CLA collects and maintains statewide data on summer program participation in California. A summary of collected data is available on our Impact page.

Project staff send survey questions to librarians in the spring for planning purposes and ask them to submit responses to those questions in the fall. All California public libraries are asked to complete the survey, whatever summer reading theme or slogan they use. The data are used in state and federal reporting, in library advocacy, and to promote California’s public library summer reading programs.

Please find below the link to the annual Summer Participation Survey:

Survey link: https://www.library.ca.gov/services/to-libraries/statistics/#summersurvey

The questio.ca.gov/services/to-libraries/statistics/#summerns with general instructions are available for you to review before starting the survey: Summer Participation Survey Questions & Guidance 2022 (Word document)

Please plan to have one person respond to and complete the survey on behalf of all libraries in your jurisdiction no later than Friday, September 30th, 2022.

• The survey should be completed once for each library jurisdiction with one person responding on behalf of all your jurisdiction libraries.
• Please report statistics for the entirety of your 2022 summer program. We realize Summer 2022, with COVID-19 precautions may still be an unusual summer and the start and end date of library summer programs may vary widely.
• The survey includes questions relating to the Summer @ Your Library Quality Principles and Indicators. To help you gather input from your colleagues in your library jurisdiction, this Assessment Chart will be useful for you to fill out as a team prior to submitting your answers via the electronic survey.