Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, Nos. 248-255. March-December 2007

Issues 248 through 255 of "Fast Facts" from the Library Research Service present data gleaned from libraries in Colorado and across the nation. Topics addressed in these "Fast Facts" from 2007 include the library labor market, the benefits to libraries of using a statewide courier service, and the results of a patron survey at the Colorado Talking Book Library. Also addressed in these brief reports are differences in schools with and without staffed school libraries, challenged materials in Colorado libraries in 2006, and usage and satisfaction statistics from the virtual statewide reference service AskColorado. The following "Fast Facts" titles from 2007 are included in this document: (1) Non-MLS Salaries in Public Libraries Disparate: Non-MLS Salaries & Number of Positions Closing Fast on MLS (Jennifer French); (2) Salaries of Staff Working in Archives (Jennifer French); (3) Is $40,000 the Magic Number? (Daphne Eastburn); (4) Statewide Courier Saves Libraries Thousands in Shipping Costs Each Year (Zeth Lietzau); (5) CTBL Provides Essential Service to Community (Jennifer French); (6) CSAP Scores Higher in Schools with Staffed Libraries (Zeth Lietzau); (7) Challenged Materials in Colorado Public Libraries, 2006 (Jennifer French); and (8) AskColorado Customer Satisfaction High as Usage Continues to Increase (Jennifer French). Individual "Fast Facts" contain charts and tables. [For "Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, No. 232-247, March-December 2006," see ED496735.]