Articles, Papers, & Reports I Have Written
America's Star Libraries: LJ Index of Public Library Service 2009 - Round 2, Library Journal, November 16, 2009, 18-22. Co-authored with Dr. Keith Curry Lance.
The Call for Evidence Based Practice: Speaking Louder than Words, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Vol. 4 No. 3, 63-67.
Advocacy Research Findings: An Illustration from the OCLC Report, From Awareness to Funding, Public Library Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 3, 212-226.
Understanding the Methodological Foundations of Public Library National Ratings, in Heaney, M. (ed.) Library Statistics for the 21st Century World (IFLA Publication #138) Munich: K.G. Saur, 2009, 135-145. Excerpts available here.
America's Star Libraries: The LJ Index of Public Library Service 2009, Library Journal, February 15, 2009, 26-33. Co-authored with Dr. Keith Curry Lance.
Honorable Mention: What Public Library National Ratings Say, Public Libraries, November/December 2008, 36-41. Co-authored with Dr. Neal Kaske.
Making Incremental Improvements to Public Library Comparative Statistical Practices, paper presented at 2008 Library Assessment Conference, August 4-7, 2008, Seattle, Washington. Co-authored with Dr. Jason Holmes.
The New LJ Index, Library Journal, June 15, 2008. Co-authored with Dr. Keith Curry Lance.
Use and Perceptions of Comparative Statistics by Ohio Public Libraries. An exploratory survey I conducted in May 2008. See also the study questionnaire.
Book Review: Mark Y. Herring (2007). Fool's Gold: Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library, Public Library Quarterly, 2008, Vol. 27 No. 3, 265-266.
Unsettling Scores: An Evaluation of Hennen's American Public Library Ratings, Public Library Quarterly, Winter 2007, Vol. 24 Nos. 3/4, 49-100.