New Reference/Data Resource: IFLA Releases “Library Map of the World”
From the International Federation of Library Associations:
The IFLA Library Map of the World, officially launched [yesterday] at WLIC 2017 in Wrocław, addresses the critical need of the library field to accurately collect and share basic information about the library landscape in countries around the world.
This year, IFLA has been liaising with national library associations, national libraries and other institutions across the world. They have collated existing library statistics in their countries and provided data on selected library performance metrics.
The first version of the Library Map of the World publishes library data from 75 countries across all regions of the world. Data collection will continue until the end of October this year when results will be analysed.
The data visualisation platform will provide you with country-level data and library performance metrics per region…
The Library Map of the World will be an annual activity, managed and maintained by IFLA to ensure a permanent home for the world’s library data.
Direct to IFLA Library Map of the World
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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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