Statestats, a recently founded non-profit focusing on education and technology, has created an infographic in support of libraries (thanks to Dan for contacting me with this!):
FIND A LIBRARY NEAR YOU
FIND YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
INFORMATION INTEGRATED
WITH GOOGLE MAPS
DATA SOURCE: IMLS
Sources:
- http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets
- http://www.bls.gov/data/
- http://www.bea.gov/
- http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/evanston-campus/government-information/social-science-data-services/data
- http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/census/sources.html
- http://www.imls.gov/
- https://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/pls/pub_detail.asp?id=140
- http://www.ala.org/research/initiatives/plftas/
- http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2011/09/13/california-libraries-provide-a-great-example-of-volunteer-engagement/
- http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/06/22/libraries-patrons-and-e-books/
- http://www.ala.org/offices/ola/quotablefacts/quotablefacts
- http://www.harrison.lib.ms.us/library_services/facts.htm
- http://facts.stanford.edu/libraries.html
- http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html
- http://www.librariesforreallife.org/facts.html
- http://www.houstonlibrary.org/library-facts
- http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/01/funding/the-new-normal-annual-library-budgets-survey-2012/
- http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/americaslibraries/soal2012
- http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/07_0506_hbr.pdf
- http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet04
Thank you to StateStats.org for providing this infographic and other free web guides and tools.
(code for the above graphic replaced with updated version on 2 January 2012)
