The Nebraska Library Association’s
Advocacy Day was yesterday. The purpose of this post today is to give you a link to the
handouts that were provided for the event, including summaries of the NLC’s new budget request items. Of course, the purpose is also to reiterate the importance of gathering statistical data from surveys and how the collected data might be used. The survey data that Nebraska public libraries provide (e.g. the IMLS public library survey, digital inclusion survey, etc.) make these handouts possible. Another invaluable contributor to the handouts includes public librarians and library visitors, who provided testimonials and photo images. I won’t list all of you that contributed, but you know who you are. Even if you provided something that didn’t ultimately make it into the handout, thank you for your time and efforts. Special thanks go out to Pete and Jaden Ferguson, and the
Foundation for the Lincoln City libraries. Pete and Jaden’s flyer from the LCL Foundation’s
Idea Place campaign provided the theme for the general handout, and for that reason I would like to express my gratitude and thanks.
If you didn’t attend Advocacy Day, you can see the
handouts online. They might be helpful by giving you more information about the current budget requests, as well as some of the statistics and data about Nebraska public libraries. Hopefully, it will also provide some degree of validation for all the work to gather and report public library statistics, especially for those of you that have just completed your public library surveys. Shaka.
The Nebraska Library Association’s Advocacy Day was yesterday. The purpose of this post today is to give you a link to the handouts that were provided for the event, including summaries of the NLC’s new budget request items. Of course, the purpose is also to reiterate the importance of gathering statistical data from surveys and how the collected data might be used. The survey data that Nebraska public libraries provide (e.g. the IMLS public library survey, digital inclusion survey, etc.) make these handouts possible. Another invaluable contributor to the handouts includes public librarians and library visitors, who provided testimonials and photo images. I won’t list all of you that contributed, but you know who you are. Even if you provided something that didn’t ultimately make it into the handout, thank you for your time and efforts. Special thanks go out to Pete and Jaden Ferguson, and the Foundation for the Lincoln City libraries. Pete and Jaden’s flyer from the LCL Foundation’s Idea Place campaign provided the theme for the general handout, and for that reason I would like to express my gratitude and thanks.
If you didn’t attend Advocacy Day, you can see the handouts online. They might be helpful by giving you more information about the current budget requests, as well as some of the statistics and data about Nebraska public libraries. Hopefully, it will also provide some degree of validation for all the work to gather and report public library statistics, especially for those of you that have just completed your public library surveys. Shaka. 
