A few libraries have experienced some difficulties logging in to enter their Annual Report data. If you follow the directions below and have difficulty, you may check this troubleshoting guide (or just call us. - Sue & Tom)

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Here are the answers! - to a couple of the questions for 2007.

in question #36 regarding databases, the NHSL provides libraries with access to 22 (twenty-two) databases.

Downloadable audios through the state consortium or any other source are NOT counted at all as "resources owned" (question #33). The circulation of downloadable audios is counted in questions #39 - #41, "use of resources".

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Good day, everyone ~

The Public Library Annual Report for FY2007 is now open.  The Web site address is http://collect.informata.com.  Be sure to disable all your pop-up blockers while you're filling in the survey..

The deadline is July 25, 2008.

Your codes -- the username and password -- are the same as in all four previous years; if you have lost or forgotten them, please call us immediately at 1-800-462-1726.  We can also be reached at 788-0914, 788-5197, or 788-3019 (Sue's home).  You may also e-mail us at sue.palmatier@dcr.nh.gov or thomas.ladd@dcr.nh.gov.

If you have any questions about the survey -- especially if you've never done it before -- please let us know as soon as you can.  Don't hesitate to call me at home; I know many of you do the report after hours and on weekends, so that's why I've given you my number.  I'm available after 5:30 every evening, and all day and evening on weekends.

Thanks for participating in this vital collection of national library statistics.

Best wishes!

Sue

30 June 2008
Susan M. Palmatier
Supervisor ~ Library Development Services
North Country Office
New Hampshire State Library
244 Main Street
Lancaster NH 03584-3038
1-800-462-1726 (NH only)
603/788-0914
603/788-3019 (Sue at home)
603/788-5125 (fax)
sue.palmatier@dcr.nh.gov
Van:  Lancaster ~ NHSL/NCO
"Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered."  ~  W.H. Auden

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The New Hampshire State Library collects, organizes, and publishes a variety of statistical information about New Hampshire's public libraries. The statistics collected in this report are used to compile and publish the annual New Hampshire Public Library Statistics. The data is based on the New Hampshire Public Library Annual Report (NHPLAR) sent to and completed by the public libraries each year. The data provides an overview of public libraries' finances, holdings, services, programs, and personnel. Local library boards and librarians can use the data to monitor library trends, to request increased funding or show the need for expansion of the library or services, and to compare their services with libraries of similar size in New Hampshire. The State Library submits a yearly report to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for its Federal/State Cooperative System (FSCS) program. NCES publishes a report, ranking all states, annually in paper and electronic format.

2006 Statistics (first draft)

2005 Statistics

2005 NH Preliminary Public Library Statistics – complete file

2005 NH Preliminary Public Library Statistics – Topical Worksheets

Presented in these Excel files are the results of the 2005 New Hampshire Public Library Annual Reports (NHPLAR) submitted by the public libraries to the NH State Library.

Please note that these are officially "Preliminary" statistics. The final "official" statistics will be released by the National Center for Education Statistics - these are expected to be released by NCES sometime in late 2007.

These NH statistics are available in two different Excel files:

The first is the complete, massive Excel file, in read only format, for those who have Excel and with to do their own cross comparisons and excerpt their own data of choice.

The second is broken into 32 worksheets. Each presents the libraries in alphabetical order by the name of the library, e.g. the Byron G. Merrill Library is at the end of the B's, not in the R's under Rumney.   In a few cases, this may differ from the “Legal Name of the Library”, which was used the previous two years.  To assist you in finding a specific library, there is an index file at the end of the worksheets.

The 32 worksheets for 2005 group the information by topic:

• Contact Information
• Addresses
• Leadership
• Branch Libraries
• General Information
• Hours & patron Visits
• Card Holders
• Children's & YA Services
• Reference Transactions
• Printed Book & Serial Holdings
• Audio & Video Holdings
• Serial Subscriptions
• Databases & E-Books
• Circulation & ILL
• Loan Periods
• Operating Revenue
• Operating Expenditures
• Capital Revenue & Expenditures
• Equipment in Library
• Network Information
• Internet Access
• Internet Connectivity
• Facility Access & Size & Meeting Room Use
• Programs
• Warrant Articles I
• Warrant Articles II
• Contributions & Real Property
• Empowering Legislation
• Personnel – Professional
• Personnel - Other
• Personnel – Benefits
• Location Index

If you do not have the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program on your computer, you may download a free viewer from Microsoft at the link below, which will allow you to view the data, but not to manipulate it. Download Excel Viewer

If you wish to see the original Annual Report questions and Definitions, see these files:

2005 Annual Report Questions

2005 NH Public Library Annual Report Instructions & Definitions

2004 Statistics

2004 NH Public Library Statistics – complete file

2004 NH Public Library Statistics – Topical Worksheets

Presented in these Excel files are the results of the 2004 New Hampshire Public Library Annual Reports (NHPLAR) submitted by the public libraries to the NH State Library.

Please note that these are officially "Preliminary" statistics. The final "official" statistics for the Federally mandated questions are released by the National Center for Education Statistics.   Their data files are available at http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/pub_data.asp

These NH statistics are available in two different Excel files:

The first is the complete, massive Excel file, in read only format, for those who have Excel and with to do their own cross comparisons and excerpt their own data of choice.

The second is broken into 31 worksheets. Each presents the libraries in alphabetical order by the legal name of the library, e.g. the Byron G. Merrill Library is at the end of the B's, not in the R's under Rumney. To assist you in finding a specific library, there is an index file at the end of the worksheets.

The 31 worksheets for 2004 group the information by topic:

• Contact Information
• Addresses
• Leadership
• Branch Libraries
• General Information
• Hours & patron Visits
• Card Holders
• Children's Services
• Reference Transactions
• Printed Book & Serial Holdings
• Serial Subscriptions
• Databases & E-Books
• Circulation & ILL
• Loan Periods
• Operating Revenue
• Operating Expenditures
• Capital Revenue & Expenditures
• Equipment in Library
• Network Information
• Internet Access
• Internet Connectivity
• Facility & E-users
• Programs
• Warrant Articles I
• Warrant Articles II
• Contributions & Real Property
• Empowering Legislation
• Personnel – Professional
• Personnel - Other
• Personnel – Benefits
• Index by Town Name

If you do not have the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program on your computer, you may download a free viewer from Microsoft at the link below, which will allow you to view the data, but not to manipulate it. Download Excel Viewer

2004 Annual Report Questions

2004 NH Public Library Annual Report Instructions & Definitions

Historical New Hampshire Annual Statistics