Annual service measures and financial data are collected from all legally-established public libraries in Oregon by the State Library of Oregon. The dataset includes reports starting from the fiscal year 2009-2010 and is updated annually, with data reported for each state fiscal year from July 1 to June 30. Reporting periods are identified by the year the report was submitted.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in public library funding and expenditures based on annual financial data.
- Benchmark service measures like circulation or program attendance across libraries in Oregon.
- Model the relationship between library funding levels and reported service outputs.
- Track the evolution of public library statistics over a multi-year period starting from FY2009-2010.
Strengths
- Data collection is mandated by Oregon Revised Statute 357.520, ensuring consistent annual reporting.
- Includes all legally-established public libraries in the state, providing a complete jurisdictional picture.
- Covers a time series starting from fiscal year 2009-2010, allowing for longitudinal analysis.
- Updated annually, with the last metadata update recorded on 2026-03-08.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- State Library of Oregon
- Collection Method
- Collected via annual statistical reports submitted by all legally-established public libraries in Oregon.
- Time Range
- FY2009-2010 onward
- Freshness
- Updated annually; last metadata update was 2026-03-08.
- Geography
- Oregon, USA