The State of Ontario Public Libraries and Select Trends, 2000-2018: A Data Survey

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Public Library Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-07-23 DOI:10.1080/01616846.2021.1873638

R. Molyneux, S. Abram

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Canadian public library data are the responsibility of the nation’s various provinces and territories, unlike the US where there is a national-level data collection effort. Ontario public library data are collected and published annually by the province’s Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries. The data have been recompiled into a longitudinal file by the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) which has produced two main products from the resulting FOPL Dataset. One is a method for peer comparisons, but the focus in this article is on the second: an annual Report on the condition of these libraries as revealed in each year’s new data. This article highlights results from the latest FOPL Report on the condition of Ontario’s public libraries. In addition, there is an emphasis on the fact that these Ontario data are particularly strong in measuring new capabilities of libraries resulting from changes in the information environment of public libraries.

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安大略省公共图书馆与选择趋势，2000-2018：数据调查

加拿大公共图书馆的数据是国家各个省和地区的责任，不像美国有一个国家级的数据收集工作。安大略省公共图书馆的数据由该省遗产、体育、旅游和文化产业部每年收集和发布。这些数据已经被安大略省公共图书馆联合会(FOPL)重新编译成纵向文件，并从最终的FOPL数据集中产生了两个主要产品。一种是同行比较的方法，但本文的重点是第二种方法:根据每年的新数据，对这些图书馆的状况进行年度报告。本文重点介绍了最新的关于安大略省公共图书馆状况的自由图书馆报告的结果。此外，还强调了这样一个事实，即安大略省的这些数据在衡量公共图书馆信息环境变化所产生的图书馆新能力方面特别有力。

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Public Library Quarterly INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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3.50

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21.10%

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