The
2009 Edition rates over 9,000
public libraries in the United States using the latest federal data.
Libraries are rated, scored and ranked on 15 input and output
measures.
HAPLR 2009 Tenth
Anniversary at American Libraries site.
For the
latest information, visit
What's New.
See also the
HAPLR Blog!
The new
LJ Index is flattering because some of my chief critics have finally
agreed to the need to evaluate public libraries. My comments on
the LJ Index are here.
Here is a side by side
comparison of
all library scores in HAPLR and the LJ Index.
For library planning advice,
visit Hennen's Library Consulting
Read
about the Neal-Schuman book, Hennen's
Public Library Planner
