Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, No. 232-247, March-December 2006

This submission presents sixteen issues of Fast Facts from the Library Research Service covering topics regarding academic, public, school and special libraries in Colorado, the Mountain West and Southwest Regions. The following are Fast Facts titles from 2006 (1) Colorado Public Library Performance Rankings (2004 Data); (2) How Librarians Help College Students at Colorado Correctional Facilities; (3) Home-Based Education and Colorado Public Libraries (Holly Cole); (4) The Average Copyright of Colorado School Library Books is (Still) 15 Years Old (Holly Cole); (5) Remote and On-site Use of Colorado Academic Libraries (Don Dickenson); (6) Early Literacy Initiative Impacts Public Library Services for Young Children (Robbie Bravman Marks); (7) Salaries of Librarians and Other Professionals Working in Libraries (Jennifer French); (8) Training Jumpstarts Early Literacy Services (M. Claire Williamson); (9) Access to Internet Goes Hand in Hand with Other Public Library Services & May Attract Library Visitors (Keith Curry Lance); (10) Challenged Materials in Colorado Public Libraries, 2005 (Holly Cole); (11) How Students and Faculty Use Academic Libraries Differently (Don Dickenson); (12) Special Library Salaries in Mountain Region Lag Behind Nation (Holly Cole); (13) Earning of Library Staff in Mountain West Low Compared to Workers in Similar Jobs (Jennifer French); (14) Salaries of Academic Librarians in the West & Southwest Region (Jennifer French); (15) Non-MLS Reference Salaries in Academic Libraries Lag Behind Peers (Jennifer French); and (16) Colorado Public Librarians Eligible for Public Assistance.