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Download full textChute, Adrienne; Kroe, Elaine; Garner, Patricia; Padgett, Regina – 1998
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1995. This report includes information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Library Collections
Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, Elaine – 1996
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1996. This report includes information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Library Collections
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp. – 2002
This document presents results of the 2000-01 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Medical Library Statistics Questionnaire. Of 113 ARL university libraries, 63 responded to the survey. Results for each library are presented in the following data tables: (1) collections, including volumes in library, volumes added, monographs purchased, current…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp. – 2002
This document presents results of the 2000-01 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Law Library Statistics Questionnaire. Of 113 ARL university libraries, 75 responded to the survey. Results for each library are presented in the following data tables: (1) collections, including volumes in library, volumes added, monographs purchased, current…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Law Libraries
Chute, Adrienne; And Others – 1997
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in the United States for the fiscal year 1994. These data were collected through the seventh Public Libraries Survey (PLS). Respondents for this census were 8,727 of the 8,921 public libraries identified in the 50 states and District of Columbia, by state library agencies.…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Maxwell, Kimberly A., Comp. – 1996
This document reports data for the law and medical components of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) university libraries in the United States and Canada. Tables of summary data for collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services are presented separately for law and medical libraries by fiscal year. In addition, footnotes to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Law Libraries
2002
The "American Library Directory[TM] 2002-2003," in two volumes, provides access to comparative data, additional resources, and sales prospects for the United States and Canadian library communities. Containing full profiles on public, academic, government, and special libraries, the totally updated 55th edition is organized by state and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Directories, Government Libraries, Information Sources
Lynch, Mary Jo; Dunn, Christina; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Jones, Emily J. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1999
Presents: "Research on Libraries/Librarianship in 1998"; "Assessment of the Role of School/Public Libraries in Support of Education Reform"; "Number of Libraries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico"; Highlights of NCES Surveys"; "Library Acquisition Expenditures, 1997-1998: United States Public,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Lynch, Mary Jo; St. Lifer, Evan; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
These nine articles discuss research and statistics on libraries and librarianship, including libraries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; acquisition expenditures in public, academic, special, and government libraries; price indexes; state rankings of public library data; library buildings; expenditures in school library media centers; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Indexes, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Comparative statistics are tabulated for volumes in the library, volumes added, current serials, total staff, and total expenditures for 113 university and 12 non-university libraries. The data are from the Association of Research Libraries. (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Personnel
Jamieson, Alexis J.; Dolan, M. Elizabeth – 1985
To investigate the experience of American and Canadian university libraries with remote access catalogs, self-administered questionnaires were sent to the 137 directors of all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries and all libraries of Canadian degree-granting institutions. The study was designed to: (1) survey Canadian and U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Automation
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Blixrud, Julia, Comp. – 2002
This document presents data from 122 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Since 1987-88, the number of preservation programs managed by a preservation administrator has grown irregularly from 66 to around 80 in more recent years. A fluctuating growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Blixrud, Julia, Comp. – 2002
This document presents data from 123 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 2000-01 fiscal year. Since 1987-88, the number of preservation programs managed by a preservation administrator has grown irregularly from 66 to around 80 in more recent years. A fluctuating growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; Daval, Nicola, Comp. – 1993
This document consists of a complete run of "ARL Preservation Statistics" from its inception in 1988 through 1993, a total of 5 issues: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93. The annual "ARL Preservation Statistics" questionnaire is designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; And Others – 1993
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) publication presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of ARL during the 1991-92 fiscal year. The Preservation Statistics Questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
