Data Data file

Data File, Restricted Use: Public Libraries Survey: Fiscal Year 2003

NCES
Data Owner(s):
Elaine Kroe, Patricia O'Shea, Terri Craig, Michael Freeman, Laura Hardesty, Joanna Fane McLaughlin Cynthia Jo Ramsey
Data access:
Restricted-use data
Release date:
June 2005
Data weighted:
No
Data part of a series:
No
Publication number:
NCES 2005361

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 are collected on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library visits, library collections and service transactions, operating income and expenditures, and electronic services and information.