Alison Clarke

Alison Clarke is the Coordinator, Performance Measures & Data at Brampton Library, and is currently serving as Chair for the Ontario Public Library Association’s Research and Evaluation Committee. Alison designs data collections systems, and has created a variety of systems including program data collection, key performance indicators, volunteer tracking, and makerspace activity tracking. She also worked on the Canadian Urban Library Council Space Use Study, using observation and patron surveys to investigate how people use different spaces in the library. Alison finds joy in teaching people how to use a pivot table, and is always ready to talk about how public libraries can make their data useful.