Hi all,
Some of you are probably already aware of this website (I found it a couple of years ago), but just in case you're not, I thought I'd share it with everyone. It's a good website for ideas for Library Lovers' Month. http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/ One thing that we'll be doing this year is issuing a proclamation using the sample from this website. However, we changed the wording a little on the last "WHEREAS" to read: "WHEREAS, more than 11.7 million people in the State of Texas including 6,700 registered borrowers at the City of Lampasas Public Library have library cards". FYI, I got the 11.7 million figure from Anne Ramos at TSL; the actual number is 11,777,305 (from FY 2008); according to Anne, this is the most recent figure available. Shanda Subia Library Director Lampasas Public Library 201 S. Main St. Lampasas, TX 76550 From: Laurie Mahaffey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:16 PM To: Anne Ramos; [email protected] Cc: Stacey Malek Subject: RE: Texas library card holders Thanks, Anne! Shanda, sounds like a great idea! Perhaps you'd like to share it with others on CTLS-L. Happy weekend, everyone. Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [email protected] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 _____ From: Anne Ramos [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Laurie Mahaffey; Stacey Malek Subject: RE: Texas library card holders Shanda, Your best estimate is good. I did check for TexShare borrower card statistics, but there were none reported. Maybe the following wording is closer to what would work for you: "WHEREAS, more than 11.5 million people in the State of Texas including [over] 5,000 registered borrowers at the City of Lampasas Public Library have library cards..." ( adapted from Sample Proclamation: <http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/proclamation.html> http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/proclamation.html ) >From the Annual Report Instructions: 7.11 REGISTERED BORROWERS. A registered borrower is a library user who has applied for and received an identification number or card from the public library that has established conditions under which the user may borrow library materials and gain access to other library resources. (Output Measures for Public Libraries, 2nd edition). Note: Files should have been purged within the past three (3) years. Anne Anne Ramos, Librarian Library Science Collection Texas State Library and Archives Commission 1201 Brazos Street, Room 405 P. O. Box 12927 Austin, TX 78711-2927 Telephone: 1-800-252-9386 (Texas only) 512-463-5494 Fax: 512-463-8800 email: [email protected] http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/lsc/ (LSC home page) http://star.tsl.state.tx.us/uhtbin/webcat (Online Catalog) http://www/apps/ld/lsc/index.php (LSC order form) http://tinyurl.com/LSCnewbooks (LSC Catalog new books) -----Original Message----- From: Stacey Malek Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:14 PM To: Anne Ramos Subject: RE: Texas library card holders -----Original Message----- From: Anne Ramos Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:11 PM To: Stacey Malek Subject: FW: Texas library card holders -----Original Message----- From: Shanda Subia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:28 PM To: Anne Ramos Subject: RE: Texas library card holders Thanks, Anne! I am trying to prepare a proclamation for February (Library Lovers' Month), but the wording is a little different. It reads, "WHEREAS, 16.5 million people in the State of California and (fill-in number) residents in the County (or City) of (fill-in name) have library cards", and the only info we have is how many of Lampasas residents have cards at our library...not how many have library cards total. They could have a card for another area library, but not ours. So I was trying to figure out how to change the wording so it would be accurate. Thanks again for your help! Shanda From: Anne Ramos [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; Stacey Malek Subject: FW: Texas library card holders Shanda, We have calculated the Texas statewide total as follows: Number of Registered Borrowers in FY 2008 is 11,777,305 This is In response to your inquiry regarding the number of Texas residents with library borrowers cards. The Texas State Library, Library Development Division collects this data annually, and the most recent data is included in Texas Public Library Statistics for 2008. You may access a downloadable file online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/pls/2008/download.html and data for each library is reported under the "Number of Registered Borrowers" Q461 (column 7.9). You may download, sort, and share library data using this file. For a quick view of individual library statistics you may prefer to link to the Public Library Statistics for 2008 at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/pls/2008/index.html and view the data for each library in html format on a single page. The annual report data for Lampasas Public Library indicates Number of registered borrowers 5,874 The homepage for Texas Public Library Statistics is http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/pls/index.html and this page includes various statewide totals, including 2008 statewide analysis of selected data at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/tpls08/ The calculation of a statewide total number of borrowers does not appear online, so please feel free to contact me or Stacey Malek, Program Coordinator if you need calculations of library data. Stacey is copied on this note. Please let me know if this does not answer your question. Anne Anne Ramos, Librarian Library Science Collection Texas State Library and Archives Commission Telephone: 1-800-252-9386 or 512-463-5494 Fax: 512-463-8800 email: [email protected] Stacey Malek, Library Development Program Coordinator Texas State Library and Archives Commission Phone: 1-800-252-9386 (Texas only) or 512-463-5532 Fax: 512-463-8800 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Mahaffey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:43 AM To: Anne Ramos Subject: FW: Texas library card holders Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [email protected] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 _____ From: Shanda Subia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:55 PM To: Laurie Mahaffey Subject: Texas library card holders Hi Laurie, Do you know if there is a relatively recent statistic somewhere about how many Texas residents have library cards? I've kind of looked around, and I haven't come upon it yet. I thought I'd ask someone else before I spent too much more time searching. Thanks, Shanda No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - Release Date: 01/13/10 01:35:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/15/10 06:47:00
