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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, lovers of public library stats…. and everyone else, too!
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<p class="MsoNormal">(With a<i>pologies for cross-posting this information</i>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re pleased to announce that the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/Library/libraries/Pages/Statistics.aspx">
2019 Oregon Public Library Statistical data</a> is now available on the State Library of Oregon website. The reporting period for this data was July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This dataset has been reviewed to the best of our ability and is considered at
this point to be “finalized.” As a small process change going forward, we are no longer releasing preliminary datasets.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The data is available for download as an Excel (.xlsx) file, and this spreadsheet has been formatted to reflect the structure of the 2019 survey (along with a sheet that includes the full data, there is also a sheet for each section, as
well as a sheet with additional notes). If you’d like to receive the data (or a subset) in another format, please contact me and I’ll try to accommodate!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Some highlights from the 2019 data:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>On average, each public library in Oregon spent an estimated
<b>12 hours </b>collecting & reporting their data, for a <b>total reporting burden of 1,608 hours</b>! That obviously represents a HUGE effort across our state, and
<b>I would like to thank every single library staff person</b> (and volunteer) for helping us gather this information.
<span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The percentage of <b>Oregonians <i>without</i> public library</b> service has
<b>decreased to 7% </b>in 2019 (down from 9% in 2018) – however, <b>about 321,966 Oregonians</b> are still currently without any level of publicly supported library service. Approximately half of this year’s gain can be attributed to the opening of several
<b>new libraries in Douglas County</b> (way to go, <b>North Douglas Library District, Lower Umpqua Library District, C. Giles Hunt Memorial Library</b> in<b> Sutherlin,
</b>and <b>Roseburg Public Library!</b>). We’re hopeful to have Oakland City Library and Yoncalla Public Library represented in next year’s stats for Douglas County as well. I attribute the other half of this gain to population increases in areas already served
by established public libraries. For context, only about 4% of Oregonians were without public library service in 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>26 Oregon public libraries are no longer charging fines for late books!</b> We’ll be revamping our survey questions next year to gather better and more granular information about fines, but this is up from only 17 libraries
who were not charging fines on books 5 years ago. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>On average, about <b>13% of public library cardholders</b> were patrons
<b>newly registered</b> during the reporting period. And about <b>53% of Oregonians</b> who have library service also
<b>currently have a public library card</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Oregon public libraries reported a total of <b>49,776 events</b> which utilized
<b>meeting rooms or other library space</b> for non-library sponsored events and/or meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Public libraries in Oregon had <b>19,615,898 library visits</b>. That’s
<b>5 visits per Oregonian</b> (in areas with library service) this year!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Physical collections in Oregon libraries are getting smaller</b>, as libraries make better use of their physical space and invest more in e-collections. There are currently
<b>10,425,191 total physical items</b> held by our public libraries, <b>down about 11%</b> over the last 5 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is wealth of information about Oregon public libraries here, so
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/Library/libraries/Pages/Statistics.aspx">please dig in to the data on our website</a> or
<b>reach out to me for hel</b>p doing so. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most of Oregon’s data can also be found in the national <a href="https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey">
Public Libraries Survey (PLS) data</a> from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and I’ll be submitting our 2019 data over the next few weeks. The IMLS also has a
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/labs/">Search and Compare Tool</a> for quickly identifying peer library groups nationally based on data points of your choosing – just be aware that the most recent data in the tool is from FY2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Ross Fuqua<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#1F497D">Data & Federal Programs Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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