Telling Your Library's Story
Highlights of Utah Statistics
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2011 (pdf)
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2010 (pdf) - Small fold version (pdf)
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2009 (pdf)
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2008 (pdf)
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2007 (pdf)
- Highlights of Utah Public Libraries FY2006 (pdf)
- Utah & National Average Households’ Use of Libraries (January 2007) (pdf)
- Quotable Facts FY2010 (pdf)
- Quotable Facts FY2006 (pdf)
Sample Documents
- 2009 Annual Report, Park City Library (pdf)
- 5 Year Statistical Comparison of Library Output Measures (rtf)
- Library Fact Sheet for Public Distribution (rtf)
- 5 Year Comparison of Holdings & Circulation (xls)
Advocacy
- Maximize the Potential of Your Public Library - A Report on the Innovative Ways Public Libraries are Addressing Community Priorities by the International City/County Management Association.
- Promoting Libraries and Librarianship - Library Value Calculators from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region.
- Calculators for Valuing Library Services & Return On Investment (ROI) - Calculators, sample documents and articles about presenting library value to the public from the Library Research Service, Colorado State Library.
- Public Libraries & the Internet, State of Utah Briefs - Center for Library and Information Innovation
- Data in Action! Media Materials & Templates - Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study
- The Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal - Colorado Public Library Advocacy Initiative
- Quotable Facts About America's Libraries 2010, Ameican Library Association
- How to use the Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) and Library Journal (LJ) Index of Public Library Service (pdf)
- Know Your Legislator (doc) (pdf)
Handy and simple form to collect essential information about your legislator or elected official and to focus the library message you would like to convey. - American Library Association, Legislative Action Center