Use of Data for the Rural Community

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Use of Data for the Rural Community
SDC Conference December 2-3, 2009
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Timothy Owens, SDC ARSL President
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ARSL Mission

• To provide a network of people and materials to
  support rural and small library staff,
  volunteers, and trustees to integrate the library
  thoroughly with the life and work of the
  community it serves.

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ARSL Objectives

• To organize a network of members concerned about
  the growth  and development of useful library
  services in rural and small  libraries
• To provide opportunities for the continuing
  education of members
• To provide mechanisms for members to exchange
  ideas and to  meet on a regular basis
• To cultivate the practice of librarianship and to
  foster a  spirit of cooperation among members of
  the profession, enabling them  to act together
  for mutual goals

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ARSL Objectives

• To serve as a source of current information about
  trends,  issues, and strategies
• To partner with other library and non-library
  groups and  organizations serving rural and small
  library communities
• To collect and disseminate information and
  resources that are  critical to this network
• To advocate for rural and small libraries at the
  local, state,  and national levels.

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ARSL

• www.arsl.info

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Whats Rural?
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Whats Rural?
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Whats Rural?

• depends

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Whats Rural?

• What is Rural?
• Patricia LaCaille John
• Beltsville, MD USDA, National Agricultural
  Library, Rural Information Center, 2008
• www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/what_is_rural.shtml

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Whats Rural?
Defining the Rural in Rural America John
Cromartie and Shawn Bucholtz Amber Waves, June
2008 United States Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service http//www.ers.usda.gov/
AmberWaves/June08/Features/RuralAmerica.htm
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Whats Rural?

• 3 models for defining
• Administrative
• Land-Use
• Economic

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Whats Rural?
The administrative concept, used by many USDA
rural development programs, defines urban along
municipal or other jurisdictional
boundaries. The land-use concept, used by the
Census Bureau, identifies urban areas based on
how densely settled the area isthe picture of
settlement you get from an airplane. The
economic concept, used in most rural research
applications, recognizes the influence of cities
on labor, trade, and media markets that extend
well beyond densely settled cores to include
broader commuting areas.
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Whats Rural? PLS Data
Administrative Entity Element 204 Geographic
Code CI1Municipal Government (city, town or
village) (exactly) CI2Municipal Government
(city, town or village) (most nearly) CO1County/P
arish (exactly) CO2County/Parish (most
nearly) MA1Metropolitan Area (exactly) MA2Metrop
olitan Area (most nearly) MC1Multi-County
(exactly) MC2Multi-County (most
nearly) SD1School District (exactly) SD2School
District (most nearly) OTHOther
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Whats Rural? PLS Data
Administrative Entity Element 208 Population of
the Legal Service Area lt2,500 ? lt5,000
? lt25,000 ?
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Whats Rural? PLS Data
Outlet Data Element 710 Metropolitan Status
Code CCCentral City NCMetropolitan Area, but
Not Within Central City Limits NONot in a
Metropolitan Area
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Whats Rural? 2007 PLS Data
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Whats Rural? 2007 PLS Data
17,346 outlets 8,347 Not in MSA 48
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Whats Rural? 2007 PLS Data
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Where Now?
Questions / Discussion
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Final Shameless Plug

• 2010 ARSL Conference
• Magic in the Mile High City Denver, Colorado
  October 14th-16th
• www.arsl.info