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Global library statistics – what next for IFLA?

Michael Heaney (Secretary, IFLA Statistics & Evaluation) ‏. Global library statistics – what next for IFLA?. Why do it?. Collect for a purpose Attract resources By demonstrating value Collecting data ≠ Demonstrating value. The value chain. Being able to do things is good

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Global library statistics – what next for IFLA?

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  1. Michael Heaney (Secretary, IFLA Statistics & Evaluation)‏ Global library statistics – what next for IFLA?

  2. Why do it? • Collect for a purpose • Attract resources • By demonstrating value • Collecting data≠ Demonstrating value

  3. The value chain • Being able to do things is good • The more we know, the more we can do • THEREFORE Acquiring knowledge is good • Dissemination increases the acquisition of knowledge by a greater number of people • THEREFORE Dissemination of knowledge is good • Libraries help to disseminate knowledge • THEREFORE Libraries are good prove it!

  4. Demographics • Population and census data • UNESCO • Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) • (U.S. Agency for International Development) • Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) • (World Bank)‏ • Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) • (UNICEF)

  5. Libraries in context • UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (2009) • IPA International Book Statistics • Project objective: publication in 2010 of a “Pisa study for book culture”, provisionally entitled World Report on Book Statistics or Global Outlook of the Book Sector – vitality of book production, distribution and dissemination • Expert meeting in the Netherlands • ‘Harmonising book and library statistics’ • LAMP

  6. That’s all Folks!

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