Author name: Zeth Lietzau

LRS-Interactive Tutorial Available

July 2008

Want to get the most out of our dynamic public library statistics pages? We now have a tutorial available which will help you better navigate the tools and find the statistics you are looking for more easily.

Public Library Statistics Available

July 2008

2007 Public Library Statistics are now available for libraries in Colorado. Public libraries throughout the state completed their portions of the 2007 Public Library Annual Report this spring, and we have now completed state and federal edit checks to ensure the quality of the data. Check out the stats at http://www.lrs.org/pub_stats.php. Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us

2007 Preliminary Public Library Statistics Available

April 2008

Preliminary statistics from the 2007 Colorado Public Library Report are now available. Most libraries have completed the report, and more edit checks will be run on the data in the next few months, but you can access the data now at http://www.lrs.org/public/stats.php?year=2007. Enjoy! Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us

LibraryJobline.org Hot Jobs

February 2008

Wondering how many people are looking at that job you posted to LibraryJobline.org? Or how many others are checking out the positions you are applying to? Now you can easily find out that the Young Adult Information Services job at JCPL has been viewed over 400 times in the last week, or that people have […]

Wage Calculator now available

February 2008

Have you ever looked at an hourly salary on a job posting and wanted to quickly know how it translated to an annual wage? Or vice versa? The Library Research Service now provides a simple wage calculator which allows you to provide hours worked per week and an hourly, weekly, monthly, or annual salary, and […]

Who Knew – Fun Facts about Football and Literacy

January 2008

In the spirit of this weekend’s Super Bowl, we have collected resources relating how football is being used to promote literacy around the globe. The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) reports that enterprising librarians at the University of Dubuque (Iowa) are using fantasy football to teach information literacy. “Fantasy football sessions created the […]

LibraryJobline.org celebrates its first birthday

January 2008

One year ago today, on January 16, 2007, the Colorado State Library Jobline moved to a new, more interactive home — www.LibraryJobline.org. In the year it’s been up, it has been a huge success — 680 job positions have been posted in nearly all types of libraries. Almost 500 job seekers have signed up for […]