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PLAmetrics presents the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the “NEW” PLDS online reporting service at the PLA conference in Philadelphia.
In today’s environment, library management need better tools to support internal decision making and advocating on behalf of the library. PLA, in partnership with Counting Opinions, now offers a state-of-the-art, real-time solution for the capture and report generation of the annual PLDS data, for benchmarking, trend analyses and custom report generation. • Includes access to [...]
Participate in the PLDS Survey
Make sure your library is counted! Participate in the PLDS Statistical Report survey. Visit http://pla.countingopinions.com/ to participate in the survey. You will need your library’s individual PLDS ID number and password. Completed surveys are due by March 30, 2012. Questions? Email: plasupport.
Order Your 2011 PLDS Report or Subscription
The Public Library Association’s (PLA) 2011 Public Library Data Service (PLDS) Statistical Report is now available for advance purchase and will begin shipping in July. The report presents timely and topical data to assist public library administrators in making informed management decisions. Published annually since 1988, the PLDS Statistical Report is compiled from voluntary surveys [...]
Reminder to Complete Your 2009 PLDS Questionnaire
Just a reminder to those of you who participate in PLA’s annual Public Library Data Service (PLDS) Statistical Report, that your completed questionnaires are due on April 6, 2009. To complete the survey online, visit http://illinois.edu/goto/PLDS. You will need to use your library’s individual User Name (your PLDS ID number) and Password as shown on [...]
Public Library Data Service demo
The PLDS Statistical Report, a project of the Public Library Association, is designed to meet the needs of public library administrators and others for timely and effective library-specific data that illuminates and supports a wide variety of management decisions. This data is now available in a dynamic, Web-based format via the PLDS Database (for detailed [...]
