Now is the perfect time to make sure you are tracking all of your library data in preparation for the 2019 NYS Annual Report! Resources to assist you in the preparation of the Annual Report are listed below (links will be activated as the data becomes available). You must be logged into Google with your '@ncls.org' email address for some of the following links to work. The deadline to have the 2019 Annual Report completed and submitted to NCLS is January 31, 2020.
Documents from the Division of Library Development
Changes to the Annual Report (Outline of Major Changes) - 01/15/2020
NYS Charter Actions - 01/06/2020
NYS Annual Report Instructions - 01/15/2020
CollectConnect
Tutorial for CollectConnect, the NYS annual report platform
Link to CollectConnect Log-in
Statistics and Data
Overdrive Statistics (eBook, Audiobook, and eMagazines) - NON-Automated Libraries Only - 01/07/2020
Successful Retrieval of Electronic Information (Ancestry Statistics) - 01/10/2020
Annual Visits to the Library's Website - 01/10/2020
Library Broadband Speeds and E-Rate Chart - 01/10/2020
Funding Charts: 01/10/2020
Libraries with a Different Reporting Year
Ballot Funding (2007-2019) - 07/18/2019
DueNorth Stats - 01/06/2020 - Statistics on this chart are provided by NNYLN and will be "NCLS supplied" in your Google Sheet for automated libraries. For insructions on how to generate your own DueNorth statistics, click here.
Tips, Tools, and Tutorials
Introduction to the NYS Annual Report - a brief description of the sections and data contained in each section of the Annual Report
Financial Guide - a one-page resource to what gets counted where in the financial section of the Annual Report - 01/02/2020
Changing Quickbooks Reports from Accrual to Cash
Tutorial to Add Content to the NCLS website
(such as Computer Sessions, Programs, Reference Transactions, and Library Visits)
Tutorial to Edit Content to the NCLS website
(such as Computer Sessions, Hours, Programs, Reference Transactions, Trustees and Library Visits)
Printable copy of Entering Data for the Annual Report (Adding Content and Editing Content)
Tutorial to use Google Drive for the Annual Report - Automated Libraries Only
(perform the "load" of library data into the Google Sheet)
