Use of statistics in management decisions

In using statistics in decision making, library managers can draw on five types of available data: library statistics, library salaries, employment outlook statistics, indexes of inflation and living costs, and demographic and economic data. In applying these data to management decisions, library managers can also utilize five strategies: taking the user's point of view, comparing libraries, tracking trends and making projections, indexing inflation and cost of living, and putting libraries in context. Each of these strategies is a proven success, and examples of their use are provided.published or submitted for publicatio