From Peter Haxton at the State Library of Kansas:

Hello public libraries!

Sorry to spoil your summer, but the FY 2010 Public Library Services Survey will be open in just 5 short months.

I wanted to let all of the public libraries know that there will be 4 brand new data elements on the FY2010 survey.  Just like last year, we receive the new elements half way through our year.  Don’t panic, these are collection and time questions, so you weren’t expected to keep count all year.

1. Public service hours per year (outlet level) Most of you already do this, so it won’t be a big change.  It will mainly affect libraries that have branches (including bookmobiles).   You will now be asked to provide the number of hours each branch is open to the public each year.
2. Number of weeks a library is open (outlet level)  This is new.  We are asking for the total number of weeks (rounded to the nearest whole week) each central, branch and bookmobile is open to the public.