How Well Do You Know Your Library’s Community?

An LRS tool can help you track down community data and test your knowledge.

At Library Research Service (LRS) we love to share all the library data that we collect, but we also want to empower you all to find and use data specific to your community’s needs! This next tool we’re introducing does just that. At the beginning of this year, we introduced PolicyMap which provides a wealth of location-specific information but is just one of many existing resources for community data. In fact, there are so many community data sets out there that they can quickly become overwhelming and difficult to wade through. Understanding the dynamic communities we serve is important, but there are endless levels of detail to explore, so where do you begin? 

To help focus community data collection, we created a Community Analysis Survey Form. It is meant to help guide users through the process of gathering community data to create a community snapshot directly applicable to a library’s information needs…

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