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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the launch of our new
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-public-libraries-by-the-numbers">
<i>Libraries By the Numbers</i></a><i> </i>dashboard created in partnership with the
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/home">DataOhio Portal.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Libraries By the Numbers</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> organizes Ohio public library survey data into three tabs: Summary Statistics, Library Statistics, and Financial Information. Information
is displayed as interactive maps, infographics, and tables. For easy comparisons, each tab can be filtered by one or more library systems. In addition, there are interactive maps, infographics, and tables. Users can download data in full table report as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Infographics, tables, and downloadable data may be used to demonstrate the impact of your public library system in the community and how Ohio libraries make our state stronger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This new and improved version of
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-public-libraries-by-the-numbers">
<i>Libraries by the Numbers</i></a> dashboard joins our previously published dashboards,
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-public-libraries">Ohio Public Libraries</a> and
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-public-libraries_-director-list">
Ohio Public Libraries: Director List</a> on the DataOhio Portal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This new dashboard can be located on the DataOhio Portal by</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> filtering the data catalog by “State Library of Ohio” or simply clicking
<a href="https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/ohio-public-libraries-by-the-numbers">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">Wendy Knapp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">State Librarian<br>
Director, State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E62">Tel: (614) 644-6843<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="library.ohio.gov">library.ohio.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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