Public Library Annual Report

• SCLS 2023 Annual Report Instructions  
  • SCLS PSTAT List
     
• 2023 Annual Report Instructions for ILS/LINKcat Libraries -- user name and password required for LINKcat libraries to access Bibliovation reports (updated 01/05/2024)
   
• 2023 LibPAS Electronic Annual Report Form (requires your library's user name & password)
  • Instructions
     
• DPI/DLT 2023 Public Library Annual Report Information
  • DLT Annual Report Website
  • DLT Instructions
  • Data Entry Worksheet (Microsoft Word)
  • What is new for 2023
  • Defining Reference Transactions
  • Program and Activity Trackers

    • Live, virtual and pre-recorded programs—To better capture the virtual environment of public library programming, the Division for Libraries and Technology has added reporting to explicitly allow for live, virtual programming and viewers as well as pre-recorded programming and viewers—Video & Google slideshow w/speaker notes.

      • Programming and Activity Count tracker Excel workbook (downloads Excel file) updated to reflect live, virtual and pre-recorded programs

      • Programming and Activity Count tracker workbook Google Sheet updated to reflect live, virtual and pre-recorded programs

      • A Platform Metrics Guide for Live, Virtual Programming and Pre-recorded Views provides guidance on which metric to use for each format from some of the more commonly used platforms (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Zoom, etc.).
         

  • Wisconsin Public Library System map (from DPI )
     
• SCLS Annual Report Webinar (Friday, Jan.10, 2025)—register
   
• Subscribe to the SCLS Annual Report email list
   
• Meraki Enterprise Wireless Usage Data (Data Dashboard)

Related Resources

• BadgerLink User Data Extraction Instructions (pre-filled by SCLS in 2021)
• It all counts! -- Collecting program and self-directed activity data for the Wisconsin Public Library Annual Report (Google Docs, reviewed October 2021)
• Presentation at Nov. 17, 2016, All Directors Meeting (Jamie McCanless and Tessa Michaelson Schmidt)
• Guidelines for Collection of Public Library Nonresident Usage Statistics (from DPI / DTL)
• How to collect the number of users of public Internet computers
• Reference Questions and Statistics
• Wisconsin Public Library Service Data Statistics (from DPI / DLT)