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State Library Agencies Survey STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES SURVEY
PURPOSE
To provide state and federal policymakers, researchers, and other interested users with descriptive information about state library agencies. The StLA Survey is the product of a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), the U.S. Census Bureau (the data collection agent), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The survey is conducted annually, and participation is voluntary. NCES is authorized to collect these data under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
COVERAGE
State Library Agencies data collected by the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
CONTENT
State Library Agencies report data including state library agency identification, governance, public service hours, service outlets, collections, library service transactions, library development transactions, services to other libraries in the state, allied operations, staff, income, expenditures, and electronic services and information.
FREQUENCY
Annually since 1994. Data collection begins in October and ends after 4 months, in February.
METHODS
The StLA data are collected over the Internet via a Web-based reporting system. The Web survey application includes a user guide and tutorial explaining its features and operation, the data entry form and instructions, and an edit check tool. The Web survey was designed to minimize response burden, to improve the timeliness and quality of the data, and to require minimal or no edit follow-up for data problems.
PRODUCTS
The NCES provides the annual E.D. tabulations and survey universe file that users can download from the Internet. For additional information, visit the NCES Library Statistics Program web page.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Provides the core of statistics needed for current and historical analysis of state library agencies and their programs.
USES
These data collected are useful to chief officers of state library agencies, policymakers in the executive and legislative branches of federal and state governments, government and library administrators at the federal, state, and local levels, the American Library Association and its members or customers, library and public policy researchers and the public, journalists, and others.
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