Some topics that have already arisen this year, in the order you’ll find them on the Survey. Topics that apply to more than one section are duplicated in each.
Identification Section
We have updated your Population of Legal Service Area with the 2020 Census numbers.
Library Governance
2.16, Annual report to local government. Many libraries submit this report every July. In that case, the question is about the one due in July 2021, not the one due in July 2022. In general, it’s whichever edition of the report was due since you last answered this question.
Branches/Hours
To qualify as a bookmobile, a vehicle needs to have material that can be browsed and checked out at the stops, and a regular route. If it is only delivering items that patrons requested ahead of time, it is an outreach vehicle and is counted under 11.1 instead.
If your bookmobile offers programming, you still count the stops and total attendance in the bookmobiles section (3.6). The programs with their attendance are counted in the programs section (9.9-9.12). Bookmobile programs count as Live Onsite rather than Offsite because the bookmobile is an extension of the library itself. If you didn’t record total bookmobile visitors separately from the number who actually participated in the programming, it’s fine to use the same number in both places.
Paid Staff
The Renewal & Development Conference hosted by the State Library does not count towards 4.16 (national or regional professional library conference) but it does count towards 4.17-4.19 (continuing education opportunity).
Webinars count towards continuing education opportunities for all staff.
Library Collection
For 7.1, Number of Print Materials, do not include magazine issues.
VOX Books count as print materials, not physical audio.
For 7.7-7.9, downloadable e-books, etc., this is the number of items available to your patrons, regardless of who paid for it. If you belong to OverDrive, the consortium sent those numbers in an email to the NDDR list. However, if you also have some titles that you purchased directly and do not share with the rest of the consortium, you will need to add those to the total.
For 7.11, Total Circulation of Children’s Materials, just count material for ages 0-11 when possible.
7.13, Total Circulation of Non-Media Physical Items, is circulation of everything in 7.4. Including the state park pass numbers you put in 7.12.
For 7.15, Total Electronic Circulation, the change from RB Digital to OverDrive means that many libraries will receive flags for a dramatic change from last year. If you did not sign up for OverDrive, your total will be much lower this year and you can just note that it’s because you no longer have RB Digital. If you did sign up for OverDrive, your total may be much higher this year and then you can note that it’s because you moved from RB Digital to OverDrive.
Hoopla and Kanopy are counted under Online Library Resources instead of under Total Electronic Circulation. They are not considered e-books, etc. by IMLS because you do not select the individual titles.
Online Library Resources
If you have NovelistPlus or Novelist Select, you will need to add those annual numbers to 8.7, Total Successful Retrievals of Electronic Information. The Novelist numbers in the OLR spreadsheet provided by the State Library only include basic Novelist usage.
Hoopla and Kanopy uses are included in 8.7, Total Successful Retrievals of Electronic Information. You don’t record number of available titles anywhere. Be sure to include the services in 8.1.
Public Service
9.8b, Interlibrary Loans Borrowed from Other Libraries, does include items requested from the State Library.
Programs
For programs by age, use either Children (age 0-11) -OR- Children (age 0-5)/Children (age 6-11). This is the last time that age 0-11 will be on the survey. For 2022 programs, you need to track ages 0-5 and 6-11 separately.
Beanstack challenges go under Live Virtual.
If your bookmobile offers programming, you still count the stops and total attendance in the bookmobiles section (3.6). The programs with their attendance are counted in the programs section (9.9-9.12). Bookmobile programs count as Live Onsite rather than Offsite because the bookmobile is an extension of the library itself. If you didn’t record total bookmobile visitors separately from the number who actually participated in the programming, it’s fine to use the same number in both places.
Technology
10.5b Total Website Visits. If you don’t have website stats this year, you have two choices in the dropdown: Not Applicable and Not Available. Please use Not Applicable if you don’t have a website. Please use Not Available if you have a website but were unable to get the data from it. (You will not be the only one!)
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