I had a different topic in mind for this, my first post of 2011. But an email I received from the friendly staff at WordPress changed my mind. What good news! WordPress congratulated me on my blog’s attainment of a rating of Awesome on their Blog Health-O-Meter™. And I know they really approve of the [...]
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Blog Health-o-Meter™
Posted in Library assessment, Library ratings, Measurement on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Safe from the Temptations of Public Libraries
Posted in Library ratings, tagged comparative library statistics, history of public libraries, outlier values, public library statistics on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a letter published in Library Journal in 1908 U.K. librarian James Duff Brown was puzzled by comparisons of British and American public library statistics. He noticed that the number of registered borrowers per capita among prominent U.S. libraries seemed inordinately high when compared with British libraries. 1907 statistics for East Orange, NJ indicated that [...]
Library Ratings Are Low-Res
Posted in Library ratings, tagged IMLS data, Library assessment, performance assessment on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These past several months the LJ Index of Public Library Service has been in the news in all regions of the USA, showcasing libraries that excel in providing services to their communities. So, it was troubling to see that the Index became newsworthy in a conflict between a library director and library board. A Library [...]
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IMLS- Blog Post: You just never know who’s going to drop by the IMLS booth in the exhibit hall! February 10, 2012
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