How Does Your Public Library Compare’ Service Performance of Peer Groups
The report categorized almost 9,000 public libraries into peer groups based on size of population of the legal service area and total operating expenditures. Then, comparisons of service performance were made, based on 5 input variables and 7 output variables. The input variables included public library service hours per year, total librarians, total ALA-MLS librarians, total number ofsubscriptions, and total number of books and serials. NCES Publication Number: 98310
E.D. TAB: State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 1996
A report of basic data on state library agencies in the 50 States and D.C. - income and expenditures, staff, numbers of outlets, library services, and type and size of collections. NCES Publication Number: 98258
E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1995
The tables in this E.D. TAB summarizes information about public libraries in the fifty states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1995. They include information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, inter library loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance and circulation of children's materials. NCES Publication Number: 98301
E.D. TAB: State Library Agencies, Fiscal Year 1995
This report provides a statistical profile of state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1995. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies Survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). NCES Publication Number: 97434
E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States, FY 1994
The tables in this E.D. TABS summarize information about public libraries in the fifty states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1994. They include information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and circulation of children's materials. NCES Publication Number: 97418
Use of Public Library Services by Households in the United States: 1996
This report presents the findings for all households, and separately for households with and without children under age 18, on the use of library services. While information collected from public libraries includes a few of the services they provide and their service areas, little national level information is available on the use of public libraries by members of the community. NCES Publication Number: 97446
E.D. TAB: State Library Agencies, Fiscal Year 1994
This is an E.D. TAB of data on state library agencies in the 50 states and DC for fiscal year 1994, from a new annual survey. It includes tables on operating expenditures, aid to libraries, income, services to libraries and systems, public service hours, outlets, service transactions, collections, and allied operations. NCES Publication Number: 96121
Public Library Structure and Organization in the United States
This is a composite of 3 "definitions" reports and related coverage issues. It incorporates a description of organizational structures of public library service within each state as context for evaluating and using the data from the Public Library Survey. NCES Publication Number: 96229
E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: 1993
An E.D.TAB for data collected through the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). Data are aggregated at the State and national levels. NCES Publication Number 95129
Services and Resources for Children and Young Adults in Public Libraries
This report will present current information about the services and resources that are available to children and young adults at public libraries. It will also include information on the usage by patrons, barriers to increased usage, and library-schools-community organizations interactions. NCES Publication Number: 95357