Activity Details
Title: Consulting
Narrative: All seven DLD professional staff act as consultants within their subject specialties and on behalf of the State Library in general on the subjects of youth services, statistics, library trustees, Friends groups, interlibrary loan, digital projects, financial literacy, health literacy, legal literacy, E-rate, and grant writing and management, among other subjects. Consultants also serve as liaisons to library directors in specific geographic regions to keep them involved and informed of services and opportunities from the State Library.
The Division's director serves as a liaison to multiple state and nonprofit agencies, helps to coordinate statewide projects and programs with those agencies, and represents the Division on several advisory boards.
State-funded DLD staff also supported the implementation of the EXCITE Transformation for Libraries project funded by IMLS, grant # RE-95-17-0068-17.
Intent: Improve library operations.
Activity: Instruction
Mode: Consultation/drop-in/referral
Format: Combined in-person & virtual
Quantity
Total number of consultation/reference transactions: 1,267
Average number of consultation/reference transactions per month: 106
Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No
Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No
Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General
Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 192
Academic Libraries: 8
SLAA: 1
Consortia: 4
Special Libraries: 4
School Libraries: 15
Other: 0
Activity Details
Title: Library statistics
Narrative: The State Data Coordinator compiles an annual report of public library data that is used by individual libraries to help assess their performance and funding in relation to similar libraries. The Data Coordinator uses Excel software to collect, analyze, and publish data annually. The Division makes available an automatic chart-maker tool, web-based data visualizations from Tableau Public, and online tutorials to help libraries create customized charts and tables to evaluate their libraries and plan for the future. Official 2018 statistics from 179 participating public libraries are available online at http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/stats. They are also shared with state and federal agencies through the Public Libraries in the United States Survey conducted by IMLS and are reported nationally to the Public Library Statistics Cooperative (PLSC).
Intent: Improve library operations.
Activity: Content
Mode: Other
Format: Digital
Other: Other - Gathering
Quantity
Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No
Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No
Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General
Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 179
Academic Libraries: 0
SLAA: 0
Consortia: 0
Special Libraries: 0
School Libraries: 0
Other: 0
Question 1: I am satisfied that the resource is meeting library needs.
Strongly Agree: 0
Agree: 0
Neither Agree nor Disagree: 0
Disagree: 0
Strongly Disagree: 0
Non-Response: 0
Question 2: Applying the resource will help improve library services to the public.
Strongly Agree: 0
Agree: 0
Neither Agree nor Disagree: 0
Disagree: 0
Strongly Disagree: 0
Non-Response: 0