The MBLC administers the Annual Report Information Survey (ARIS) and Financial Report in compliance with Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 78. Each fiscal year, public libraries are required to submit this data in order to receive State Aid to Public Libraries and to meet the Minimum Standards of Public Library Service.
ARIS and Financial Report data is submitted online through the Collect data management system. In a few months, MLBC will add Connect which will allow librarians to run customized library data reports.
- LOGIN to Collect
- Overview of Collect -- This is a recording of the overview that Jan Anderson of Baker & Taylor presented on May 23, 2019.
- Instructions & Tips for Using Collect
- Counting Electronic Resources
- Recording of ARIS Webinar — In the near future, a recording of an ARIS webinar will be added.
Using summaries of this data prepared by MBLC staff, libraries can compare the quality and effectiveness of library services across Massachusetts, supporting their own planning, evaluation and goals.
Selected survey information is also submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for analysis at the national level, and as part of an agreement for the MBLC to administer certain federal grant funding.