FOPL Member Webinar March 19: The Ontario Public Library Data Project: Early Insights and Trends

by | Feb 26, 2014 | FOPL News, Member News

FOPL Members are invited to attend a new FREE webinar.

March 19, 2014

Noon – 1:00 pm ET

To kick off our 2014 FOPL member webinar series we are excited to offer one on such a critical foundation for public library operational management and advocacy.

The Public Library Data Project: 2011 and 2012 Data: Early Insights and Trends

The Ontario public library data collection is a collaborative effort of Ontario public and Native public libraries and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, & Sport to build a normalized database of comparative data for our sector.  Annual data from 1999-2010 along with the 2011 data is now available.  2012 data is expected in mid-2014.

More importantly, what does it tell us?  What are new information is in the 2011 report and what insights and trends can we identify?  For starters, let’s understand the freshest data and hear from the team that has built these data for over a decade.  FOPL has invited the Ministry team to share with us what they’ve found and report on the data.  With the upcoming release of the 2012 data we are catching up with this critical information and have plans to use it as a foundation for successful library study and advocacy.

Speakers:

Rod Sawyer, Library Services Advisor, Programs and Services Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Culture, & Sport

Adam Haviaras, Culture Services Advisor, Programs and Services Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Culture, & Sport

Host:

Stephen Abram, Executive Director, FOPL

For more information:

Ontario public library statistics

https://www.ontario.ca/arts-and-culture/ontario-public-library-statistics

Self-reported data from approximately 386 public libraries, First Nation public libraries and contracting organizations. The data includes:

  • general information including address
  • financial information
  • holdings information
  • staffing information
  • facilities information
  • activities information including typical week data
  • partnership information (2011 onwards)

Statistics

2011 Ontario Public Library Statistics

http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/libraries/statistics_2011.shtml

Ontario Summary and Comparison

2009-2010 Ontario Public Library Statistics published as “Open Data”.   2011 is expected soon.  2012 data is expected mid 2014.

The Ministry site with the 2011 stats http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/libraries/statistics_2011.shtml  has the all important “Summary and Comparison Report” http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/libraries/statistics2011/Summary_and_Comparison_Report_2010_2011.pdf showing 2010 and 2011 overall provincial comparative data together.

Also also attached the summary and comparison report as a PDF (7 Pages).

Summary_and_Comparison_Report_2010_2011

As with all of our sessions, the recordings and slides are available quickly and can be viewed at your leisure on FOPL.ca.
Your sign in instructions are below and all FOPL members are welcome:

To attend the webinar, follow these instructions (NOTE: this is a webinar rather than the original teleconference so that we can view slides):

  1. Go to: http://ola.adobeconnect.com/fopl1/
  2. Enter “as a Guest” using your name. You will not need a password
  3. Remember to turn speakers ON

Please sign in at least a little before 12:00 pm, otherwise you may miss the beginning. If you want to invite any of your trustees or board members, please pass on this information.

If you have any technical issues during the webinar itself, please contact: Michelle Arbuckle (416) 363-3388 x.230 or at marbuckle@accessola.com

Registration

To register please send an e-mail to Monica@fopl.ca with the following information:

Name(s)

e-Mail(s)

Library System