Texas Public Library Summary for 2003

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Analytical Tables
These tables contain the data most often used by Texas public libraries to compare their expenditures, services, and staffing to other Texas public libraries. These tables include only those libraries that report the data contained in each separate Table, so the number of libraries in each table will vary.

Table 1 - Annual Per Capita Operating Expenditures
Table 2 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Salaries
Table 3 - Population Per ALA/MLS Librarian
Table 4 - Population Per FTE Employee
Table 5 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Materials
Table 6 - Items Per Capita
Table 7 - Periodical Subscription Per 1,000 Population
Table 8 - Circulation Per Capita
Table 9 - Collection Turnover Rate
Table 10 - Hours Open Per Week
Table 11 - Library Visits Per Capita
Table 12 - Reference Transactions Per Capita
Table 13 - Program Attendance Per Capita
Table 14 - Head Librarian's Salary

Salary and Staffing Data
Rank Order of Texas Public Libraries by Population Served

Statewide Public Library Statistics [.xls]

Summary Characteristics of Texas Library Systems (part I) [.xls]
Summary Characteristics of Texas Library Systems (part II) [.xls]

Public Library Statistics by System [.xls]

Public Library Statistics by County [.pdf]

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