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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
The annual State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The survey provides state and federal policy-makers, researchers, and other…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services

Belcher, John R.; Fandetti, Donald; Cole, Danny – Social Work, 2004
This article examines the rise of Christian religious conservatism and explores whether the theological views of the conservative Christian movement are compatible with the liberal social welfare state. The authors conclude that the driving force behind social change should remain with the state, even though faith-based initiatives can provide…
Descriptors: Social Change, Christianity, Political Attitudes, Welfare Services
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The annual State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The survey provides state and federal policy-makers, researchers, and other…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Statistics
Kindel, Carol – 1997
Five files were generated from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year 1993-94: (1) the Public Library Data File, including data for the universe of 8,921 public libraries identified by state library agencies; (2) the Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics File, including data aggregated at the state-level for the 50 states and the…
Descriptors: Floppy Disks, Library Services, Library Statistics, Library Surveys
1998
Five files were generated from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year 1995: (1) the Public Library Data File, including data for the universe of 8,981 public libraries identified by state library agencies; (2) the Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics File, including data aggregated at the state-level for the 50 states and the…
Descriptors: Data, Floppy Disks, Library Services, Library Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
Five files were gathered from the Public Libraries Survey (PLS) for fiscal year (FY) 1996: (1) the Public Library Data File, including data for the universe of 8,946 public libraries identified by state library agencies; (2) the Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics File, including data aggregated at the state level for the 50 states…
Descriptors: Data, Floppy Disks, Library Services, Library Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
The Public Libraries Survey has been conducted annually since 1988 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). The survey collects identifying information and basic data on public libraries (8946 in 1992) and their outlets in the United States; identifying…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Databases, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This diskette contains the data file from the Federal Libraries and Information Centers Survey, Fiscal Year 1994. The survey gathered data on federal libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1994. This data file contains descriptive data about each federal library's services and operations, including: organization…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Libraries, Library Automation, Library Collections
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
The State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is conducted annually and is the product of a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This fourth Survey in the series provides state…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data, Elementary Secondary Education, Floppy Disks