Library Statistics: in Search for Optimal Solutions

Problems of state statistics in the field of library activities are covered in close connection with transformation of the network of public libraries in the Russian Federation. There are presented results of monitoring of the network of public and municipal libraries for the period of 2012-2015, performed by the National Library of Russia within the framework of the All-Russian project “Corporate Full-Text Database ‘The Central Libraries of the Russian Federation’” (http://clrf.nlr.ru). There are designated the key transformations of the regional library networks: reorganization and liquidation of libraries, disunity and heterogeneity, instability and variability of the network structure. These changes are directly related to the goals and priority tasks of the Federal statistical observation over public libraries; which influence the formation of the objective view on the scope of work, directions of activities and resources of different types of libraries, on the actual level of availability of libraries in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, on the status of library services in the country. There are identified problems of the existing tools of the Federal statistical observation: absence of consolidated data on the activity libraries of all types, the wrong reflection in statistics of the most important indicators, different regional approaches to filling in the forms of the Federal statistical reporting. Taking into account the real situation of libraries, there are formulated the actual proposals on changing the form of Code of Annual report of public libraries administered by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The proposed changes are designed to reflect the full scope of library activities of three types of organizations: municipal libraries; state libraries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; other organizations engaged in library activities.

Public Libraries, State Statistical Reporting, Transformation of the Library Networks

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