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Annual Public Library Survey Opens

January 2007

Starting today public library directors all over Colorado will be filling out their 2006 Public Library Annual Reports. Also known as the public library survey, the annual report is mandated by law and gathers data about Colorado public libraries for inclusion in national (NCES) and state (LRS) statistics. These statistics provide library professionals with important […]

Colorado Public Librarians Eligible for Public Assistance

January 2007

A Fast Facts titled Colorado Public Librarians Eligible for Public Assistance has been posted. This issues focuses on salaries of key positions in Colorado public libraries and demonstrates how some librarians in Colorado are paid such low salaries that they may qualify for public assistance. The issue can be found in our Fast Facts at […]

LRS Launches ROI Study

December 2006

How much is the public library worth to you? Your family? Your community? These are some of the questions return on investment studies can answer. Purpose The LRS study, “What’s It Worth to You? A Return-on-Investment Study of Selected Colorado Public Libraries” is designed not only to yield an overall return-on-investment figure for Colorado public […]

Researchers Solicit Responses to National Library Workforce Survey

November 2006

The Future of Librarians in the Workforce — An important IMLS research study of current and future library staffing needs is now underway. This important study will produce estimates of the size of the library workforce and the skills required of current and new workers now and in the next ten years. It will also […]

“Full House for “”Must Know Strategies”” Session at CAL”

November 2006

Last Saturday, during the 2006 Annual Conference of the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), it was standing-room-only for the LRS session, Must-Know Strategies for Analyzing and Presenting Your Library’s Data. The space allotted for the concurrent session seated about 25, and several later arrivals stood throughout the event. The PowerPoint file used for this presentation […]

Top Ten Reasons to Visit the LRS Booth at CAL

November 2006

10) Enter to win an LRS messenger bag. 9) Get the latest Fast Facts…and suggest topics. 8) Catch up on the latest LRS research, like the current Return on Investment study for public libraries. 7) Pick-up your free, official LRS pen. 6) Find out if you qualify to participate in the Third Colorado School Library […]

Must-Know Strategies for Analyzing and Presenting Your Library’s Data

October 2006

From 2-3pm on Saturday, November 11, I will be presenting a session by this title at the Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference. The presentation will be videotaped to be one of two pilot projects for online delivery of professional development opportunities via LRS.org. The PowerPoint presentation for this session will be posted on LRS.org […]

“””Julie”” Lecture on Intellectual Freedom Passes 10 Year Mark”

October 2006

This year at the Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference, the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) will commemorate ten years of speakers at Julie J. Boucher Memorial Lecture on Intellectual Freedom. Karen Bary, current IFC Chair, notes, “On this tenth anniversary we are not only looking back, but looking ahead, aware that intellectual freedom is under […]

CSL Jobline Gets an Update

September 2006

As you probably already know, Barbara Dey has retired from the Colorado State Library (CSL) and Deb Gettings, the LRS Administrative Assistant, is the new coordinator for the CSL Jobline. With the change in regime, we thought this would be a good time to give the Jobline an update. We are moving Jobline to a […]

NCES Releases 2004 Public Library Data and Report

August 2006

Yesterday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released an ED TABS report, Public Libraries in the U.S., FY 2004. Today, NCES released the data file underlying that publication. LRS staff will begin to analyze these data and will produce issues of FAST FACTS as well as manuscripts to be submitted to library magazines and […]