Update 2026-01-08-plans-for-2026.md

Author: DaveBathnes

_posts/2026-01-08-plans-for-2026.md

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Everyone would love a culture of open working to improve services. Good data sta
 
 So, what to focus on in 2026? There have always been a few 'low hanging fruit' wins for public libraries. The British Library Public Lending Right team are in the process of collecting comprehensive loans data from all public library services on what titles have been loaned, and we'll [continue to push for this to be open](https://blog.librarydata.uk/plr-consultation-2025/).
 
-There are other library organisations working on library data. The Arts Council and Libraries Connected have significantly increased data projects in recent years. However, while sympathetic and even supportive of open data, the remit of their projects is to serve the sector.
+There are other library organisations working on library data. The Arts Council and Libraries Connected have significantly increased data projects in recent years. However, while sympathetic and even supportive of open data, the remit of their projects is to serve sector stakeholders.
 
 A recent [Libraries Connected commissioned report, conducted by Independent Mind](https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/libraries-connected-publishes-new-report-library-loan-trends) gathered loans data from 34 library services and analysed it. However, the outputs from that project were 2 PDF files and an internal webinar for library services. In a culture of working in the open, the default would be to ensure the data was repeatable and open, release analysis as accessible web content, and then an open webinar.
 
-This isn't an individual criticism, this is the way things are done in the sector. But we do need to recognise the huge task in changing that culture. 
+This isn't an individual criticism, this is the way things are generally done. But we do need to recognise the huge task in changing that culture. 
 
 Anyway, it's good to have a different focus to other organisations, and open data advocacy and pressure needs to come from outside the sector and its leadership. Libraries Hacked will also collect data from library services [using Freedom of Information requests](https://blog.librarydata.uk/requesting-data-with-foi/). These will remain genuine requests for data, there's no point spamming services for no reason - but it is currently the only public mechanism for obtaining data and keeps public data on the radar.