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Effective Governance for Rural Libraries
Library governance is a team sport. The library director is the coach, the board president is the team captain, and the board members are the team players. The director-board team is charged with fulfilling the library's social contract with taxpayers and other funders, that is, in return for taxpayer dollars, the library must offer benefits that make a difference in the community.
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WebJunction's Focus on Rural and Small Libraries (2004)
This guide points you to the best WebJunction resources to meet the unique needs of rural and small libraries.
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NCES Data (2006) on Library Success Factors
This spreadsheet provides 2006 figures from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the four regions and nine subregions of the United States. Numbers in black are the norm for that region, those in red are under the norm, and those in blue are over the norm. Headers in grey are for the columns used in tabulating the five per capita library success factors (visits, circulation, staff, program attendance, and expenditures) for legal service areas. The final column is the total for library success factors, with the same color coding scheme applied.
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International Library Economics Research Study (LibEcon) database
This spreadsheet provides 2002 gross data on 39 countries represented in the International Library Economics Research Study (LibEcon) database. Headers in grey are for the columns used in tabulating the four per capita library success factors (visits, circulation, staff, and expenditures) for both legal service areas and registered users. The final two columns are the totals for each of the two aspects (LSA and registered users) of library success factors for every country. The NCES figures at the bottom are included as a point of comparison for US figures.
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Small and Rural Libraries Discussion Paper
OCLC's Small and Rural Libraries Discussion Group created this paper as a springboard for discussion on how to best serve rural and small libraries.
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