Achievement
For
Serving Real Needs
Demonstrate that services are successfully meeting needs.
Data Story Format
"We have gathered and analyzed data from ___[our community]___ showing that we have successfully met our community's real needs. We are ready to showcase our __[achievement(s)] ___in serving those needs."
Possible Use
We have analyzed results from a patron survey and have changed our investments in technology. We are ready to showcase the new computer workstations, laptops, and other equipment ready for checkout.
Real Story Examples
Libraries Respond to User Survey Results with Technology Improvements: The Emory University Libraries used a digital survey to collect feedback and make improvements to student access to library materials and technology. These technological, building, and accessibility advancements will continue to help students, faculty, and the community with everyday work, providing them with stable access to tools to help them further succeed.
Technology Resources for Public Librarians: The New Hampshire State Library offers STEM toys for children, 3D printing training, and various other items that public libraries could borrow from the State Library. Since some public libraries lack the funding to purchase these items themselves, having a centralized place to borrow from is important, and giving public librarians training on how to use new technology can only help a community succeed in using it.
RTR: Destination Library - Racing to Read: This project improved early literacy services for children from birth to six years of age based on the Early Literacy Fundamentals regional and webinar trainings. The Cape Girardeau Public Library updated its early literacy, parenting, and board book collections, adding resources that support skill areas. They strengthened existing early childhood partnerships and cultivated new partnerships to help identify and reach at-risk families through storytimes and family workshops. The Library provided workshops in the library and at partner locations, targeting early literacy stakeholders.
AUV: Little House on the Prairie: Caroline Fraser: Four Missouri libraries partnered together to hold a series of highly-attended author presentations from Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Fraser on her biography Prairies Fires, as part of the summer reading program. Fraser’s talks addressed frontier life, Westward Expansion, Indigenous Peoples, and the history of Missouri, encouraging attendees to explore the challenges of pioneer life and debunk myths associated with it.
Data Visualization Recommendations
General Guidance
Achievement: Consider using multiple line charts to indicate differences (before and after) because needs were met, or use a bar chart to indicate the impact of increasingly serving needs over time. or this could be represented by a separate line chart. In general, line charts are the best choice for indicating change over time.
