TS ISO 2789

TS ISO 2789 is the Turkish adoption of the standard that provides a common framework for collecting and reporting international library statistics for the library and information services community. Its focus is on making data more comparable across countries and institutions, aligning the statistics that library managers use most often, and supporting better use of statistics as a management tool.

Making library statistics comparable across countries

The standard is concerned not only with numerical results, but also with ensuring that the same statistical term is recorded with the same meaning. In general technical terms, library statistics are management data covering matters such as collection size, use, access to services, circulation and related indicators. When terminology and counting logic are aligned, data from different countries and systems can be interpreted consistently, which is essential for international reporting and comparative analysis.

Common practice for management measurements

The scope also promotes consistency for statistics that are widely used by library managers even when they are not included in international reporting. In practical terms, this helps reduce the risk that the same performance indicator will be understood differently from one institution to another. From a general technical perspective, reliable statistics support resource planning, service evaluation and trend monitoring, so clear definitions of what is being measured are especially important.

This listing corresponds to the Turkish adoption of ISO 2789:2013 and is shown as withdrawn. Even so, the subject remains a key reference area for data quality, shared terminology and reporting discipline in library and information services.