FOR RELEASE on November 1, 2006

Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006

The HAPLR Web site was re-opened with new data today announced Thomas J. Hennen Jr., its author.   HAPLR 2006 is featured in the November 2006 issue of American Libraries magazine, a publication of the American Libraries Association.  The ratings have been published there since 1999.

Hennen's American Public Library Ratings, HAPLR (tm) identifies the public libraries in America with the highest input and output measures.  Statistics alone cannot define library excellence, of course, but the ratings numbers are important.

The HAPLR Index uses six input and nine output measures. The author added the scores for each library within a population category to develop a weighted score.  The population categories change at 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, 100,000, 250,000, and 500,000 residents.

The HAPLR Index is similar to an ACT or SAT score with a theoretical minimum of 1 and a maximum of 1,000, although most libraries score between 260 and 730.

The HAPLR Index web site expands on the information in American Libraries articles.  The site provides a method for obtaining score cards and rating sheets for individual public libraries. It also provides further information on the rating index and other services provided by the author.  

The previous editions saw extensive media attention.  This edition is expected to receive more attention.

The top libraries in each population category.

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November 2006

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