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Julia E. Seaman; Jeff Seaman – Bay View Analytics, 2023
This report is part of a series of surveys tracking curricula discovery, selection, and adoption processes in U.S. higher education. This series has tracked a considerable shift in higher education from the traditional print textbook towards digital materials. The global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this transition, as faculty, administrators,…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Higher Education, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
This document presents results of the 2006-2007 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Law Library Statistics Questionnaire. Of 113 ARL university libraries, 74 responded to the survey. Results for each library are presented in the following data tables: (1) collections (2-parts), including volumes in library, volumes added, monographs purchased,…
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Academic Libraries, Statistical Data, Library Materials
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL Statistics 2006-2007" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries and 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported by…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Personnel
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2009
"ARL Statistics 2007-2008" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Statistics, Unit Costs, Tables (Data)
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
This document presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 65 medical libraries at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions throughout North America. In 2006-2007, the reporting health sciences libraries held a median of 244,188 volumes, spent a total of $244,188,020, and employed 2,395 FTE…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Young, Mark, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL Statistics 2005-06" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries and 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported by libraries…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Personnel
Smith, Abby; Allen, David Randal; Allen, Karen – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2004
The goal of this survey was to collect and analyze baseline information about the status of audio collections held by a set of research institutions. This information can help shape the national preservation plan now being developed by the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) and the Library of Congress to preserve "sound recordings that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, United States History, Preservation, Library Materials
Report of Second Annual Survey of the Circulation of Educational Media in Public Schools, 1978-1979.
Heinich, Robert – 1979
This report presents responses to a questionnaire regarding circulation of educational media in public schools from 76 school districts, 42 counties, and 57 regional and cooperative agencies, with a special section on controversial materials. The survey presents budgeting information by sources; profiles of collections; circulation of videotapes;…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Budgeting, Cataloging, Educational Media

International Library Review, 1983
Statistical data on 55 city libraries throughout the world are provided for the number of inhabitants, book stock, number of periodicals, number of audiovisual media, loans in 1981, total budget for 1982, number of staff and salaries, opening hours, and nominal lending period. A key to headings used is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Books, Budgets, Global Approach, Library Circulation
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2005
This report contains the results of the Association of Research Libraries' survey of academic Health Sciences libraries for 2003-04. Data are presented on collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services. Out of 113 ARL university libraries, 66 responded to this survey. Health Sciences libraries reported median values of 235,225…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Library Materials
Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, P. Elaine – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an introduction, selected findings, and tables. The report is based on data from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year 2005, and includes information on service measures such as number of users of electronic resources,…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Public Libraries, Internet, Library Services
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1988
The library directory provides separate listings for: (1) individual public libraries, which are listed alphabetically by town or city and include the name of the county; (2) multi-county public library systems, i.e., eight regional libraries that are listed by the library name; (3) single county public library systems, i.e., 13 public libraries…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2003
This report presents statistics on how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries spend money on electronic resources. This report indicates that expenditures for electronic resources account for 19.6%, on average, of ARL institutions' library materials budgets. ARL libraries reported spending more than $171 million on electronic…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Expenditures, Nonprint Media
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Young, Mark, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2006
"ARL Statistics 2004-05" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries and 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported by…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Personnel
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