Stacking Bar Charts to Breakdown Budgets
Happy fall to the library community! The official first day of autumn is still a…
Library Research Service
The Library Research Service conducts research about libraries, provides statistics and analyses, and works with our colleagues in the Colorado library community and beyond to use data more effectively and persuasively.
Mastering Design and Accessibility with Pictograms (MLS Not Required)
We say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when it comes to data…
How Do Colorado Public Libraries Stack Up?
From social media, to sports, to books and everything in between, almost anything can be…
Making Space for Treemaps
Happy summer to the library community! Though the days have already started to shorten again,…
Building With Bubbles
Back in March, The Public Library Blueprints discussed both scatter plots and packed bubble charts and promised to follow up these…
Calculating Percentage Change in Changing Times
Welcome back to The Public Library Blueprints! After a short hiatus in April, this post tackles…
Resilient Communities: How Library Programming Can Fight The Climate Crisis
Resilience is and always has been an essential trait for overcoming each generation’s greatest challenges….
Libraries Faced a Flood of Challenges to Books and Materials in 2022
Libraries are built to provide access to information. According to the American Library Association (ALA), “Intellectual…
Celebrating Pi Day with Pie Charts (and other circular data visualizations)
Happy Pi Day! I hope everyone looking to celebrate today eats a yummy piece of…
Plotting to Grow Public Library Collections
Is it really March already? Time has been flying by at Library Research Service, and…
An Overview of What’s Overdue
The Public Library Annual Report (PLAR) data is packed with the potential to help inform…
The Public Library Blueprints: Laying the Foundation
Welcome back, library friends! We are already well on our way into 2023, and the…
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2022 Fast Facts
Check out the first Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by LRS here! The Colorado…
Weaving Together Mixed Methods
Happy holidays to library lovers and data enthusiasts everywhere! This post will take a festive…
Directions for Research Design: Mixed Methods
Have you ever come to a trail intersection and had a hard time deciding which…
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these…
Coming Face to Face with Interview Bias
Throughout the Between a Graph and A Hard Place blog series, we’ve often spoken of bias and…
Presenting Three Types of Interviews
How do you feel most comfortable speaking in front of an audience? Do you have…
A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research
This post will delve into trauma-informed practices for research and everyday interactions for library workers….
2021 Library Jobline Fast Facts
Check out the latest 2021 Library Jobline Fast Facts report! The Network and Resource Sharing…