Collecting and Using Public Library Statistics

A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians, No 56)

By Smith, Mark S.

Publishers Summary:
Statistics can be an invaluable tool for improving community relations, library service, and funding -- when collected properly and presented effectively. Librarians can turn to this manual to find hands-on methods for collecting and using statistics; learn painless ways to collect data, even with a small staff; incorporating data analysis into management decisions; and use statistics as a publicity and information tool. Also included are sample form and graph presentations (such as forms for data collection, and budget and expenditure charts), and a list of helpful statistics resources beyond those for your own library.

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ISBN
978-1-55570-206-9
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers


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Reviewed on April 1, 1996

Statistics need not be a dull subject, as this readable addition to Neal-Schuman's popular "How-To-Do-It" series proves. Smith, library systems administrator at the Texas State Library, is responsible for collecting and publishing public library statistics from his state. Using realistic examples of library situations, he discusses why we keep statistics; how to collect them; and how they can be used to alloc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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