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2024 Oregon Public Library Statistical Report
This guide has been updated as of March 20, 2024, and has up-to-date information and FAQs about completing the 2024 Oregon Public Library Statistical Report. Please use the menu on the left to navigate through the various sections of the report instructions.
Important dates:
- This year, the reporting period will open on or around July 15, 2024, and is meant to capture data from the most recently completed state fiscal year period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
- The statutory deadline to complete your library's report is October 31, 2024. We will not provide extensions this year, except for extenuating circumstances.
- After submitting your library's report, you will have until December 31, 2024, to request (in writing) any necessary changes to your submitted data. No changes can be made after that date.
- The State Library will follow up with you concerning any questions about your report by mid-January 2025.
- Statewide 2024 data will be published on the State Library's website by February 1, 2025.
- You may request a copy of your library's 2024 data at any point after it has been submitted or during the data reporting process. You may also download a PDF of your report, regardless of its status, at any time.
An announcement with instructions for how to complete the 2024 report using our new platform will be emailed to all Oregon public library directors, or to staff who completed the 2023 report, by July 15, 2024.
A complete set of these instructions is available as a PDF below, along with a PDF version of the report form to help with data gathering. You can also print any page of this guide using the Print Page link at the bottom of each page.