#star libraries

[libraryjournal]

We are pleased to announce the results of the tenth edition of the LJ Index of Public Library Service, sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s CollectConnect. Is your library on the list?

[libraryjournal]

We are pleased to announce the results of the ninth edition of the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s Bibliostat. The LJ Index rates U.S. public libraries based on selected per capita output measures. The 2016 LJ Index derives from data recently released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for FY14.

The LJ Index of Public Library Service has upped the ante with a new output measure: e-circ. Next up Wi-Fi. Is your library a Star Library?

[libraryjournal]

We are pleased to announce the results of the eighth edition of the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s Bibliostat. The LJ Index is a measurement tool that compares U.S. public libraries with their spending peers based on four per capita output measures: circulation, library visits, program attendance, and public Internet computer use. Scores on the LJ Index are produced by measuring the relationships between each library’s statistics and the averages for its expenditure category. This year, there are 261 Star Libraries, 54 of which were not Star Libraries last year.

Is your library a star?

[sarahbethlibrarian]

There's not much you could do to get me to move back to the South, but these dismal numbers might do it. IL has more starred libraries* that LA, AR, AL, MS, TN, GA, SC, NC, VA, KY, FL, and WV do put together. 

*I know not EVERYONE loves the LJ star system, but it is certainly one easy and nation-wide method of looking at how libraries are valued in communities. 

[libraryjournal]

The constellation of Star Libraries changes dramatically from year to year. As it does every year, the 2013 Star Libraries illustrates that each annual round introduces a substantial set of new Star Libraries, sees the fortunes of continuing Star Libraries change—as libraries change peer groups and gain and lose stars—and, indeed, sees many of the previous year’s honorees lose their Star Library status altogether. The explanations for these changes are varied and complex. Whether a public library gains or loses Star Library status or sees that status change more subtly is determined as much by the fortunes of other libraries in a library’s spending peer group as by the per capita service output of its own institution.