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A new Fast Facts has been published! This Fast Facts (State's Collaborative Climate Fosters Interlibrary Loan in Colorado) examines interlibrary loan (ILL) use among Colorado's public and academic libraries, as well as how ILL use impacts circulation overall.
Read this Fast Facts by going to our Fast Facts page, or click the title above!
-Jamie
LRS is proud to announce the release of our most recent Closer Look Report, "U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies." In the spring of 2008, we visited the websites of nearly 600 public libraries in the United States, including all Colorado public libraries, looking for the presence of web technologies, including those identified as "Web 2.0." This report details our findings about what public libraries are doing on the web, and the characteristics that "early adopters" share.
Find the report, and a Colorado-specific Fast Facts report, on the report page:
http://www.lrs.org/public/webtech
-Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
We've recently watched one of our University of Denver Research Fellows graduate and move on to her professional career - good luck Briana, you'll be missed. But as one door closes another opens, and now we've started the process of hiring a new Research Fellow. As the result of our partnership with DU's LIS program which allows us to employ 3-4 current DU LIS students as Research Fellows. More information about the Fellowship is available at http://www.lrs.org/fellowship.php.
If you are a current student in the DU LIS program and think the Fellowship sounds like a good opportunity, or if you know someone in the program who you think would be a great fit for us, our online application form and instructions are available at http://www.lrs.org/rfapp.
-Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
“Libraries are serving as crucial technology hubs for people in need of free Web access, computer training, and assistance finding and using E-Government and job resources" according to the report recently released by the American Library Association (ALA), Libraries Connect Communities 3: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2008-2009
Highlights from the study include:
* More than 71 percent of all libraries (and 79 percent of rural libraries) report they are the only source of free access to computers and the Internet in their communities.
* 66 percent of public libraries rank job-seeking services, including resume writing and Internet job searches, among the most crucial online services they offer – up from 44 percent two years ago.
* More than 90 percent of public libraries provide technology training such as online job-seeking and career-related classes.
Report: http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2008_2009/index.cfm
About the study: http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/index.cfm
***Participate in this year's study at: http://survey.pnmi.com/ ***
~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us
If you or your library subscribes to Computers in Libraries magazine, look for my article - U.S. Public Libraries and Web 2.0: What's Really Happening? - on page 6. Find information about the publication at http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct09/index.shtml. The article is the first publication recapping our recent study, "U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies." We are also tying up the loose ends on a Closer Look Report detailing results of the study, and working on a Colorado-specific edition of Fast Facts. Watch for those publications soon on the PL Web Tech study page.
-Zeth
Letters have been sent to public school libraries throughout the state announcing the opening of the 2009-10 Colorado School Library Survey, open now at http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey. Login information is included in the letter, but if you haven't received your letter and would like to get started, feel free to call LRS at 303-866-6900 to get your information.
-Zeth
In late 2008, LRS opened up a 60 Second Survey and asked librarians about the importance of reference, the future of reference, and the promotion of reference.
While the results have been on www.LRS.org for some time now, we have a new Fast Facts, "ASK" - A National Campaign for Reference?, that analyzes the findings and the comments left by respondents.
Take a look at what we found on the LRS Fast Facts page, or click on the title above for a pdf.
-Sean
LibraryJobline.org is now on Twitter! Follow LibraryJobline.org at http://twitter.com/libraryjobline.
If Twitter isn't for you, you may also sign up for My Jobline, where you can chose to receive emails and/or RSS notifications when jobs that meet your criteria have been posted.
Or, you can receive RSS notifications of all job postings here!
What:
The 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access survey conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Center for Library & Information Innovation at the University of Maryland is now available for completion at www.plinternetsurvey.org.
When:
The survey is open now through November 6, 2009.
How:
To participate, go to http://www.plinternetsurvey.org. You will need an ID number, which you may look up on the website.
Why:
Your participation in the survey is extremely important, and directly impacts the ability of ALA and others to advocate on behalf of public libraries and the tremendous contribution public libraries make to their communities through their public access Internet services and resources. Data from the study appeared most recently in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2009-09-01-library-computers-internet_N.htm) in a discussion of how public libraries help job seekers.
Funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the survey provides important data regarding public library Internet connectivity, use, funding, and services. Since 1994, these surveys have been used by the American Library Association and others to inform and educate stakeholders - policymakers, funders, elected officials, supporters, and the media - at the local, state and national levels about the issues and needs your library faces in providing public computer and Internet access services and resources; how library staff and technology resources support community employment, e-government, and education services; the challenges libraries face in funding their services and resources; and the need for libraries, as community anchor institutions, to have access to robust high speed Internet connectivity as part of the recent broadband stimulus component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the Stimulus Bill.
Questions:
Questions regarding the survey should be directed to support@plinternetsurvey.org or 301.405.9445.
More Information:
Additional information regarding the survey and previous survey results is available at http://www.liicenter.org/plinternet. The full Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study can be found online at www.ala.org/plinternetfunding.
"This report presents selected findings from the library media center data files of the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education-funded (BIE) K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The public school sample was designed so that national-, regional-, and state-level elementary, secondary, and combined public school estimates can be made." [From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)]
National findings from the study include:
* In the 2007-08 school year, 80,100 of the 87,190 traditional public schools had a library media center.
* The majority of all public school library media centers had at least one full-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialist (62 percent).
* In traditional public schools, 57 percent of paid professional library media center staff had a master’s degree in a library-related major.
For more findings see the full report, "Characteristics of Public and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey."
Or visit the NCES website at: http://www.nces.ed.gov/
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