The 2008-09 School Library Survey closed a few weeks ago, and preliminary results are now available on our school library stats page — http://www.lrs.org/school_stats.php If you completed the survey, please take the time to review our data and let us know if you find any discrepancies. We’re still working on the 2008-09 School Library Profiles, […]
The use of public library resources and services by children has been on the rise both in Colorado and in the U.S. as a whole over the past 10 years. Read the details in our new Fast Facts, The Kids Have It, by Robbie Bravman Marks
The deadline to respond to the 2008-09 Colorado School Library Survey has been extended until November 26, 2008. So far we have about 500 responses, and are looking to break last year’s record of 817. If you’re in a school library in Colorado, and haven’t completed the survey yet, please do so at http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey. If […]
I’m currently at the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey. In a few hours, I’ll be presenting on results from our study “U.S. Public Libraries and Web 2.0.” We will be releasing data in report form shortly, but in the meantime, here’s a link to my presentation. http://www.lrs.org/documents/web20/pub_libs_web_20_ppt.pdf Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
Almost exactly 10 years ago, LRS.org went live. Yes, we’ve inhabited cyberspace that long – how do you think we got such a great URL? In those 10 years, our website has received about 16 million hits from around 2.5 million visitors. We’ve also redefined ourselves a few times. We moved to the current look […]
Today we release a new Fast Facts about school libraries, More School Librarians for Metro Areas, Fewer for Non-Metro, which details trends in school library staffing throughout the state. The timing of this report is appropriate, as next week we will open the 2008-09 Colorado School Library Survey. See this and others at our Fast […]
We’ve just published a new Fast Facts — Colorado Summer Reading Programs More Popular Than Ever, by Robbie Bravman Marks. Find it on our Fast Facts page. -Zeth
The LRS is going through a bit of a transition, as we welcome a brand new set of Research Fellows from the University of Denver. Briana Hovendick, Sean Lamborne, and Jamie Archuleta all joined our ranks in the last few weeks. It’ll be exciting to move forward with our new corps. Join me in welcoming […]
Our latest Fast Facts has just been published – Challenged Materials in Colorado Public Libraries. See our Fast Facts page to find out what was challenged last year. -Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
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 […]
