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IMLS has a new survey comparison
tool that is going to bridge a

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gap that we've had between the
way that people sometimes want

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information out of our State
library Administrative Agency

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survey data and the way that we
actually presented.

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It's a dashboard online that
people can access from a browser

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window and it basically allows
them to pull up different data

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elements that are of interest to
them and displays them in sort

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of a colourful chart and graph
format.

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We know that this data that
we've collected for years is

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really rich and has lots of
answers to questions that people

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have out in the field, but in
the past they've not been able

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to answer those questions
without cross referencing our

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PDF reports.

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Let's say a state wants to
compare itself to a neighbouring

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state or a state with a similar
population size.

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They would have to cross
reference back and forth in APDF

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from those different tables and
now they can just select the

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different states with a click of
a button and have the comparison

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graphs pop right up in front of
them.

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So it's really going to
streamline the kinds of

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answering of questions that
states have had in the past.

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And for example, you know, we
know that the State library

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administrative agencies have all
varying sizes of staff and

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different budgets and those are
the kinds of different

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comparisons that states can
make.

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There are some really typical
questions that we get about

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state Library administrative
agencies, like which part of the

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government they're housed in.

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And you can see at a glance from
this tool where that happens.

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You know whether a state is part
or a state library is part of

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their education department or
their Secretary of State's

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office.

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We also often hear you know how
much is a state library spending

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on databases?

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Well, this tool will give you
that information.

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At a glance you can find out
whether the state is sub

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granting or not and how many
grants it made in recent years.

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So it's really giving us a lot
of rich information that in the

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past you would have had to comb
through a lot of report data to

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find.

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So the SLA, a survey comparison
tool, makes evident the kind of

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data that we've been collecting
for years in a fair, user

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friendly format.

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It's like an infographic on
demand, customized for your

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inquiring mind.

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The State Library administrative
agencies are one of IML s s most

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important partners.

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They help us administer about
2/3 of our grant making budget

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every year, and they often
provide an invisible layer of

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support for libraries across the
nation.

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So we are really excited to
feature their data and to help

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make their work more apparent.