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Chart & Report Creators for Your Library

Create Charts in Seconds!

These Do-It-Yourself tools require no knowledge of Excel or Chart-Making. If you can find your library in a list, then you can create customized charts for your library. Copy and paste your charts into any document or presentation, or print or download sets of charts. These statistical measures have been reported in the Annual Report of Public Libraries and can be found in CT Public Libraries: A Statistical Profile.

CT Public Libraries Chart and Report Creator

CT Chart & Report Creator, FY2023 [Excel]
Easy to use. Create charts for your library, comparing to others in a population range or with up to 5 other specific libraries that you choose. You can also create charts for your municipality (combining data in multiple-library towns) and compare to other municipalities. Median reports let you compare numbers easily for dozens of measures.
CT Chart & Report Creator, 1996-2023 - Individual Library Trends Over Time [Excel]
See the 13-year or 27-year trends for a specific library, with comparisons to similar wealth and population groups.
What towns are in our group? FY2023 [Excel]
Sort this spreadsheet to see what other libraries are in your comparison groups based on population and AENGLC wealth rankings.

National Public Library Chart and Report Creators

National Public Library Chart & Report Creator FY2022 [Excel]
Creates charts that compare your library to libraries in your state and the nation, including just those that have a similar population. Uses the latest data (2022) available from the Public Library Survey released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in July 2024.

Library Search and Compare tool from IMLS
This online tool from IMLS uses data from their FY2021 Public Libraries Survey. You can compare your library with others across the country based on number of branches, circulation, revenue, staff, service population, visits, and programs.

How to use these tools

Watch videos on the Data playlist on DLD's YouTube channel to learn how to use these tools!

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