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Download full textHenderson, Everett; Miller, Kim A.; Craig, Terri; Dorinski, Suzanne; Freeman, Michael; Isaac, Natasha; Keng, Jennifer; O'Shea, Patricia; Schilling, Peter – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2010
The Public Libraries Survey (PLS) is a voluntary survey conducted annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS collects these data under the mandate in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 as stated in Section 210. The U.S. Census Bureau is the data collection agent for IMLS. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 survey is the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Data Collection, Library Administration, Surveys
Peer reviewedLynch, Mary Jo – Public Libraries, 1989
Describes how salary data are collected for "The Municipal Year Book," and presents 10 tables compiled from the 1988 yearbook which provide salary data on library directors in cities of various size populations (from more than 1,000,000 to less than 2,500). Data are broken down by geographic region, city type, and form of government. (MES)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Librarians, Library Directors, Public Libraries
Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report.
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Governments Div. – 1995
This report reflects the results of an evaluation of the definitions used in the annual Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, a joint federal-state information collection project, and is intended to raise specific issues for discussion among the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS), and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Federal Programs
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Governments Div. – 1995
This is the fourth in a series of reports evaluating the Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, an annual census of public libraries in the United States. The census includes, in addition to a full count of public libraries and their outlets, a variety of statistics about the services provided by and, the financial condition and the staffing…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Special statistical reports on public, society, and school libraries have been published periodically by the United States Bureau of Education. Nine of these reports have appeared in the past 40 years, the last one, preceding the present 1913 report, presented the statistics of 1908. The earlier reports included the names of all libraries…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, School Libraries, Library Schools, Public Libraries
Ginnane, Mary, Comp.; And Others – 1993
Information is provided on 217 public libraries, 65 academic libraries, and 164 special libraries in Oregon, as well as the Oregon State Library. Information is compiled from questionnaires completed by each library and other directory information sources. Data elements are based on those used in the Federal State Cooperative System for Public…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Depository Libraries
