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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| NCES 2008337 | Academic Libraries: 2006
The Academic Libraries: 2006 First Look summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The nation’s 3,600 academic libraries held 1.0 billion books; serial backfiles; and other paper materials, including government documents at the end of FY 2006, and there were 144.1 million circulation transactions from their general collections. During the same time period, academic libraries’ expenditures totaled $6.2 billion. |
7/8/2008 |
| NCES 2008348 | Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Public Use Data File: 2006
This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2006 (ALS:2006).This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview data file structure and contents. In addition, there are a number of appendices. The ALS: 2006 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,600 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. |
7/8/2008 |
| NCES 2008318 | Data File and Documentation for the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS): 1996
(Public Use)
This manual contains technical information for users of the Academic Libraries Survey of 1996 (ALS:1996). The ALS: 1996 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,869 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. |
1/2/2008 |
| NCES 2007343 | Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2004
(Public Use)
This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2004 (ALS:2004).This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview data file structure and contents. In addition, there are a number of appendices. The ALS: 2004 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,889 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. |
2/28/2007 |
| NCES 2007301 | Academic Libraries: 2004
The selected findings and tables in this report, based on the 2004 Academic Libraries Survey, summarize services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report includes a number of key findings: During fiscal year (FY) 2004, there were 155.1 million circulation transactions from academic libraries’ general collection. During a typical week in the fall of 2004, 1.4 million academic library reference transactions were conducted, including computer searches. The nation’s 3,700 academic libraries held 982.6 million books; serial backfiles; and other paper materials, including government documents at the end of FY 2004. Academic libraries spent $2.2 billion on information resources during FY 2004. |
11/14/2006 |
| NCES 2006308 | Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2002
This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2002 (ALS:2002).This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview data file structure and contents. In addition, there are a number of appendices. The ALS: 2002 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,887 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. |
12/13/2005 |
| NCES 2005302 | School Library Media Centers: Selected Results From the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
This report provides an overview of the current state of school library media centers that serve U.S. 10th-graders. It contains summarized findings from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) library media center survey. The ELS:2002 library media center survey, primarily administered to school librarians, examined various aspects of school libraries—their space, organization, collections, resources, staffing, and use. In addition, 10th-graders provided information on their use of and opinions about their school libraries. This report presents findings for schools by the following school characteristics: school sector, school urbanicity, school region, grade span, school enrollment, and the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-priced lunch in grade 10. Findings for students are presented by the following characteristics: sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), composite achievement test score in grade 10, student’s school sector, student’s school urbanicity, and student’s school region. |
1/19/2005 |
| NCES 2004313 | The Status of Public and Private School Library Media Centers in the United States: 1999–2000
This report summarizes findings from the public and private School Library Media Center Questionnaires, a component of the 1999–2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Topics addressed in this report are: characteristics of the library media center, staff characteristics, library expenditures, collection holdings, and library policies. |
3/23/2004 |
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