Trends in database technologies No unread replies. No replies. As we use library database systems of any sort, we should consider how they function, what their role is, how relevant they are to our circumstances, and how things are changing over time. The ways in which we expect to access materials has already moved from print to online, perhaps other changes are on the horizon. In 2006, Fagan, for example, predicted far greater use of visual search interfaces (2007). In some cases this has occurred, and in other cases it has not. For this assignment, browse around the following two sites and answer below questions.
Explore Library Systems Dig into FY 2015 data on public library systems (referred to as administrative entities in PLS). Use these data to explore system-level organizational characteristics, staff, income and expenditures, sizes of collections, and library services offered to the public.
| https://data.imls.gov/Public-Libraries-Survey/Library-Systems-FY-2015-Public-Libraries-Survey-Ad/ve4v-rafu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. |
Explore State Profiles Pull up a state’s summary profile to find state-level totals on key variables such as population, numbers of libraries and librarians, revenue and expenditure, and collection sizes.
| https://data.imls.gov/Public-Libraries-Survey/Public-Libraries-Survey-2016-State-Profiles/gfn5-ppmk (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. |