Control indicators to improve data collection and the data and statistics system of public libraries in Spain

• Autor(a) principal: Lázaro-Rodríguez, Pedro
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Aguilar-Soto, María
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Revista EDICIC
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.edicic.org/revistaedicic/article/view/253
• topic: Bibliotecas Públicas; Datos; Estadísticas; Indicadores; Evaluación de Bibliotecas; Bibliotecas Públicas; Dados; Estatísticas; Indicadores; Avaliação de Bibliotecas; Public Libraries; Data; Statistics; Indicators; Library Evaluation

The purpose of this paper is to present 5 control indicators to improve the data and the statistics system of public libraries of Spain. The indicators are referred to the budget for the staff, to the organized cultural activities and attendees, and to the registered users and active borrowers. With the presentation and calculation of the indicators at the level of municipalities in Spain for the year 2021, we detect and comment on (possible) errors in the data. From there, we discuss possible ways for the improvement in three ways: actions that can be carried out by and from the libraries, from the data and statistics system of public libraries in Spain, and actions for the researchers on this topic. The value and originality of the work lies in the fact that the control indicators developed are original, without their calculation and proposal being known in previous works, and that they are calculated at the level of municipalities and not at the level of provinces and/or autonomous communities as is usually done. In addition, the main purpose is to improve the data so that they allow us to know in a real and solid way what is happening on a daily basis in the libraries.