IFLA’s Metropolitan Libraries Section Releases Latest Statistical Survey, Data From 56 Urban Public Libraries Located Around the World
From the IFLA Web Site:
There was participation from 56 libraries from all over the world.
The [2011] survey presents:
- more than 20 indicators which give a snapshot of current trends regarding inputs, collections, expenditures, staff and outputs.
- for the second year, data about hot topics such as electronic services and social networking
- the ranking of top libraries in various measures or ratios
Direct to 2011 Statistical Survey Findings (PDF)
Note: Benchmarking chart of pages 28-30.
Data Sources
- Amsterdam Public Library
- Auckland Libraries
- Barcelona Libraries Consortium
- Berlin Public Library
- Bremen Public Library
- Brisbane City Council
- Bucharest, Metropolitan Library
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
- Chicago Public Library
- Cleveland Public Library
- Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Copenhagen Public Libraries
- Dresden Public Libraries
- Dublin City Libraries
- Düsseldorf Public Libraries
- Edmonton Public Library
- Gold Coast City Council
- Halifax Public Libraries
- Hannover Public Library
- Helsinki City Library
- Hong Kong Public Libraries
- Houston Public Library
- Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
- Jacksonville Public Library
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Manchester City Council Libraries
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center
- Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Montréal Public Library
- New York Public Library
- Oklahoma Metropolitan Library System
- Oslo Public Library
- Ottawa Public Library
- Philadelphia, Free Library Of
- Pima County Public Library
- Queens Borough Public Library
- Riga Central Library
- Rotterdam Library
- Sacramento Public Library
- San Francisco Public Library
- San Jose Public Library
- Seattle Public Library
- Singapore, National Library Board
- State Library of Queensland
- Stockholm Public Library
- Tallinn Central Library
- Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
- Toronto Public Library
- Vancouver Public Library
- Vienna Public Library
- Vilnius City Library
- Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service
- Zagreb City Libraries
- Zurich Pestalozzi Librar
See Also: Direct to Previous Editions of the Annual Statistical Survey Report (Back to 2000)
Filed under: Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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