The Asian statistics include data on collections, staffing, expenditures, library services, and library and university characteristics for Asian academic libraries.
This site will allow you to:
About the Asian Academic Libraries Online Statistics: Pilot Project
This website was developed for a pilot project which enabled the development,
setup and maintenance of an online website for the collection, presentation
and benchmarking of library statistics for Asian Academic libraries.
Twenty-two libraries from 4 countries in the region participated in
the pilot project. Data for 2005, 2006 and 2007 was collected, loaded
and made available for benchmarking. Sponsorship was generously provided
by the iGroup (Asia).The final phase of the project was an evaluation
of the online website and the data collection process. The results of
this evaluation were presented by Cathie Jilovsky at the “Academic
Librarian 2: Singing in the Rain” Conference held in Hong Kong
on 11-12 March 2010. The paper and presentation are available from the
Conference website http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ALSR2010/Programme.html.
CAVAL will maintain the Asian Online Statistics website into the future.
Some of the participating libraries are keen to continue to contribute
data and to grow the database, however for this to happen further funding
will be required. Discussions are ongoing as to how this can be achieved.
Objectives
of the Pilot Project
• development and provision of an online statistical website for
Asian academic libraries
• implementation of sophisticated functionality for online benchmarking
• improvements to the collection processes for the individual
libraries
• provision of a sustainable online statistical service for Asian
academic libraries
For more information on the data made available here or for assistance in interpreting the current data contact (stats.asia@caval.edu.au) at CAVAL.