It's an understatement to say that 2020 has been a challenging year, particularly for many of you reading this. The impacts of COVID-19 have been immense, but we have united to face their challenges and your commitment, perseverance and genuine innovation has been extraordinary to witness.

30 libraries participated in the first year of the Public Libraries Evaluation Network, using the Culture Counts platform to collect data from communities around Australia about the vital impact of libraries.

Based on feedback and requests received from our clients- we have developed a new feature in our Culture Counts survey platform - to allow for questions to be made compulsory if necessary.

Culture Counts in collaboration with the Municipal Association of Victoria has launched the Victorian Local Government Cultural Dashboard

On 22 July, Indigo-Ltd released the full results of their 6-week audience survey, distributed by 258 UK cultural organisations and capturing over 103k responses.

On 16 April, 2020 Indigo-Ltd and 192 cultural organisations distributed a COVID-19 audience survey in the UK, capturing over 86k responses. In partnership with Indigo-Ltd, Culture Counts ran statistical analysis on the big data captured to offer a breakdown of organisations can use this data

This year marks the 109th anniversary of the annual event with the theme, #EachForEqual, reminding us of the importance of recognising women’s voices. Women have a strong voice in the Culture Counts’ database, representing 67% of our survey responses.

Did you know that typically, females are more likely to respond to surveys? Our survey dataset contains 67% of responses from women.

When undertaking an evaluation - where do you start? We've created some Cheat Sheets with practical tips and advice.