Building With Bubbles
Back in March, The Public Library Blueprints discussed both scatter plots and packed bubble charts and promised to follow up these two visualization methods with a post on bubble charts, which …
Library Research Service
The Library Research Service (LRS) is an office of the Colorado State Library. LRS thoughtfully collects, analyzes, and distributes data that is relevant and actionable to Colorado communities and empowers library staff to do the same.
Here you will find some cross-posts from the LRS blog. Visit the LRS website at LRS.org.
Calculating Percentage Change in Changing Times
Welcome back to The Public Library Blueprints! After a short hiatus in April, this post tackles a topic that can trip up even practiced researchers. Finding …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Research Service
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. From international conflicts to the climate crisis and everything in …
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 freedom is the right of every individual to both seek …
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 pie or at least momentarily contemplates the remarkable mystery of the number …
Library Research Service, Resource Sharing
Plotting to Grow Public Library Collections
Is it really March already? Time has been flying by at Library Research Service, and hopefully this year is off to a great start for …
An Overview of What’s Overdue
The Public Library Annual Report (PLAR) data is packed with the potential to help inform all sorts of decision making in libraries. In this blog …
The Public Library Blueprints: Laying the Foundation
Welcome back, library friends! We are already well on our way into 2023, and the new year has brought big changes to the LRS website! Along …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Library Research Service
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2022 Fast Facts
Check out the first Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by LRS here! The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) lives up to its slogan “Experience Colorado …
Library Research Service, Resource Sharing
Weaving Together Mixed Methods
Happy holidays to library lovers and data enthusiasts everywhere! This post will take a festive approach to wrapping up our discussion on mixed methods research. …
Directions for Research Design: Mixed Methods
Have you ever come to a trail intersection and had a hard time deciding which way to choose, not because you are lost, but because …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Research Service
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these same lines, while exploring the topic of research bias this …
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 controlling bias. From keeping your own bias in check during qualitative …
Library Research Service, Resource Sharing
Presenting Three Types of Interviews
How do you feel most comfortable speaking in front of an audience? Do you have the confidence to let your ideas flow freely, or do …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Research Service
A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research
This post will delve into trauma-informed practices for research and everyday interactions for library workers. With that in mind, the key concepts from this piece …
Library Research Service, Resource Sharing
2021 Library Jobline Fast Facts
Check out the latest 2021 Library Jobline Fast Facts report! The Network and Resource Sharing unit of the Colorado State Library partners with the Rhode …
CSL News, Library Research Service
Libraries Invested in Our Planet
Happy Earth Day! The theme for this Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,”…