Questions and Comments/IMLS response (in chronological order):
2008
E-books - July 21, 2008
Volunteers - September 15, 2008
2009
Discards -- count as part of the collection? - September 2, 2009
Missing items -- count as part of the collection? - September 2, 2009
2010
2011
Is an immobile bookmobile a branch? - January 3, 2011
Library branches on school sites - should they be counted as public libraries? - January 11, 2011
Video Games & Video-Physical Units - February 7, 2011
Question about branch - March 2, 2011
Online Book Discussion - "How do you count" - March 8, 2011
E-book: what should be counted - March 14, 2011
A library operates from a temporary location - April 11, 2011
Freegal (music service) - April 12, 2011
Definition of Programs - May 6, 2011
Overdrive Consortiums - September 8, 2011
Inter-library loan - September 12, 2011
Items capita and downloadoables - October 17, 2011
Circulation of Downloadable items - October 18, 2011
Online Database Count - November 2, 2011
Video Game Software in Collection - November 9, 2011
Counting Overdrive etc - November 10, 2011
Library Web Page Yes or No? - November 14 2011
Indirect costs - November 17, 2011
2012
Reference questions - what is, what isn't - January 9, 2012
Unemployment payout for former employee - benefits or "other" - January 19, 2012
Leased Computers Expenditure - February 21, 2012
Federal Stimulus Funds - February 21, 2012
E-rate discounts - to count or not - March 14, 2012
Units and Titles - March 20, 2012
Question about Electronic Materials Expenditures and Other Materials Expenditures - June 6, 2012
Question About Counting Service Hours - June 6, 2012
Separating Digital Materials Circulation - July 8, 2012
Clarification: Data Element #451 E-Books (Consortium) - August 16, 2012
Schrodinger's Database - December 10, 20112 (We are counting the titles in collections such as Overdrive. Are we also counting Overdrive as a database?)
2013
Need a ruling on Freading - January 8, 2013
E-Content Database - January 2018
How to Count Use of Zinio - January 9, 2012
Counting "Seniors" versus just "Adults" - February 8, 2013
Early Literacy Station (ELS) from AWE - How is this counted? - February 13, 2013
Outlet Level Data - February 25, 2013 (Minnesota asks who collects outlet level data)
Library Program or Not? - February 28, 2013
Is readers advisory counted as Reference? - March 13, 2013
Circulation of YA Materials - April 2, 2013
Book Clubs - May 6, 2013
Are exhibits counted as programs? - May 17, 2013
Consortium Purchasing - May 21, 2013
Need guidance on Mango languages and school/public library combinations - June 3, 2013
Programming and Training - June 12 2013
503 Registered Users - June 20, 2013
Public Internet Computer Count 650 - June 25, 2013
Questions on PlayAways, Career Fairs, and Fair Booths - July 18, 2013
Where are AWE uses counted? Also see 5th item down under 2013 - August 5, 2013
Where to count MLS degrees in non Librarian positions? - August 8, 2013
Consortial Circulation - August 13, 2013
Questions on Operating Revenue Clarification to Local Government Revenue (9/30/13). See data element. - September 9, 2013
Question about Temporary Closures - September 11, 2013
E-magazine Count - September 12, 2013
Beating a dead horse: Freegal and Tumblebooks - November 13, 2013
2014
Freegal "Movies" - January 13, 2014
Hoopla Digital – does a library count the circulations? - January 21, 2014
eBook/eAudio statistics issues - January 30, 2014
Zinio...again...still - January 31, 2014
Issues with admin offices for libraries - February 28, 2014
Bond payments - March 17, 2014
Counting e-books, downloadable audio, downloadable video in circ and collection - March 19, 2014
For-a-fee programs, to count or not to count - March 19, 2014
Is it a branch library? - March 21, 2014
Using tax forms for circ stats? And yet another database query! - March 25, 2014
IPLAR question - April 3, 2014
Program stat question - April 3, 2014
Clarification on Reference Transactions - April 9, 2014
Help on stats question: how to track reference questions answered by trained volunteers - May 5, 2014
More database woes... - May 7, 2014
Counting Items loaded on loaned-out E-Readers - May 12, 2014
Where to count public services activities that are system-wide and not outlet-specific - May 27, 2014
Data element 503: registered users - June 12, 2014
Wireless Questions - July 30, 2014
Question about in kind donation - August 7, 2015
New Wireless Question - August 8, 2014
Outreach at Farmer's Market at Program? - August 14, 2014
Counting Wireless Usages versus Users - August 19, 2014
Zinio, Freading - database or collection - August 27, 2014
Contracted Workers - November 4, 2014
OPAC Versus Internet Computers - November 25, 2014
2015
Employees vs. Contractors - January 23, 2015
451 Changes (FY2015) - May 13, 2015
Hoopla - December 15, 2015
2016
IndieFlix - February 10, 2016
Full Document includes question, comments from SDCs and IMLS response. (Begins June 2008)
Data Elements Questions Comments.pdf
Discussion not focused on data elements
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