Data Data file

Data File (Public Use): Public Libraries Survey: Fiscal Year 2002

NCES
Data Owner(s):
Elaine Kroe, Patricia O'Shea, Terri Craig, Michael Freeman, Laura Hudgins, Joanna Fane McLaughlin, Cynthia Jo Ramsey
Data access:
Public-use data
Release date:
March 2005
Data weighted:
No
Data part of a series:
No
Publication number:
NCES 2004327

Summary

The Public Libraries Survey is conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data. The data are collected by a network of state data coordinators appointed by the chief officers of state library agencies in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas. Data collected includes: population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children's materials, reference transactions, library visits, children's program attendance, electronic services and information, staff, operating income, operating expenditures, and capital outlay.

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