GOBI

Comparing libraries
Part 8. Resources
NAV

Content

  1. Introduction
  2. Entities and populations
  3. Types and distributions
  4. Users and visits
  5. Stocks and circulation
  6. Products and productivity
  7. The coming of the Web
  8. Resources

Norway

  1. Central Bureau of Statistics [Statistisk sentralbyrå]. Bibliotek, museer, arkiver og annen kulturformidling [Libraries, museums and other dissemination of culture],
  2. - . Kultur og media [Culture and media]
  3. - . Folkebibliotek og utlån [Public libraries and lending]. 1945-2003. Graph.
  4. - . Folkebibliotek, bokbestand og utlån. [Public libraries , stock and lending]. 1918-1998.
  5. - . Number of visits last 12 months by gender and age. . 1988 and 1998. Percent.
  6. Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority [ABM-utvikling]. Statistikk. Norwegian library statistics.
  7. - . English and Norwegian terms for library positions
  8. - . Fagreferenter
  9. - . Kvalitets- og resultatindikatorer for bibliotek. Versjon 3.0. PDF. List.

Sweden

  1. Central Bureau of Statistics [Statistiska Centralbyrån]. Folkbiblioteksstatistik
  2. - . Forskningsbiblioteksstatistik

Denmark

  1. Danish National Library Authority [Biblioteksstyrelsen]. Statistik.

Finland

  1. Ministry of Education (2003). Library strategy 2010 (PDF)

Great Britain

  1. Bohme, S. and Spiller, D. (1999). Perspectives of public library use 2. A summary of research (1995-98) of interest to public librarians and the book trade, gathered from government reports, public library authorities, academic departments and student dissertations. Produced jointly by LISU and Book Marketing Ltd.
  2. England, Len & John Sumsion (ed.). Perspectives of public library use. A compendium of survey information. Loughborough: Loughborough University of Technology. Department of Informaration and Library Studies. Library and Information Statistics Unit, July 1995. - 235 p.
  3. Department for Culture, Media and the Sports (2003). Framework for the future. The policy document outlines the Government's long-term strategic vision for the role of public libraries. Its purpose is to help local and library authorities agree on the key objectives for the public library service with central government and local communities.
  4. Goldberg, Jeffrey (Cranfield U.). Why web usage statistics are (worse than) meaningless
  5. JUSTEIS Project. Home. Aberystwyth U.
  6. LISU. Home.
  7. LISU Annual Library Statistics 2004 - featuring Trend Analysis of UK Public & Academic Libraries 1993-2003. Page for downloading. Summarises the current position on libraries of all types in the UK. Where available, trend information is shown for up to ten years.
  8. Spiller, David (LISU). UK special library statistics : the challenge of collecting and analysing data from libraries in the workplace. 64th IFLA General Conference, 1998
  9. An investigation into the non-borrowing use of public library services

Europe

  1. EQUINOX. - EQUINOX aims to further develop existing international agreement on performance measures for libraries, by expanding these to include performance measures for the electronic library environment. The second aim is to develop and test an integrated quality management and performance measurement tool for library managers
  2. LibEcon2000
  3. Library economics in Europe (LEE). The "Millennium study" carried out by John Sumsion as part of the LibEcon project.
  4. Moore, N. (1989). Measuring the performance of public libraries: A draft manual (PGI-89/WS/30). Paris, General Information Programme and UNISIST, UNESCO
  5. NAPLE Forum. National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe.
  6. PULMAN Web. Public Libraries Mobilizing advanced networks.

United States

  1. Association of Research Libraries. ARL Statistics. Interactive edition.
  2. Molyneux, Robert E. New Measures for Public Libraries
  3. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Library Statistics Program
  4. - . Public Libraries in the United States 2002 (PDF)
  5. - . Use of Public Library Services by Households in the United States: 1996
  6. NCLIS Library Statistics Cooperative Program
  7. Normative Data Project for Libraries. The goal of the Normative Data Project for Libraries (NDP) is to compile transaction-level data from libraries throughout North America; to link library data with geographic, demographic, and other key types of data; and, thereby, to empower library decision-makers to compare and contrast their institutions with real-world industry norms on circulation, collections, finances, and other parameters.
  8. Seleb, David (2000) and Glenn Kersten. Reference Statistics. Presented March 13, 2000 at "On the Front Lines: The Third Annual [Illinois] Statewide Practitioners' Summit".
  9. UCSD Libraries Reference Statistics. Information Services Committee. Adopted by PSAC - January 5, 2000

Global

  1. UNESCO Libraries Portal
  2. Ryan, Joe. Library statistics and measures. Comprehensive collection of links.
Tord Høivik - 2005/08/03