PLSC/FSCS Professional Developement Conference Presentations

• Concurrent Session: Data Quality Assurance - Al Zimmerman and the Data Collection Subcommittee
• Data Quality Assurance (PDF)
• Data Quality Excel Spreadsheet
• FSCS Data File Overview - Al Zimmerman (PDF)
• Balance Scorecard; Baldrige Criteria for business excellence (The Measure of Library Excellence) - Debbie Wilson (PDF)
• Concurrent Session: Illinois Library Research Center Interactive Data Tool for Librarians - Lauren Teffeau and Megan Mustafoff
• FSCS Presentation Overview (PDF)
• The Illinois Library Research Center FSCS Presenation 2006
• FSCS Quick Start Guide (PDF)
• Library Research Center Interactive Database Survey (PDF)
• National Five Year Trends for Circulation per Capita Libraries Across the Nation (PDF)
• Concurrent Session: Communicating the importance of data collection to library directors - Marianne Kotch and Michaela Hansen
• Quotable Facts (PDF)
• Library Advocacy and Publicity Using Statistics: 2005 Web Pages From State Libraries and Library Associations - Patience Frederikson (PDF)
• Communicating the Importance of Data Collection (PDF)
• Making Your Case with Library Statistics - Patience Frederikson (PDF)
• Telling Your Story (PDF)
• Concurrent Session: Using Microsoft ACCESS with your state’s library statistics - Ira Bray and Evelyn Lindberg
• Outline of Presentation html version of Powerpoint
• Screenshots (PDF)
• Presentation Outline (PDF)
• Concurrent Session: State Library Agency Survey - Suzanne Miller
• Part M. Electronic Services and Information (c) (PDF)
• E-metrics Crosswalk Table (PDF)
• State Library Agency Survey: Looking to the Future Data Elements and E-metrics (PDF)

• "Gaining Political Clout: How Maryland’s public Libraries Successfully Used Statistics to Win Votes" - by Luncheon Speaker: Mary Baykan, Director Washington County Free Library Western Maryland Regional Library; Maryland Public Library Survey: Customer Survey of Maryland Residents About Libraries full report of the survey, November 1, 2003 (PDF)
• Data: Body & Soul - by Kathleen Reif, Director, St. Mary’s County Library (MD) & Chair, PLA @your library Taskforce (PDF)
• FSCS Data Files Overview - by Al Zimmerman, WI SDC (PDF)
• "Public Libraries and the Internat: Looking Back, Looking Forward" - by John Carlo Bertot, Information Institute College of Information Florida State University (PDF)

• Library Statistics @ Your State Library by Al Zimmerman, WI SDC

• Calling Dr. Data or the 10 Commandments of Public Library Data by Bob Molyneux
• I know it when I smell it by Bob Molyneux

• Z39.7 Library Statistics Standard Revision Update: Library Statistics Data Dictionary by Denise M. Davis, NISO Committee AY Chair and Dianne Carty, Committee AY Member
• Rambling Through an E.D. Tab by Jim Scheppke, Oregon State Librarian - December 10, 2002
• Updates from FSU by John Carlo Bertot, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Florida State University - December 10, 2002

• “The Producers” and “The Cheerleaders” or Library Data For Public Policy Use? Keynote Talk by Joseph F. Shubert, New York State Librarian Emeritus - December 3, 2001 (PDF)

• Data Use & Advocacy for Public Libraries by Denise Davis

Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics (PDF)
Presentation to Oregon Library Association conference, 2004. Discussion of how data is used at national and state level, how data is processed, and pitfalls in reporting and useage. - Ann Reed, OR SDC