America’s Star Libraries, 2013: Top-Rated Libraries
Library Journal: 11.01.2013 by Keith Curry Lance & Ray Lyons
The constellation of Star Libraries changes dramatically
from year to year. As it does every year, the 2013 Star Libraries illustrates
that each annual round introduces a substantial set of new Star Libraries, sees
the fortunes of continuing Star Libraries change—as libraries change peer
groups and gain and lose stars—and, indeed, sees many of the previous year’s
honorees lose their Star Library status altogether. The explanations for these
changes are varied and complex. Whether a public library gains or loses Star
Library status or sees that status change more subtly is determined as much by
the fortunes of other libraries in a library’s spending peer group as by the
per capita service output of its own institution. READ MORE !
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Monday, November 4, 2013
America's Star Libraries: 2013
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