Publications by the Office of Education about Libraries
Title Author Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Source
Public Libraries in the United States of America;
their history, condition, and management		   Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education
Washington, GPO: 1876. 1,187 pages.		 LC/NLE
Public, Society, and School Libraries in the United States with library statistics and legislation of the various states   Washington, GPO: 1897. 359 pages. NLE
The cost of library materials: price trends of publications Frank L. Schick US, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education,
Library Services Branch,
[Washington]. 1961, 20p.
OE-15029		 LC

NCES Data Compilations
Title Date of
Data		 Author Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Type of Library Source Data?
Public Library Statistics, 1938-39 1938-39 Ralph M. Dunbar and Emery M. Foster GPO: 1942, 19p.
"It is hoped that this compilation will mark the beginning of a series of periodic surveys which will eventually become the source of basic and comparable library data."		 Public NLE ?
Public Library Statistics, 1944-45 1944-45 Willard O. Mishoff and Emory M. Foster GPO: 1947, 125p.
Office of Education Bulletin, 1947 no. 12
"As a part of its educational program, the U.S. Office of Education has collected and published statistics of public libraries periodically since 1870. Its first comprehensive collection of data from public libraries in the United States, however, was made in 1938-39. The present compilation, for 1944-45, therefore is the second in a new series designed to set forth at regular intervals the status of public library service throughout the Nation."		 Public NLE ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, 1960-61, Institutional Data. 1960-61 John Carson Rather and Doris C. Holladay GPO: 1962. 89p.
OE-15023-61		 College NLE ?
Statistics of Public School Libraries, 1960-61, Part 1, Basic Tables 1960-61 Mary Helen Mahar and Doris C. Holladay GPO: 1964. 90p.
OE-15049
SuDocs: FS 5.215:15049
"...is the first of two publications comprising the report of a comprehensive survey of public school libraries in the United States. Part II is planned as analysis and interpretation of the data provided in the basic tables of this publication.
"This report continues the series of periodic general surveys of public school libraries in the United States. Previous reports were published in 1934-35, 1941-42, 1947-48, and 1953-54 as chapters in the Biennial Survey of educaion in the United States, now discontinued as a series. Public School Library Statistics, 1958-59, OE-15020 and Public School Library Statistics, 1962-63, which is in preparation are the first two studies in a series of brief surveys planned to provide basic data within a short time; they are not part of a comprehensive survey."		 School NLE/in hand ?
Library statistics of colleges and universities: data for individual institutions. 1967-69?   GPO: 1967-69. 3v.
ISSN: 0083-274X.
"With: Library statistics of colleges and universities. Analytic report, supersedes Library statistics of colleges and universities. Continued by: National Center for Education Statistics. Library Statistics of colleges and universiities: institutional data.
SuDocs: FS 5.215:15023-68
LCCN: 75603026		 College LC ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities: Analytic Report 1968-72?   GPO, 1968-72. 3v. ISSN 0083-2731.
"With: Library statistics of colleges and universities. Data for individual institutions, continues: Library statistics of colleges and universities.
LCCN: 77607702		 College LC ?
Survey of Federal Libraries, 1972 1972   GPO: 1975. 237p.
NCES 75-184		 Federal LC ?
Statistics of Library Networks and Cooperative Organizations, 1977-78 1977-78 Helen M. Eckard [GPO], 1982. 37p.
LCCN: 82240306
NCES: 82-210		 Networks LC/NLE ?
Statistics of Public School Libraries/Media Centers. 1994-   NCES, 1974-
ISSN: 0733-2041
SuDocs: ED 1.102:St 2/
LCCN: 82643632		 College LC ?
Library Statistics of College and Universities Fall 1975, Institutional Data 1975 Stanley V. Smith GPO: 1977. 397p.
NCES 77-206		 College in hand ?
Survey of Federal Libraries, Fiscal Year 1978 1978 Marcia C. Bellassai NCES, 1983.
NCES 83-209
SuDocs ED 1.115:Su7
LCCN: 83602633
236p (+Appendix A, 54p; Appendix B, 198p; C, 8p; D, 14p)		 Federal LC ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, 1979 Institutional Data 1979 Richard M. Beazley GPO, 1981?. 185p.
NCES 81-260		 College in hand ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, 1982 1982 Robert A. Heintze GPO, 1984. 83p.
NCES 84-218		 College in hand ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities. Institutional Data.     NCES, 1971-.
SuDocs: HE5.92/7
"Began with issue for 1971. Merged with: library statistics of colleges and universites (NCES) to form: Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities."
"Ceased publication in 1982?"
LCCN: 72627021		 College LC ?
Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities. 1984-   NCES, 1982-. Triennial
SuDocs ED 1.122/3
ISSN: 0884-2760
"Ceased publication with 1982 issue?"
LCCN: 85649826		 College LC/OCLC ?
School Library Media Centers in the United States, 1990/91 1990/91 Richard M. Ingersoll and Mei Han GPO, [1994]. 52p.
NCES 94-326
LCCN: 95131709
ISBN: 0-16-045381-X
Survey Report		 SLMC LC/NLE ?

Publications by NCES about Academic Libraries
Title Author Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Source
Academic Libraries: 1988 Arthur Podolsky [GPO?], 1990. [121p]
E.D. Tabs
NCES: 90-374
SuDocs: ED 1.310/2
LCCN: 91640575		 LC/NLE

Publications by NCES about Public Libraries
Title Author Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Source
Statistics of Public Libraries Serving Areas with at Least 25,000 Inhabitants Ruth L. Boaz GPO, 1970. 144p.
SuDocs: HE 5.215:15068-68
LCCN: 76358480		 LC
Public Libraries in 50 States and the District of Columbia: 1989 Arthur Podolsky [Washington], 1991. 95p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 91-343		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States.   NCES: 1991-. E.D. Tabs.
SuDocs: ED 1.328/3:L 61/2
LCCN: 95660856		 LC
Public Libraries in the United States: 1990 Adrienne Chute GPO, 1992. 117p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 92-028
ISBN:0-16-037950-4		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: 1991 Adrienne Chute GPO, 1993. 125p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 93-297
ISBN:0-16-041715-5		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: 1992 Adrienne Chute, et al. GPO, 1994. 105p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 94-030
ISBN:0-16-045131-0		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: 1993   GPO, 1995. 115p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 95-129
ISBN:0-16-048308-5		 in hand
Public Library Structure and Organization in the United States Stephen Owens GPO, 1996. 40p.
Technical Report.
NCES 96-229
SuDocs: ED 1.328/7:ST 8.
ISBN: 0160531926.		 LC/NLE
Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1994 Adrienne Chute, et al. GPO, 1997. 117p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 97-418
ISBN:0-16-049059-6		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1995 Adrienne Chute, et al. GPO, 1998. 130p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 98-301		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1996 Adrienne Chute, et al. GPO, 1999. 124p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 1999-306		 in hand
Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1997 Adrienne Chute, et al. [Washington], 2000. 128p.
E.D. Tabs. NCES 2000-316		 in hand
Programs for Adults in Public Libary Outlets Laurie Lewis and Bernard Greene NCES, 2002. 26p?.
NCES 2003-010. "FRSS Fast Rsponse Survey System."
LCCN: 2003387448		 LC

Publications by NCES about Other Kinds of Libraries
Title Author Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Source
Directory of Library Networks and Cooperative Library Organizations, 1980 Helen M. Eckard GPO, 1980-.
NCES: 80-226
ISSN: 0734-824X		 LC
Directory of Federal Libraries and Information Centers, 1994   GPO, 1997-
NCES: 97-507
ISBN: 0-16-049193-2
I think 1994 was the only one published but this is set up as a serial.		 LC
State Library Agencies 1994-   NCES, 1994-. Annual. E.D. Tabs.
LCCN: 98643560		 LC
Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the United States, 1994: A Report   GP0, [1996]. 67p. LC
School Library Media Centers, 1993-94 Bradford Chaney OERI, 1998.
NCES: 98-282
ISBN 0160496969
LCCN: 98196938		 LC
The Status of Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the United States: results from the 1994 Federal Libraries and Information Centers Survey. Evelyn Hawkins & Robert J. Rossi. GPO, 1998. 62 p. + appendices.
NCES 98-296. ISBN: 0160494214
LCCN: 98126938		 LC

Methodological Publications by NCES about Library Data
Title Basic Bibliographic
Information		 Source
National Inventory of Library Statistics Practices: Final Report. Volume 1: Data collection on the National, State, and local levels. [Washington], 1972-. LC
Report on Coverage Evaluation of the Public Library Statistics Program: A Report. [Washington]: OERI, 1994. 163p.
NCES 94-430
ISBN: 0-16-045082-9.		 LC/NLE
Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. GPO: 1995. 83p.
Technical Report.
NCES 95-430.
ISBN: 0-16-045467-0		 in hand/NLE
Finance Data in the Public Library Statistics Program: definitions, internal consistency, and comparisons to secondary sources: A Report. OERI, 1995. 64p.
Technical Report
NCES 95-209
SuDocs: ED 1.328/7:F 49		 LC/NLE
Staffing Data in the Public Library Statistics Program: Definitions, internal Consistency, and Comparisons to Secondary Sources: A Report. GPO, [1995]. 95p.
Technical Report.
NCES 85-186
ISBN: 0-16-048212-7
SuDocs: ED 1.328/7:D26
LCCN: 95216889		 LC

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