This week the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) published Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look a biennial report that summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Highlights from the report include: • Academic libraries held approximately 158.7 […]
In a press release issued today, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) confirmed what most public library staff already knew—library visits are up, way up. In the last decade public libraries were visited 1.59 billion times, a 24.4% increase in visits per capita and total visits increase of almost 40%. From IMLS: “The […]
The 2009 Public Libraries Survey report has been released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). See the report at: https://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pls2009.pdf. Based on data from public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, highlights from the 2009 Public Library Survey (PLS) include: * Visitation and circulation per capita have […]
A magic percentage for public libraries, really. “How is it magic,” you ask. It is the response rate each state must reach in order to have state-level reports from the National Survey of Public Library Funding and Technology Access (PLFTAS). Reports like the State Briefs found here: http://plinternetsurvey.org/advocacy/state-details?id=CO. Want to be part of the magic? Take the […]
The Compare Academic Libraries tool allows users to compare college and university libraries on a wide range of characteristics. It also allows the user to view and download historical data of a library of interest as far back as FY 2000. To view this updated tool, visit: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/compare/ This web tool is a product of […]
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the release of the 2009 Public Libraries Survey (PLS) data. It is available on the IMLS web site at: http://harvester.census.gov/imls/data/pls/index.asp. All 50 states and the District of Columbia participate in the Public Libraries Survey every year and the collection includes data on visitation, circulation, the availability and […]
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) just published the research brief: “Who’s in the Queue? A Demographic Analysis of Public Access Computer Users and Uses in U.S. Public Libraries” by Carlos A. Manjarrez and Kyle Schoembs. Highlights from the report include: • The demographic analysis in this brief dispels some myths about the […]
Library Journal’s 2011 Job Satisfaction Survey–Rocked by Recession, Buoyed by Service: “Budget cuts from coast to coast have turned up the heat, but librarians still love their jobs. Realistically, however, money shortages have reduced advancement opportunities and many feel they’ll have to leave libraries before retiring.” Read the article at: http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketljxpress/890617-441/lj_2011_job_satisfaction_survey.html.csp Read about the results […]
ALA officially released the 2010-2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access report: http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding. The full survey report, including state data, is available at http://plinternetsurvey.org/?q=node/13. Also available is a highly shareable executive summary: http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/plftas11-execsummary.pdf.
? The Institute of Museum and Library Services just announced the Public Libraries Search and Compare tools have been updated with the national FY 2009 Public Library Survey unimputed suppressed data. Search tool: http://harvester.census.gov/imls/search/index.asp Compare tool: http://harvester.census.gov/imls/compare/index.asp
