shows as well that the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of infants born at low birthweight have also risen. The report also includes indicators on child poverty, health care, housing, and at-risk behavior."
Key links:
America's Children at a Glance: http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/glance.asp
Education: http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu.asp
Complete report: http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us
The "Academic Libraries: 2006 First Look" report has just been released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
According to the report, in 2006 the nation’s 3,600 academic libraries…
* Had 144.1 million circulation transactions
* Loaned 10.8 million documents to other libraries and borrowed 10.3 million
* Held 1 billion books and other paper materials
* Employed 93,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, including 26,500 FTE librarians
* Had $6.2 billion in total expenditures with $3.1 billion spent on salaries and wages
* 72% provided reference service by e-mail or the Web
According to NCES, “This report provides a statistical profile of the libraries serving postsecondary, two- and four-year degree-granting institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report includes information on services, collections, staff, revenue, and expenditures. The data were collected through the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS…”
Report: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008337
Compare Academic Libraries: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/compare/Index.asp
NCES: http://nces.ed.gov/
~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us
2007 Public Library Statistics are now available for libraries in Colorado. Public libraries throughout the state completed their portions of the 2007 Public Library Annual Report this spring, and we have now completed state and federal edit checks to ensure the quality of the data.
Check out the stats at http://www.lrs.org/pub_stats.php.
Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
While I was at ALA, I had the chance to be exposed to several sessions that presented research that is in a very similar vein to what we're doing here at the LRS. I'll mention three such studies that I was able to learn about:
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill is doing a study that is very close to our hearts - the Workforce Issues in Library & Information Science (http://www.wilis.unc.edu/index.html). They're treating it as a two-step process. First, they've surveyed LIS graduates from their school dating to 1964, and are currently processing that data. Next, they will be using what they've done to attempt to develop a model for career tracking of LIS graduates. It should be interesting to see what they come up with.
Second, Old Dominion University is conducting an exploratory study of the relationship between National Board Certification (NBC) in Library Media and Information Science (LMS) and student academic achievement ( http://www.odu.edu/~spribesh/imls-nbc.shtml). This is well in line with the school library impact studies done by LRS and others found at http://www.lrs.org/impact.php.
Finally, I got to sit in on a session presented by OCLC which discussed their study, "From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America" (http://www.oclc.org/reports/funding/default.htm). They're analyzing the data from a very large study of library support that found, among many other things, that the library's most committed funding supporters are not the heaviest library users.
Though all of these studies are still in the data analysis stage at the moment, I look forward to seeing what comes from them.
Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
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