Closer Look Studies

August 2025

This collaboration between High Plains Library District and LRS was a multi-year project aimed at better understanding and measuring library outreach to newcomers.

Colorado Talking Book Library Patron Satisfaction Survey Report, 2018

June 2019

The Colorado Talking Book Library (CTBL) provides free library services to Coloradans who are unable to read standard print materials because of physical, visual, or learning disabilities. CTBL provides recorded books and magazines, Braille materials, large print books, and a collection of descriptive videos. In October 2018, CTBL had 6,164 active individual patrons and worked […]

Colorado Talking Book Library Patron Satisfaction Survey Report, 2016

April 2017

The Colorado Talking Book Library (CTBL) provides free library services to Coloradans who are unable to read standard print materials because of physical, visual, or learning disabilities. CTBL provides recorded books and magazines, Braille materials, large print books, and a collection of descriptive videos. In October 2016, CTBL had 6,202 active individual patrons and worked […]

Colorado Talking Book Library Patron Satisfaction Survey Report, 2014

September 2015

The Colorado Talking Book Library (CTBL) provides free library services to Coloradans of all ages who are unable to read standard print materials because of physical, visual, or learning disabilities. CTBL provides recorded books and magazines, Braille materials, large print books, and a small collection of descriptive videos. CTBL serves more than 6,400 active individual […]

U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2012

November 2013

This report presents the results of the third iteration of the biennial study, U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies. The Library Research Service launched this study in 2008 with the intent to document the use of various web technologies on the websites of public libraries throughout the nation. From its inception, it […]