Public Library Annual Report Information and Help

The 2024 Public Library Annual Report (PLAR) will open on January 13, 2025. The PLAR is due March 21, 2025.

Contact Charissa Brammer at brammer_c@cde.state.co.us or 720-648-2948 (call/text) any time during business hours if you have questions or concerns about the survey.

Are you new to the PLAR? Check out the 5 Ws of the Public Library Annual Report for an overview.

Check back to this page for more information as details are finalized.

Changes/Additions

Electronic Resources

Change from counting collection & usage to counting purchasing/expenditures.

Categories:

  • Electronic Books
  • Electronic Serials
  • Electronic Audio
  • Electronic Video
  • Research Databases
  • Online Learning platforms

For each, asked if you purchase them as a library/system (AE or administrative entity), via the state (we don’t have this), and then via collective (CLiC, Marmot, Front Range, etc)

E-materials circulation:

  • E-book circulation
  • E-serial circulation
  • E-audio circulation
  • E-video circulation

Last year we asked for total circulation of all of these types of materials. This year we are asking for circulation in the subcategories.

Public service hours

Back to libraries doing the annual calculations- our “solution” made it a lot more complicated. Keeping it at the branch level.

Updated definitions

  • Electronic content expenditures – removed language around diskettes and CD-ROMs
  • Other physical materials expenditures – adds language about tangible digital media & portable electronic materials
  • Total reference transactions – clarified what is a reference transaction
  • Total number of asynchronous program presentations – clarified what programming is counted
  • Total views of asynchronous program presentations within 30 days – clarifies what is counted

Questions removed

  • Electronic Content Use
  • Total Collection Use
  • Website Visits
  • Electronic collections
  • # of local/other cooperative agreements
  • # of state electronic collections
  • # of total electronic collections
  • average number of hours open per week, per outlet
  • Meeting rooms/use – only in the outlet section

HELP AND RESOURCES

Go to the PLAR survey