11/28/11 - This page now closed for comments.
Diana Very (GA) Mentor Group: DC, DE, FL, MD, NC, NJ, SC, VA, WV, Virgin IslandsI
Please post any comments regarding the below assigned data elements. In order to post comments you need to be registered. For FY2012 we will not be adding any new items. Only deletions and changes to existing data elements. When posting comments please identify the item by number and name with the recommendation to keep, change (with a new definition, rationale) or delete (reason for deleting).
If you would like to post others for proposed deletion or change please include number and title of data element and link to data element wiki page. Please give your recommendation to keep, change (with a new definition, rationale) or delete (reason for deleting).
All Mentor Groups please see PLS FY2012 Review: Other Administrative and Outlet Data Element Definitions to add comments, recommendations.
Data elements assigned for review:
Services (500-551) / Inter-library Loans (552-553)
The following items are recommended by IMLS for proposed change/deletion:
N/APLS FY2012 Review: Edie Huffman Mentor Group
The following items have comments provided by Census with comments on their review of the data elements:
503 Registered Borrowers - When the libraries purge their records right before reporting data, it causes a large change. If they would purge earlier in the cycle, perhaps the numbers would increase some by reporting time???
552 Interlibrary Loans Provided To and 553 Interlibrary Loans Received From - The data seemed to change more noticeably for FY10 due to joining more consortias.
The following items are recommended by SDCs for proposed change/deletion: