Comments on: Public Library Blogs: Your help requested, maybe?

By: walt

walt — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:04:21 +0000

Stephanie, thanks!

In general: There’s enough new data that I’ve now used strikeouts for all the ones where I think I have solid numbers and boldface for the ones I’d still like better info… and I’m working on the emails.

By: Stephanie Stowe

Stephanie Stowe — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:36:13 +0000

Just sending this to confirm that Pelham’s postal code is L0S 1E0 however our population has increased to 16,000. Stephanie Stowe Library Director

By: walt

walt — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:05:56 +0000

Nancy: That’s pretty close to the figure I already had (152,000); I guess the question is whether I should assume that county population is the same as service area population.

Michelle: I don’t know how I managed to relocate Sutherland Shire to Victoria from New South Wales, but I’ve fixed that in my master spreadsheet and will fix it in the book. And unless I hear differently from the library, I’ll reduce the service area population to 205,000, what I find at the link you provided. THanks.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:47:46 +0000

Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 1X8 – population for Frontenac County is 143,865 (2006 census figures at http://www.statcan.ca)

By: Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:48:07 +0000

Walt,

Sutherland Shire – is actually in NSW. Their stats can be found at http://www.id.com.au/home/default.asp?pg=5&STE=1&LGA=17150 There is a Mitcham in Victoria, but its part of the Whitehorse Manningham Library Corporation. If its not either one of these, let me know and I’ll see what I can find out for you.

Michelle

By: walt

walt — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:40:01 +0000

Simon, Thanks! That’s one down, several to go. (Actually, I’ve found three-year-old NCES figures for some of the U.S. libraries, and I’ll use those if I don’t hear better ones: 9,200 for Morgantown, 101,000 for West Palm Beach, 173,000 for St. Joseph County, 7,900 for Delphi, 17,000 rounded for Hibbing–no change, 91,000 for Fargo, and 150,000 for Kansas City.)

So that really leaves Clearwater, River Rouge, and the Canadian, Australian, and Irish systems.

By: Simon Chamberlain

Simon Chamberlain — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:29:51 +0000

Your numbers for Wellington, NZ are high.

You’ve probably posted the population for the Wellington region as a whole. There are actually three other library systems in that region (Porirua, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt). Wellington City Libraries itself serves a population of around 180,000 (source, Statistics NZ Census, Regional Summary Tables: http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/regional-summary-tables.htm; also http://www.wellington.govt.nz/aboutwgtn/glance/index.html).

(Don’t get me started on why a region of 450,000 people has four different city councils…..)