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PDF pending restorationMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1975
This statistical account is based on 1974 public library annual report data. Summary tables list the means, medians and percentile points for the following ten indicators: (1) total municipal appropriation per capita, (2) total annual income per capita, (3) salaries as percentage of total expenditure, (4) materials expenditure per capita, (5)…
Descriptors: Demography, Evaluation, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures
Download full textPiggford, Roland R.; And Others – 1979
This survey presenting raw data for the planning of resource sharing and other cooperative library activities in Massachusetts focuses on the borrowing and lending characteristics of libraries with regard to nonresident borrowing activity. It is intended to provide up-to-date estimates of such activity, formulate long term solutions to fiscal…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Circulation, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Long, Sandi – 2002
This annual report of Utah public library services presents data useful for local library planning. This information is presented in two sections: core performance measures and general tables. Statewide summary data and breakouts by the populations of the library jurisdictions are provided for the following core performance measures: (1) visits…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Funding, Library Materials
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
Based upon annual reporting data for FY 76, this statistical report was designed to facilitate rapid comparison of support and activity levels among Massachusetts public libraries. The first section presents summary tables providing means, medians, and percentile values by population group for each of the following indicators: (1) library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
This supplemental report has been developed to assist administrators in the comparative analysis and evaluation of Massachusetts public libraries. Libraries have been placed into one of seven budget groups according to their total operating expenditures to provide another method of comparing libraries by "like" size and population of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1987
This report of the results of the 1987 survey of higher education libraries in Oklahoma begins by briefly describing the development and refinement of the annual survey instrument used to help determine the needs of these libraries. The data tables and analyses are then presented by type of institution, i.e., 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Information Technology
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Library Development. – 1994
Quantitative output measures for municipal and county public library services in Wisconsin provide points of reference for libraries to analyze their needs and establish primary service goals based on unique community-targeted services. Traditional input measures are also furnished, which produce various recommended targets, based on the size of…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, County Libraries, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
