OPLA’s Research and Evaluation Committee presented at the OLA Super Conference 2022: Finally Fines Free! Explore Different Ways of Using Data to Help Your Library Advocate for Going Fines Free Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2022 The link to the presentation will be provided soon. In the meantime, check out the Advocating for Fines-Free Libraries Read More…
Category: Using Data & Statistics
Poverty in Canada by the Numbers
“No Poverty” is the 1st of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Libraries contribute to this goal by delivering programs to improve literacy and numeracy for everyone.
Canadians and the Internet: StatsCan releases 2016 GSS Survey Results
Statistics Canada has released the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS), Canadians at Work and Home, results. Findings: The vast majority of Canadians, of all ages, use the Internet. Just over 90% of Canadians 15 years of age and older went online at least a few times a month in 2016, and it was not just young people checking out Read More…
IFLA: Global Library Statistics Initiative
By Simon Ellis, Michael Heaney, Pierre Meunier and Roswitha Poll Abstract: When IFLA needed reliable data about libraries and their services worldwide, it became apparent that there are no such data. Therefore, the IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) committee TC 46 SC 8 ‘Quality – statistics Read More…
IFLA Library Statistics Manifesto
The IFLA Library Statistics Manifesto was endorsed by the IFLA Governing Board on 9 April, 2010. Snippet: The initiative for this document was taken by the IFLA President Claudia Lux at the Section’s conference in Montréal (August 2008). The idea is to have a certified document about the importance of library statistics, as they demonstrate Read More…