Comparisons to data prior to FY 92 should be made with caution, as earlier data files do not include imputations for nonresponse, and the percentage of libraries responding to a given item varied widely among states. (p. 8)
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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state | Two-letter State Code | ALL | Created from STABR | Used for processing. |
year | Year of data collection | ALL | Inserted by code | Used for processing. |
STABR | Two-letter Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) State Code | ALL | STABR (1992-) | See PUB_FIPS, below. |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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POPU_LSA | Population of the Legal Service Area | ALL | POPU (1992-97) POPU_LSA (1998-) |
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POPU_UND | Unduplicated population of the legal service area for the library (constructed variable). | ALL | PERIOD_POP (1992-1997) POPU_UND (1998-) |
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POPU_ST | Official state population estimate | ALL | PERIOD_EST (1992-1997) POPU_ST (1998-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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CENTLIB | Number of central libraries | ALL | CENTLIB (1992-) | |
BRANLIB | Number of branch libraries | ALL | BRANLIB (1992-) | |
BKMOB | Number of bookmobiles | ALL | BKMOB (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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MASTER | ALA-MLS Librarians | ALL | MASTER (1992-) | |
LIBRARIA | Total number of FTE employees holding the title of librarian. | ALL | LIBRARIAN (1992-97) LIBRARIA (1998-) |
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OTHPAID | All other paid FTE employees. | ALL | OTHPAID (1992-) | |
TOTSTAFF | Total paid FTE employees | ALL | TOTEMP (1992-97) TOTSTAFF (1998-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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LOCGVT | Operating income from local government | ALL | LOCGVT (1992-) | |
STGVT | Operating income from state government | ALL | STGVT (1992-) | |
FEDGVT | Operating income from federal government | ALL | FEDGVT (1992-) | |
OTHINCM | Other operating income (i.e., income not included in LOCGVT, STGVT, and FEDGVT) | ALL | OTHINCM (1992-) | |
TOTINCM | Total income (Sum of LOCGVT, STGVT, FEDGVT, and OTHINCM) | ALL | TOTINCM (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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SALARIES | Salaries and wages for all library staff | ALL | SALARIES (1992-) | |
BENEFIT | Employee benefits for all library staff | ALL | BENEFIT (1992-) | |
STAFFEXP | Total staff expenditures (SALARIES plus BENEFIT) | ALL | TOTEXP (1992-97) STAFFEXP (1998-) |
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PRMATEXP | Operating expenditures for print materials (including books, serial back files, current serial subscriptions, government documents) | 2003- | PRMATEXP (2003-) | |
ELMATEXP | Operating expenditures for library materials in electronic format | 1995- | ELMATEXP (1995-) | |
OTHMATEX | Operating expenditures for all other library materials (microform, audio, video, DVD, and new formats) | 2003- | OTHMATEX (2003-) | |
TOTEXPCO | Total expenditures on library collections. | ALL | TOTEXPCOL (1992-97) TOTEXPCO (1998-) |
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OTHOPEXP | Other operating expenditures (i.e., expenditures not included in STAFFEXP and TOTEXPCO) | ALL | OTHOPEXP (1992-) | |
TOTOPEXP | Total operating expenditures (Sum of STAFFEXP, TOTEXPCO, and OTHOPEXP) | ALL | TOTOEXP1 (1992-97) TOTOPEXP (1998-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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CAPITAL | Expenditures for capital outlay | ALL | CAPITAL (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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CAP_REV | Capital revenue for major capital expenditures | 2003- | CAP_REV (2003-) | |
FCAP_REV | Federal government capital revenue | 2005- | FCAP_REV (2005-) | |
LCAP_REV | Local government capital revenue | 2005- | LCAP_REV (2005-) | |
OCAP_REV | Other capital revenue | 2005- | OCAP_REV (2005-) | |
SCAP_REV | State government capital revenue | 2005- | SCAP_REV (2005-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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BKVOL | Number of books and serial volumes | ALL | BKVOL (1992-) | |
EBOOK | Electronic books (E-books) (digital documents, including non-serial government documents in digital format) | 2003- | EBOOK (2003-) | |
AUDIO | Number of audio materials | ALL | AUDIO (1992-) | |
VIDEO | Number of video materials | ALL | VIDEO (1992-) | |
DATABASE | Databases (locally mounted or remote, full-text or not, for which temporary or permanent access rights have been acquired) | 2003- | DATABASE (2003-) | |
SUBSCRIP | Number of current serial subscriptions | ALL | SUBSCRIPT (1992-97) SUBSCRIP (1998-) |
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ESUBSCRP | Current electronic serial subscriptions | 2003- | ESUBSCRP (2003-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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HRS_OPEN | Total annual public service hours for all service outlets | ALL | DUPLI (1992-97) HRS_OPEN (1998-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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VISITS | Total annual library visits | ALL | ATTEND (1992-97) VISITS (1998-) |
ATTEND was defined as "Annual attendance in library" which, I understand, is regarded as the same as VISITS today. |
REFERENC | Total annual reference transactions | ALL | REFERENCE (1992-1997) REFERENC (1998-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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TOTCIR | Total annual circulation transactions | ALL | TOTCIR (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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LOANTO | Total annual loans provided to other libraries | ALL | LOANTO (1992-) | |
LOANFM | Total annual loans received from other libraries | ALL | LOANFM (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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KIDCIRCL | Total annual circulation (including renewals) of all children's materials in all formats to all users | ALL | KIDCIRCL (1992-) | |
KIDATTEN | Total annual attendance at all programs intended primarily for children. Includes adults who attend programs intended primarily for children. | ALL | KIDATTEN (1992-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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ELACCEXP | Operating expenditures for electronic access | 1995-2002 | ELACCEXP (1995-2002) | |
ELMATS | Number of library materials in electronic format | 1995-2002 | ELMATS (1995-2002) | |
STFTERMS | Internet terminals used by staff only | 1998-2002 | STFTERMS (1998-2002) | |
GPTERMS | Internet terminals used by general public | 1998- | GPTERMS (1998-) | |
ERES_USR | Users of electronic resources per typical week | 1999- | ERES_USR (1999-) |
Variable | Short definition | Years | History | Notes |
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STARTDAT | Reporting period start date | ALL | PERIOD_PSM (1992-1997) STARTDAT (1998-) |
Month/year format, for example: "07/2003" |
ENDDAT | Reporting period end date | ALL | PERIOD_PEM (1992-1997) ENDDAT (1998-) |
Month/year format, for example: "06/2003" |
PUB_FIPS | Two-digit FIPS State Code. | ALL | PUB_FIPS (1992-) | This is a numerical code (Alabama = 01). STABR uses a character state code (Alabama = AL). |
YR_SUB | FSCS submission year of public library data in four-digit format (YYYY) | ALL | YR (1992-97) + 1900 YR_SUB (1998-) |
YR is a two-digit year format and YR_SUB is four digits. |
OBEREG | Bureau of Economic Analysis Code | ALL | OBEREG (1992-) | 00-U.S. Service Schools 01-New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT) 02-Mid East (DE DC MD NJ NY PA) 03-Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI) 04-Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD) 05-Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV) 06-Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) 07-Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY) 08-Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA) 09-Outlying Areas (AS FM GU MH MP PR PW VI) |
Format | Filename | Size |
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SAS | pusum.sas7bdat | 353KB |
CSV | pusum.csv | 240KB |
Open Office | pusum.ods | 262KB |
Excel | pusum.xls | 378KB |
ASCII | pusum.asc | 469KB |
ASCII file format | format.asc | 3KB |