[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] RE: Re: OCLC library report attached]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI, additional information regarding OCLC report.

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacoun] RE: Re: OCLC library report attached
Date: 	Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:15:13 -0500
From: 	Mary Ghikas <mghikas at ala.org>
To: 	James G. Neal <jneal at columbia.edu>, Jacqueline Rafferty 
<jack_raff at hotmail.com>
CC: 	<alacoun at ala.org>
References: 	<BLU102-W9FE25B48EA3F2BA32D04980580 at phx.gbl> 
<4B6710CF.2020601 at columbia.edu>



For additional information, you may want to look at the following two
documents, both released recently by the ALA Office for Research &
Statistics:

"A Perfect Storm Brewing: Budget cuts threaten public library services
at time of increased demand" --
http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/issuesbriefs/issuesbr
ief-perfectstorm.pdf

and

"The Condition of U.S.Libraries: Trends, 1999-2009"
http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/Condition%20of%20Libraries%2
01999.2009_all.pdf


Thanks to Denise Davis, Director, ALA Office for Statistics & Research,
and Karen Muller, ALA's Librarian. 

mg

Mary W. Ghikas
Senior Associate Executive Director, ALA
312-280-2518





-----Original Message-----
From: James G. Neal [mailto:jneal at columbia.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:35 AM
To: Jacqueline Rafferty
Cc: alacoun at ala.org
Subject: [alacoun] Re: OCLC library report attached

This is a very useful historical snapshot of library trends about 6-8
years ago, much of the data drawn from 2002 and 2003 reports.  I wonder
how activities and comparisons have evolved under the impact of dramatic
changes in the technology, economics, and roles of libraries.  Jim Neal.

Jacqueline Rafferty wrote:
>
> For those who may not have yet seen it, attached is a library report 
> by OCLC: / /
>
> /Libraries /*How they stack up*
>
> U.S. spending
>
> "This report, */Libraries: How they stack up, /*provides a snapshot of

> the economic
>
> impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons 
> of library
>
> economics and activities to other sectors, professions and 
> destinations in the
>
> worldwide economy."
>  
> Jackie
> Jacqueline Rafferty, MA Chapter Councilor Library Director Paul Pratt 
> Memorial Library
> 35 Ripley Road
> Cohasset, MA 02025
> Voice mail: 781.383.1348
> www.cohassetlibrary.org
>
>  
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>  
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-----Original Message-----
From: James G. Neal [mailto:jneal at columbia.edu] 
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:35 AM
To: Jacqueline Rafferty
Cc: alacoun at ala.org
Subject: [alacoun] Re: OCLC library report attached

This is a very useful historical snapshot of library trends about 6-8
years ago, much of the data drawn from 2002 and 2003 reports.  I wonder
how activities and comparisons have evolved under the impact of dramatic
changes in the technology, economics, and roles of libraries.  Jim Neal.

Jacqueline Rafferty wrote:
>
> For those who may not have yet seen it, attached is a library report 
> by OCLC: / /
>
> /Libraries /*How they stack up*
>
> U.S. spending
>
> "This report, */Libraries: How they stack up, /*provides a snapshot of

> the economic
>
> impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons 
> of library
>
> economics and activities to other sectors, professions and 
> destinations in the
>
> worldwide economy."
>  
> Jackie
> Jacqueline Rafferty, MA Chapter Councilor Library Director Paul Pratt 
> Memorial Library
> 35 Ripley Road
> Cohasset, MA 02025
> Voice mail: 781.383.1348
> www.cohassetlibrary.org
>
>  
>  
>  
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
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--
James G. Neal
Vice President for Information Services
   and University Librarian
Columbia University
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535 West 114th Street, MC1101
New York, NY  10027
212-854-2247
212-854-4972 (Fax)
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http://www.columbia.edu/~jneal




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Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

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