STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS Completing the 2010 Public Library Survey - Painlessly Peter Haxton...

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

Completing the 2010 Public Library Survey - Painlessly

Peter Haxton

State Data Center Coordinator

State Library of Kansas

• Data provided by local libraries• Through Bibliostat collection tool• Data sent to US Census Bureau for processing• Aggregated by IMLS

• Provides local libraries information for budgeting, and peer comparisons

• Allows systems to understand what is happening in their member libraries

• Gives the state information on library use and change over time

• Directs federal policy makers

• Quality, comparable data from every library• Edit checks

– Universally hated– Mathematical calculation to determine if an answer is

outside of an expected range– Compares text for changes– Provide an explanation– Not questioning your honesty or integrity!

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