June 19, 2012 by Gary Price
From the Colorado Library Research Service Blog: Forbes.com recently posted an article on “The Best And Worst Master’s Degrees For Jobs,” and a Master’s in Library and Information Science was ranked the No. 1 worst degree. These rankings were based on mid-career median pay and estimated rate of growth of careers in 35 popular degrees. […]
March 27, 2012 by Gary Price
New from the Colorado Library Research Service: Every year, LRS collects information from Colorado public libraries on challenges to their materials and services. 66 challenges were reported in 2010, with challenges to Internet sites and videos both surpassing books for the first time. Read the Complete Report (4 pages; PDF) Includes 4 charts. Also New […]
March 22, 2012 by Gary Price
From Colorado’s Library Research Service. Data Here (.XLS) Info About Data Here Data Included in the Report: Print Volumes Total e-Book Holdings Downloabable Video Titles Total Video Holdings Number of Local Databases Annual Visits Annual Reference Transactions Summer Reading Programs for Children and Teens/Number of Registered Participants Director Salary and Much More
May 16, 2011 by Gary Price
From a Colorado Library Research Service Blog Post by Nicolle Steffen: The preliminary data from the Public Library Annual Report is now available on LRS.org. See Colorado Public Library Statistics and Profiles at: http://www.lrs.org/pub_stats.php. For access to Colorado Public Library Interactive Statistics (LRS-i), use the new interface at: http://www.lrs.org/public/stats.php?year=2010. For Input-Output Measures, see: http://www.lrs.org/public/cannedstats.php?year=2010. The remainder […]