Developing national data collection models for public library network statistics and performance measures: Project update

摘要

Public library networked statistics and performance measures are important indicators of the use, uses, and users of networked services that public libraries offer their patrons. Individually, these factors provide libraries with the ability to incorporate network usage data into key decision making processes and planning activities. Together, through a systematic approach to the collection and reporting of public library network statistics on a national scale, these factors provide significant data regarding use and usage trends throughout U.S. public libraries that inform policy makers, researchers, and library professionals as to what types of network activities are occurring in public libraries and how those uses can lead to public library role changes in the networked environment.