STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

Completing the 2010 Public Library Survey - Painlessly

Peter Haxton

State Data Center Coordinator

State Library of Kansas

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

Who

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

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

Why

• 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

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

How

• 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!

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS

STATE DATA CENTER OF KANSAS