Library Directors and their staff spend a lot of time filling out the annual report each year.  In return we would like to offer more than a small state aid grant (for those eligible) and a Statistical Profile with 194 pages of numbers.  So this year we are prepared to send an Excel file of charts customized for your library.  These charts do the following:

• Show your library’s 2010 statistics and compare them to state averages and averages of towns with a similar population
• Show your library’s statistical trends since 1996 (based on figures provided in annual reports each year)

See this example to get an idea what charts are available.

All the charts in the Excel file may be copied for use in documents or presentations.

If this is something library managers would be interested in seeing, email me (tnewman@cslib.org).  It should only take a couple days for me respond with an email, Excel file attached.