Say It With Data ─ A Concise Guide to Making Your Case and Getting Results

Dando, a library information services educational specialist for a public school district and former teacher and librarian, illustrates the use of data to advocate for school and public libraries. She draws on research in the library, nonprofit, and business fields to explain why data is important to measure progress, make decisions, meet requirements of grants and state or district reports, and leverage the value of services and instruction. She describes how to determine what the program needs, the objective to satisfy those needs, the audience to meet the objective, and the evidence that will resonate with them; how to collect, analyze, synthesize, and present data from surveys, focus groups, and statistics; and the issues of effective communication and accuracy and validity. ALA Editions is an imprint of the American Library Association. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)