by Compendium News Staff | Apr 1, 2016 | Children's Services, Data, Resources of Interest
Check the data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) recently released 2013 Public Libraries in the United States Survey. The report provides local, state, and national information about the nation’s 9,000 public libraries and their...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 2, 2015 | Data, Resources of Interest
Attention PA public library system & district administrators, district consultants and library directors: Project Outcome was conceived, developed and launched by the Public Library Association (PLA) on June 26, 2015. This online data collecting tool is available...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 14, 2015 | Data, Resources of Interest
Read how Levi at Data Science Notes uses available data to determine library peer groups. Simple and nerd methodology is shown.
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 4, 2015 | Accessibility, Data, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries
In rural areas nationally, 52% of households, with income under $25,000, lack broadband. This comes from the 2014 Digital Inclusion Survey, which provides data from a national study that explores the digital inclusion roles that public libraries play in our...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 29, 2015 | Data, Resources of Interest
According to the PEW Research Center, 78% of adults under 30 own a laptop or desktop computer. This has decreased from 88% in 2010. Read more about device ownership.