Research & Statistics
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Academic Library Statistics Products
Lists of available statistics products from ACRL, electronic and print, by year
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ALA Library Fact Sheet 1 - Number of Libraries in the United States
There are an estimated 123,291 libraries of all kinds in the United States today. No annual survey provides statistics on all types of libraries.
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ALA Library Fact Sheet 2: Number Employed in Libraries
ALA Library Fact Sheet providing the number of persons employed in libraries.
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ALA Library Fact Sheet 22 - The Nation's Largest Libraries
ALA Library Fact Sheet tallying the 100 largest libraries in the United States, in order by size of each library's collection.
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ALA Library Fact Sheet 4 - Library Operating Expenditures: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
ALA Library Fact Sheet with a selective listing of resources for determining the costs of running various types of libraries.
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ALA Library Fact Sheet 6: Public Library Use
ALA Library Fact Sheet which contains information from both recent studies that document public library use by patrons as well as reports the opinions that patrons have about public libraries.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - Academic Library Survey
Documents related to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Academic Library Survey including training modules, previous years' reports, presentations, committee roster, and meeting notes.
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List of NCES-ALS Library Representatives
Listing of State Library Representatives for National Center for Education Statistics' Academic Library Survey
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Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2006-2007 Report
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Related Maps, 2007-2008 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study
T1 Connectivity, Total Workstations, and Wireless in Public Libraries from the Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study
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Office for Research and Statistics, Reports, Statistics
Office for Research and Statistics Reports Page, featuring salary and staffing studies and other research
