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38% of younger Americans have used computers and the internet at libraries in the past year

July 2013

Image credit: Pew Internet The Pew Research Center’s newest stats from its Internet & American Life Library Services Survey dive into younger Americans’ (16-29 years old) library and reading habits and reveal an interesting blend of technology and traditional service expectations. Perhaps most telling is that this group is significantly more likely to have either […]

The Impact of School Libraries on Academic Achievement

July 2013

We are honored to have co-authored a chapter with our founder, Keith Curry Lance, “The Impact of School Libraries on Academic Achievement,” in the new book School Libraries Matter. In addition to reviewing the school library research that LRS and RSL Research have conducted over the past two decades, the chapter also contains a 5-step […]

Attending ALA Annual? Here are the research & statistics sessions that are on our radar

June 2013

Will you be attending ALA Annual? These are the research and statistics sessions that are on our radar: Friday 8:30AM-4:00PM (preconference): Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries of Higher Education into Action 9:00AM-3:00PM (preconference): International Statistics: Helping Library Users Understand the Global Community Saturday 8:30-9:30AM: Data-Driven Services: Library Research Roundtable […]

36% of school librarians rated connecting young people to reading and lifelong learning as the top satisfaction of their jobs

June 2013

Image Source: Mark Tuchman, http://www.slj.com/2013/05/research/sljs-2013-job-satisfaction-survey/ School Library Journal recently surveyed more than 1,000 school and public librarians to pinpoint sources of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction within the field. For both school and public librarians, connecting young people to reading and lifelong learning rated first for offering satisfaction with their jobs. Working with young people and […]

Measuring the Impact of Libraries

June 2013

In the June 2013 issue of Computers in Libraries, Moe Hosseini-Ara and Rebecca Jones have an article, “Overcoming Our Habits and Learning to Measure Impact.” They highlight 5 issues that libraries struggle with when measuring impact: 1. Libraries do not set targets for their measures. 2. There’s not enough understanding of stakeholders’ value measures. 3. […]

New Fast Facts: More Opportunities, Lower Pay: 2012 Insights from Library Jobline

May 2013

Our new Fast Facts uses data from Library Jobline to evaluate Colorado’s library job climate. In 2012, almost 400 library jobs were posted to Library Jobline, thus marking the third year in a row in which there was an increase in the number of jobs posted. Although there appear to be more opportunities for library-related […]

Make the case for school libraries with our new impact studies infographic

February 2013

Our new infographic presents highlights of all of LRS’s school library impact studies in an accessible and concise format. We hope this will be an effective tool for school library advocates! Two versions of the infographic are available: -One is optimized for online viewing -And, the second is optimized for printing A printing note: if […]

New Fast Facts: Colorado School Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2011-2012

January 2013

Our newest Fast Facts uses data from the 2011-2012 Colorado School Library Survey to assess the degree to which public school libraries with endorsed librarians use web technologies. The results indicate that more school libraries offer basic web technologies (e.g., a website, OPAC) than Web 2.0-related technologies, such as wikis and Facebook. Additionally, use of […]

New Fast Facts: 21st-Century Instruction Strategies in Colorado School Libraries

December 2012

Using data from the 2011-12 Colorado School Library Survey, our new Fast Facts examines how often endorsed school librarians engage in activities that foster students’ development of 21st-century skills. The results indicate that the most frequent activity across Colorado public school libraries with endorsed librarians, regardless of grade level or enrollment, was “teach students to […]