by FOPLED | Nov 24, 2014 | FOPL News, Member News
Ministry investments in Ontario’s Public Libraries Nov 24, 2014 – Unofficial Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport budget figures Annual Investments: Public Library Operating Grants $18,740,800 Pay equity funding for public libraries $2,010,600 First...
by FOPLED | Nov 19, 2014 | FOPL News, Member News
In 2014, FOPL led a joint study with SOLS, OLS-North and OLA (with funding from the 2020 project) of public library branding in Ontario. For this project we: a. did a census of public library e-presences (websites, social media and social networking) b. collected...
by FOPLED | Nov 17, 2014 | FOPL News, Member News, Uncategorized
FOPL has assembled the following stats and talking points that members may find helpful in talking about public libraries in Ontario. We’ve got a lot more data but here are a few: Ontarians have voted with their library cards and passionate support for public...
by FOPLED | Nov 12, 2014 | Member News, Member Projects and Reports
Circulations per capita and per active cardholders FOPL Data Report, Week 3 (+ the Primer) This week, we have what is about the most popular per capita librarians calculate: circulations per capita and for each of the 304 Ontario public libraries we have focused on....
by FOPLED | Oct 22, 2014 | Member News, Member Projects and Reports
FOPL has embarked on an exciting project. For the first time this year, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport has released the Ontario Public Library Data Collection as an open data file from 1999-2010. The next two years will be released as open data in...
by FOPLED | Oct 17, 2014 | FOPL News, Member News, Member Projects and Reports
Attached please find a Request for Proposal for a public opinion poll of Ontarian’s usage and attitudes towards public libraries in Ontario – supporting documents also provided. Due: November 28, 2014 Questions: by November 14, 2014 FOPL Opinion Survey...