December 22, 2006

Public Library Ratings

I am glad to live in Ohio. In addition to the academic community being served by OhioLINK, we have wonderful public libraries. American Libraries (November 2006) published the ranking of public libraries, called Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR). According to HAPLR, Ohio has taken over 20% of the top 10 slots in the various population categories since 1999. Again this year, Ohio was #1 in the state-by-state rankings, and had a score that more than doubled #50 Mississippi.

There are too many Ohio libraries to list them all in the rankings. Here are a few Northeast Ohio highlights from some of the categories:

• Cuyahoga County Public Library #1 in over 1/2 million category
• Lakewood, North Canton, and Twinsburg won their categories
  
• Medina County, Euclid, Cleveland Heights-University Heights, and Wickliffe all in the top 5 in their categories

It is very exciting to see how well supported and used Ohio libraries are. For Ohio to have a score twice that of another state says librarians have a lot of work to do still in improving services for everyone.

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