ABSTRACT

Canadian public library data are the responsibility of the nation’s various provinces and territories, unlike the US where there is a national-level data collection effort. Ontario public library data are collected and published annually by the province’s Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries. The data have been recompiled into a longitudinal file by the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) which has produced two main products from the resulting FOPL Dataset. One is a method for peer comparisons, but the focus in this article is on the second: an annual Report on the condition of these libraries as revealed in each year’s new data. This article highlights results from the latest FOPL Report on the condition of Ontario’s public libraries. In addition, there is an emphasis on the fact that these Ontario data are particularly strong in measuring new capabilities of libraries resulting from changes in the information environment of public libraries.

摘要

加拿大公共图书馆的数据由全国各省和地区负责，与美国不同的是，美国有国家级的数据收集工作。安大略省公共图书馆数据由该省遗产、体育、旅游和文化产业部每年收集和发布。安大略省公共图书馆联合会 (FOPL) 已将数据重新编译成纵向文件，该联合会从生成的 FOPL 数据集中生成了两个主要产品。一种是同行比较的方法，但本文的重点是第二种：每年新数据中显示的这些图书馆状况的年度报告。本文重点介绍了安大略省公共图书馆状况的最新 FOPL 报告的结果。此外，