Earlier Reports and Surveys

Annual Reports

• PLV Annual Report 2019-20
• PLV Annual Report 2018-19
• PLVN Annual Report 2017-18
• PLVN Annual Report 2016 -17
• PLVN Annual Report 2015-16
• PLVN Annual Report 2014-15
• PLVN Annual Report 2013-14
• PLVN Annual Report 2012-13

Annual Surveys & Indicators

• 2020-2021 Reports

  • 2020-21 PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Summary Report
  • 2020-21 PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Final Data Sets 2018-19 to 2020-21
  • 2020-21 PLV LOTE Collections – Summary Report
  • 2020-21 PLV LOTE Collections – at 30 June 2021 – Final Data Set
  • 2020-21 PLV Early Years Literacy Performance Indicators – Summary Report
  • 2020-21 PLV Supplementary and Early Years – Final Data Set
  • 2018-19 to 2020-21 PLV Library Statistics – Comparative Data Report
  • 2020-21 PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Presentation to PLV

• 2019-2020 Reports

  • Final Data Sets 2017-18 to 2019-20
  • Supplementary and Early Years (xlsx)
  • LOTE Collections – Summary Report (pdf)
  • LOTE Collections – Final Data Set (xlsx)
  • PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Summary Report (pdf)
  • PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Presentation to PLV (pdf)
  • PLV Annual Statistical Survey – Comparative Performance Report (pdf)
  • Early Years Literacy Performance Indicators – Summary Report (pdf)

  2018-2019 Reports

  • Final Data Set
  • Supplementary and Early Years
  • LOTE Collections – Summary Report
  • Summary Report
  • Comparative Report

  2017-2018 Reports

  • Final Data Set
  • Supplementary and Early Years
  • LOTE Collections
  • Summary Report
  • Comparative Report

• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2016-17 summary report
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2016-17
• PLVN Comparative Report 2016-17
• Supplementary and Early Years Data 2016-17
• PLVN Early Years Summary 2016-17
• PLVN Performance Indicators 2015-16
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2015-16
• PLVN Performance Indicators 2014-15
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2014-15PLVN Annual Report 2016 -17
• PLVN Performance Indicators 2013-14
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2013-14
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2012-13
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2011-12
• Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries 2010-11

Submissions to end 2020

• Public Libraries Victoria Submission to Victoria’s 30 Year Infrastructure Strategy_Feb 2021
• Submission to the Victorian Planning Authority on the Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines, Nov 2020
• COVID-19 Recovery Update to Budget Submission to the State Government
• Libraries Change Lives – Victoria State Budget 2020-2021
• Infrastructure-Priorities-for-the-Region PLV Submission- February 2020
• PLV responds to relevant government strategies, policies and inquiries: A Public Position on the VAGO Report for PLV – November 2019
• Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry re Local Government Engagement of CALD Communities in Early Childhood – October 2019
• Submission to the Victorian Government’s 2020-2024 Creative Industries Strategy – August 2019
• Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System – May 2019

Papers, Presentations and Other Resources to the end of 2020

Research Reports

• Skills Audit of Victorian Public Library Sector 2019
• Libraries Work!: The socio-economic value of public libraries. 2018
• Key Findings of the Libraries Work! Report. 2018
• Books for Baby and Me… a research and development project. Paula Kelly Paull. 2017
• Reading and Literacy for all: A strategic framework for Victorian public libraries 2015-18
• Creative Communities:  The cultural benefits of Victoria’s public libraries. 2014
• Victorian Public Libraries: Our Future, Our Skills Research Report. 2014
• Victorian Public Libraries 2030 Strategic Framework. 2013 (Summary here)
• Internet and PC usage in Victorian public libraries report. 2012.  (Technical Report here)
• Dollars Sense and Public Libraries The landmark study of the socio-economic value of Victorian public libraries report. 2012  (Key findings here)
• Being the Best We Can framework and toolkit. 2011
• Libraries Building Communities. 2005

Presentations to PLV

• Inspiring Life Stories – 9 December 2019
• Victorian Seniors Card Program – 26 March 2019
• IFLA World Library Conference – 4 December 2018 – IFLA Scholarship Recipient, Anna Parsons
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 4 December 2018 – Jane Cowell