The 2018 Quotable Facts About Colorado Libraries details quick facts about Colorado’s public, school, and academic libraries. Look below to see how we calculated the numbers used in this report.
Here’s how we came up with our numbers for our popular Quotable Facts About Colorado Libraries.
Circulation
- Public: Total Circulation, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). https://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios/
- School: Circulation per Week, Statewide Estimates, Annual Colorado School Library Survey (2016-17). 36 weeks per school year. https://www.lrs.org/school/data/totals-and-benchmarks/
- Academic: 2014-15 NCES Academic Libraries Survey. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Data.aspx.
- Colorado state population: 2016 Colorado estimated population. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CO
Visits
- Public: Visits, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios/
- School: Individual Visits per Week / Group Visits per Week, Statewide Estimates, Annual Colorado School Library Survey (2016-17). 36 weeks in school year. http://www.lrs.org/school/data/totals-and-benchmarks/
- Professional Sporting Event Attendance
- Colorado Rockies (2016): http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2016
- Denver Nuggets (2016-17): http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2017
- Denver Broncos (2016-17): http://www.espn.com/nfl/attendance/_/year/2016
- Colorado Avalanche (2016-17): http://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance/_/year/2017
- Colorado Rapids (2016): https://www.coloradorapids.com/club/history/attendance
Locations
- Public: General Information, Central Library / Number of Branches, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios/
- School: Colorado Department of Education staffing data
- Academic: Based off of degree-granting, non-profit universities in Colorado, Academic Libraries Survey by NCES. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Data.aspx
- Starbucks stores resource: Starbucks Investor Relations’ “Store Counts: By State,” FY 17 Colorado company-operated (not licensed) stores. https://investor.starbucks.com/financial-data/supplemental-financial-data/default.aspx
Library cards
- Public: LSA Registered Borrowers, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios/
Librarians
- Public: ALA-MLS, Paid Staff in FTEs, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios/
- School: Colorado Department of Education staffing data, full time 36 weeks per year.
- Academic: 2015-16 Colorado Total FTE Staff/Librarians, Archivists, and Curators, Academic Libraries Survey by NCES. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Data.aspx
Technology
- Access to free computers/internet
- Presence of a computer and type of internet subscription in household, American Community Survey (2016). https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml
- Computers & Networking, Public Access Internet Computers and Wireless Access, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). https://www.lrs.org/public/data/advanced/
- Public library internet computer uses
- Computers & Networking: Uses of internet computers, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). https://www.lrs.org/public/data/advanced/
- Public library wireless access uses
- Computers & Networking: Number of wireless access uses, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/advanced/
School library teaching approaches
- Teaching Approaches: Teach Digital Resources frequency, Annual Colorado School Library Survey (2016). http://www.lrs.org/school/data/advanced/
Public library program attendance
- Total Program Attendance, Colorado Totals, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios.
- Estimate $8 per movie ticket.
Reference questions
- Total Reference Questions, Colorado Total, Colorado’s Public Library Annual Report (2016). http://www.lrs.org/public/data/totals-averages-and-ratios