For the seventh time, the Greenwich Library has received a five star ranking from “Library Journal.”
The rating is based on 2013 data reported by local libraries to their state library agencies and compiled by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
“We are honored to be consistently recognized at the highest level by “Library Journal,”” Greenwich Library Director Barbara Ormerod-Glynn said. “This acknowledgment is directly tied to the community's use and value of the library and its resources.”
Ormerod-Glynn said increased online access to “The New York Times” through the library, providing access to video instructions through www.lynda.com and meeting patron demand for other media to go along with the physical collection were all new programs that helped the library earn its rating.
Since July, full subscriptions to Lynda.com, which typically costs at least $19.99, has allowed cardholders to access on-demand video tutorials for more than 3,000 courses ranging from web design to education and from to media production to business.
Ormerod-Glynn said patrons have asked for and received increased access to streaming and downloadable music, movies, magazines, eBooks and eAudiobooks.
The “Library Journal” Index of Public Library Service, created eight years ago, is determined by four indicators: visits, circulation, program attendance and public Internet computer use. The top libraries in each range of operating expenditures are assigned five, four, or three stars. In 2015, 7,663 U.S. public libraries were scored; 261 of them received stars.
Greenwich Library was ranked ninth in the nation among the 209 scored public libraries with budgets between $5 million and $10 million.
Greenwich Library has been recognized as an outstanding library each year the award has existed and received its highest ranking every year but one.
The library is in the middle of analyzing data from a survey conducted in September and October. The questionnaire was done midway through the library’s five-year strategic plan and was designed to evaluate how people feel about the library’s services and priorities. Please click here to continue reading.
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