Tell us what your library means to you.
Red Deer Public Library is part of a nationwide initiative led by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) to measure the social impact of public libraries across Canada.
Inspired by pioneering work at Toronto Public Library, more than 20 urban libraries are now coming together in a new study to understand and improve the ways in which we support our communities. This study is the first of its kind being conducted at a national scale.
The social impact study, opens a new window moves beyond traditional economic reporting metrics such as the number of visits or books borrowed, focusing instead on capturing how public libraries provide emotional, intellectual, creative, and social value. The insights from this project will enable us to have new and exciting conversations about the importance of public libraries to our local communities – and to society at large.
Over the coming months, the project will be collecting a comprehensive quantitative dataset, supplemented by deep-dive interviews into the experiences of individual library patrons. By combining a nationally representative survey with data collected from patrons at each individual library, the study will uncover perspectives from both current library users and potential future users.
At RDPL, we are inviting our users to make their voice heard by participating in a short online survey (5-10 minutes). Your anonymous feedback will help us improve our services and build a better understanding of how we can support our community.
Whether you are a regular library patron or an occasional user, your opinions are valuable to us. Thank you for being part of shaping the future of Red Deer Public Library!
Participate in the survey: https://culc.itdepends.dk/RedDeer, opens a new window
The national study is carried out in partnership with the research consortium IS IT A BIRD / It depends, opens a new window.