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 Library Statistics from the Connecticut State Library

The State Library collects, organizes, and publishes a wide variety of statistical information about the state's libraries. 

Latest Statistics News from BlogJunction Connecticut:

Statistical Profile of CT Public Libraries

• 2008/2009
  
• Previous Years: 2007/2008,  2006/2007,  2005/2006,  2004/2005, 2003/2004 
• Connecticut Public Library Annual Report and Application for State Grant that public libraries submit each year to the State Library provides the data for this Profile.

Using Statistics to Make the Case for Your Library:

   Advocacy

• Library Use Up, Library Budgets Down - August 2009
• Connecticut Libraries, the Facts is a one-page fact sheet about public libraries in Connecticut.
• CT Public Libraries, a busy place in a bad economy - a one-page flyer
• Automatic Chart-Makers (create customized charts to lobby for your library)
  
• Connecticut Public Library National Rankings

   Comparison Tools

• Complete Statistical Profile 2009 (Excel Version)
• Statistical Profile 2009 (Organized by Population Group)
  
• Automatic Chart-Makers (customized charts for your library)
• Selected Library Statistics for All CT Public Libraries, 1996 - 2009
• Compare Libraries - a great national resource from IMLS

   Additional Resources and Publications

• Connecticut Public Library Statistical Trends, 2001 - 2009
• Connecticut Public Library Statistics, By County, 1996 - 2009
• Automatic Chart-Makers (create customized statistical charts for your library)

The State Library also publishes Connecticut Interlibrary Loan Activity, an annual tabulation of borrowing and lending among public, academic and special libraries.  Beginning with the FY 2008 report, the reports are available in electronic form only.  Previous years reports are in print, with only a summary provided here.

CT ILL Monthly Online Report Form  Libraries should use this form to submit their monthly (or year-end) ILL statistics to the State Library.  

Additional Resources and Publications

• Riding the Wave: Impending Sea Change in Library Employment
• National Center for Education Statistics(Academic and School Libraries)
• Connecticut's AENGLC (wealth) rank
• Online Directory of U.S. Public Library Statistics
• Research and Statistics from WebJunction Central
   

Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: 860-757-6573 Fax: 860-757-6503
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
State Library Data Coordinator: Tom Newman
tnewman@cslib.org