From ann.reed at state.or.us Wed May 4 15:58:16 2011 From: ann.reed at state.or.us (Ann Reed) Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 22:58:16 +0000 Subject: [PL-Directors] question on dropping "# of items added" type questions from library survey Message-ID: <810CC03BDFB8D94883767344C8B7EE2E1B1E05A5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello everyone, We are currently working with our vendor Bibliostat on preparing the FY10-11 public library statistical survey that will come out in July. I would like to ask you about several items the survey now collects. Currently we ask for the amount of books, video, audio, e-items, etc. and the number of such items added during the fiscal year. Do you use the data for how many of any type of thing (e.g. physical videos) was added? How important is this? How difficult is it collect the number of things added by type? Ultimately, my question is "Shall we delete the questions that ask how many of what type of items are added?" What would be reported on the survey would be a snapshot of the collection on June 30 - that much would stay the same. Could you send me your thoughts by May 13? Thank you for thinking about this. Yours, Ann Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator Library Development Services Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. NE Salem, OR 97301 (503) 378-5027 fax (503) 378-6439 ann.reed at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us Mon May 16 13:54:23 2011 From: marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen) Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 20:54:23 +0000 Subject: [PL-Directors] 2011 Library Development Customer Satisfaction Survey Message-ID: Hello all- We would very much appreciate your participation in the Library Development Services 2011 customer satisfaction survey http://library.state.or.us/services/surveys/survey.php?sid=730 . We conduct this survey annually, and in the past we sent the survey link to library directors (public, academic and tribal) and the Oregon Association of School Libraries Board. After much discussion, we decided to expand our survey audience. in addition to those already mentioned, we are sending the survey to a number of other groups who represent library development customers: the OLA Executive Board and Intellectual Freedom Committee, LSTA and Statewide Database advisory committees, youth services librarians, LSTA grantees, and Plinkit users. We sent this announcement to several e-mail lists so you may get more than one invitation to participate. Please respond to the survey just once if you receive multiple invitations. The deadline for completion of the survey is May 31st. Thanks for your assistance with this project. As we have in the past, we will use the responses to help shape our priorities and projects. MaryKay MaryKay Dahlgreen Library Development Program Manager Oregon State Library 503-378-5012 marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ann.reed at state.or.us Thu May 19 16:13:50 2011 From: ann.reed at state.or.us (Ann Reed) Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 23:13:50 +0000 Subject: [PL-Directors] keeping # of items added by type questions for this year in public library statistical report Message-ID: <810CC03BDFB8D94883767344C8B7EE2E1B83963B@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Thank you all for the thoughtful, and thought provoking comments you sent me about whether we should retain a count of items added by type on the annual statistical report. Based on your comments, I think that for now it may be best to retain the items, as some libraries use the data from other libraries to gauge the progressiveness of their collection development activities and do library advocacy. I've collated and attached everyone's responses in case anyone wishes to view them. A couple directors mentioned that they would like subtotals of physical and of virtual items. We will see if we can work that in. The annual survey for the fiscal year of July 1,2010-June 30, 2011 should open in mid to late July and will be due October 1 this year. There aren't many changes. The definition for the number of books (print items) now excludes bound periodical volumes. Since we also get a lot of questions about ILSs in Oregon, we are asking for the brand and version of a library's, or its consortium's, automated system. If you want to get ready for the survey early, we always keep the most recent survey and instructions on the web as a model on our Reporting Public Library Statistics webpage: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/statsreportpublib.shtml I really appreciate your help and feedback on this. 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On Friday the Ways and Means Committee passed out SB 5521, our budget for the 2011-13 biennium. It contains a budget for the Ready to Read Grant program of $1,215,438. This is a 3% reduction from the program budget in the 2009-11 biennium which was $1,250,074. The 2011-13 budget is equivalent to 78 cents per child per year. You will recall that we started the 2009-11 biennium with funding for the program at 94 cents per child per year. However in the second year of the biennium the program experienced two across-the-board reductions that reduced the funding for grants made last December to 67 cents per child per year. Those of you who receive more than the minimum $1,000 grant should expect an increase in the grant you receive this December of 16%. In December 2012 your grant should be just slightly larger than the grant you receive this December. This will reflect the difference in funding from 67 cents per child in the second year of the 2007-09 biennium to 78 cents per child in both years of the 2011-13 biennium. The reason the grants go up slightly in the second year of the biennium is because they are based on the estimated growth in the number of children, birth-14, in the state. SB 5521 also keeps funding for he Ready to Read Grant program in the OSL budget for now. You may recall that Governor Kitzhaber proposed to move the program to the Early Learning Council, a new agency that he is creating. The Legislature decided not to do this until the Early Learning Council is better established. They will probably look at this again when they meet next February. SB 5521 still has to be approved by both chambers of the Legislature and signed by the Governor, but we expect this to happen in the next few weeks. As usual we will be sending out the applications for Ready to Read Grants on July 1st this year including an estimate of your grant award. I know this is kind of confusing, so please let me know if you have any questions about this. Jim Scheppke, State Librarian Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-378-4367 (fax) 503-585-8059 jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us [cid:3388992931_626596]Go Green, Keep it on screen - think before you print. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Since we sent this announcement to several e-mail lists so you may get more than one invitation to participate. Please respond to the survey just once if you receive multiple invitations. Thanks for your assistance with this project. As we have in the past, we will use the responses to help shape our priorities and projects. MaryKay MaryKay Dahlgreen Library Development Program Manager Oregon State Library 503-378-5012 marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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