Finally Fines Free!

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…

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…