How good is your Library?
I'll bet you didn't even know there was a rating service for Libraries. It has its limitations. It isn't perfect and openly admits it, but there is a website that has a rating for your Library.
It is called Hennen's Americal Public Library Ratings (HAPLR). It can be found at http://www.haplr-index.com/ .
The HAPLR Index includes 15 factors. The focus is on circulation, staffing, materials, reference service, and funding levels. The Index does not include data on audio and video collections, or interlibrary loan, among other items that could have been calculated from the FSCS data. Perhaps most prominently absent from the data are any measures of electronic use or Internet service. While such measures would have been desirable, the FSCS data simply are simply not sufficient for such comparisons at this time.
If you are interested in learning more about how the HAPLR ratings work and/or how your specific library scores, snoop around the site and do so.
If you are only interested in "Who's #1" ... that would be the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Ohio.
For more information on the Hennen American Public Library Ratings contact information can be found HERE.
Al Arnold
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