Public library outreach as a function of staffing and metropolitan location |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, 303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA;2. Mazapan School, La Ceiba, Honduras;1. School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK;2. School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK;3. Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK;1. Institute of Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China;2. Department of Foundations of Computer Science, Faculty of Philosophy, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland;3. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg;1. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument St., Suite 8068, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;2. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 1830 East Monument St., Suite 8068, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;3. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 1830 East Monument St., Suite 8068, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;4. Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;5. Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4229, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Library literature suggests that staffing and metropolitan status may affect a public library's provision of outreach efforts. Data from a 1999 survey of Arizona public library service outlets do not support the role of metropolitan status in outreach provision but reaffirms the role of staffing. In this dataset, Arizona public library service outlets had ongoing outreach efforts, with schools and preschools being the most popular venue for providing those services. Analyzing outlets' provision of outreach as a function of staffing revealed that there is a positive relationship between the number of librarians on staff and the odds that a library would conduct outreach. While metropolitan libraries were also associated with an increase in the odds of conducting outreach and making school visits, this was assumed to be a spurious correlation due to the lack of significance in models accounting for staff and metropolitan status. |
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