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FOR RELEASE on June 30, 2009 Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2009 published. We celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) this year. In 10 years HAPLR has become widely recognized in the public library world. As is to be expected, the rating system has critics as well as fans. We are proud of HAPLR and what it has done for libraries in the nation. We look forward to many more years of ranking, assessing, and providing report cards for libraries in the U.S. I will continue to refine HAPLR based on the advice of both fans and critics. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) Web site (haplr-index.com) was re-opened with new data today announced Thomas J. Hennen Jr., its author. The ratings have been published since 1999. HAPLR identifies the public libraries in America with the highest input and output measures. Statistics alone cannot define library excellence, of course, but Hennen believes that the ratings numbers are still 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. (500 k means over 500,000 population, 250 k means 250,000 to 499,999 population, and so forth.) 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 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. After 10 years, there is now a competitor index. Sponsored by Bibliostat, a library data gathering software firm, the LJ Index uses only 4 output measures rather than the 6 input and 9 output measures in the HAPLR Ratings. A list of Top Ten Libraries in each category is available at: http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm Email: thennen@haplr-index.com Contact by ordinary mail: Thomas J. Hennen Jr. Contact by phone: 262-886-1625 Cell phone: 262-880-7055 June 2009
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