On-Demand Webinars: Advocacy

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Become a Data-Informed Library with Benchmark

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Learn how Benchmark, PLA’s interactive data visualization and peer comparison tool, can support your library in everyday decision-making.

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Technology in Public Libraries: Results from PLA’s 2023 Annual Survey

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Learn how your library can use the 2023 Public Library Technology Survey report and PLA’s data tools to understand and improve your library's performance, demonstrate value, and increase impact in your community.

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Embracing a Public Service Mindset to Better Demonstrate Your Library’s Value

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Shift to a public service focus to demonstrate value and change how the public perceives and talks about your library.

Cover slide of free PLA webinar with title Benchmark 101: Become a Data-Informed Library, originally presented November 13, 2023

Benchmark 101: Become a Data-Informed Library

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Learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision-making.

Introducing Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends on-demand webinar cover slide with title and date of November 8, 2021

Introducing Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends

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Learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision making, such as establishing baselines and identifying opportunities to improve.