1. New State Data Coordinators Orientation Engaging in the Community Michael Golrick State Library of Louisiana

2. Learning Objectives Complete with confidence the tasks of the State Data Coordinator Understand and Communicate the value and importance of the PLS and SLAA data Engage in the Public Library Statistics Community

3. So, what happens next? [At this meeting]

4. At this meeting you will: Get oriented to the national level issues and concerns Discuss data elements Changes for FY 2015 Proposals for FY 2016 Hear about the PLS Web Portal changes for FY 2015 Provide feedback on the PLS Web Portal Discuss survey edit checks

5. At this meeting you will: Vote for new members of the LSWG Learn “stuff” Meet with all the other SDCs Meet with the other folks who use your software

6. At this meeting you will: Have a chance to socialize with SDCs and Census/IMLS (and others) New SDC Huddle Lunch with Mentor Groups Meet with Mentor Groups Vendor events Awards! Keppel Award What is the “SLAA” (at the end of the agenda)?

7. How do we work with each other? SDC Discussion list The Wiki Mentors AIR staff IMLS staff

8. SDC Discussion list Electronic Discussion List Closed – Members are: SDCs IMLS staff AIR staff working on PLS Discussions are captured and posted to Wiki (Note: the Wiki is publicly viewable – to the whole world)

9. The Wiki

10. Mentors Who are they? How are they chosen? Will they always be the same?

11. Who are they and what exactly do they do? Danielle Battle – Survey Methodologist Patrick Stark – Researcher New process/tool for all of us Presentation this afternoon with more details What happens after I hit “Lock” What if I have hundreds of edit checks? AIR American Institutes for Research

12. Help via email: PLS@air.org Help Desk phone number: 1-866-744-5746 AIR

13. Edit checks # of Records Flagged SheetNon-CriticalCritical State Characteristics00 Name Address026 Other Identification10 Pop and # of Outlets04 Staffing50 Revenue100 Expenditures240 Capital50 Collections700 Services140 Programs210 Other Elec.40 Outlets302 Total18432 Edits run on 6/12/2014 11:49:19 AM

14. Edit checks Match has completed successfully. Check 'New ID' Sheet - 6/12/2014 12:30:35 PM Happy Message

15. IMLS staff Who are they and what exactly do they do? Who else do I need to know besides Kim? PLS Lead/COR: Deanne Swan Alt COR: Matt Birnbaum OLS Liaison: Timothy Owens When in doubt: Kim Miller

16. Building your own community Mentors (past/present) Nearby states (geographically proximate) Similar states (number of outlets, type of library systems) People you like and respect

17. Remember to have fun!

18. For this training Changes do result Uncovered issues will get attention Want to do the best job we can

19. What questions do you have?

20. Michael Golrick State Library of Louisiana mgolrick@slol.lib.la.us 225-342-4917