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Public Libraries Survey: Fiscal Year 2007

Dataset Summary

Agency	Institute of Museum and Library Services
Sub-Agency
Category	Social Insurance and Human Services
Date Released	May 14, 2009
Date Updated	May 14, 2009
Time Period	Fiscal Year 2007 (Calendar Years 2005-2007)
Frequency	Annual
Description	This dataset is a national census of public library systems. Its data elements cover library service measures such as the number of uses of electronic resources, the number of Internet terminals available to the general public, reference transactions, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and circulation of children's materials. It also includes information on collection sizes, staffing, operating revenue and expenditures. Selected data elements are aggregated and summarized at the state level. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	IMLS, IMLS Statistics, IMLS Library Statistics, Institute of Museum and Library Services statistics, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Library Data Files, Public Libraries Survey, Public Library Survey, Public Library Statistics, Library Statistics
Unique ID	449

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Henderson, E., Miller, K., Craig, T., Dorinski, S., Freeman, M., Isaac, N., Keng, J., McKenzie, L., O'Shea, P., Ramsey, C., Sheckells, C. (2009). Public Libraries Survey: Fiscal Year 2007. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Washington, DC
Agency Program Page	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/publib.asp
Agency Data Series Page	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/data/pls/index.asp

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Public Library System, Public Library Outlets (Branches), State
Granularity	longitude/latitude pair
Geographic Coverage	The United States: All 50 States and The District of Columbia; Guam, the Northern Marianas and the Virgin Islands

Data Description

Collection Mode	Web
Data Collection Instrument	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pupld07a.pdf
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pupld07a.pdf

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/Publications/pupld07a.pdf
Additional Metadata	http://harvester.census.gov/imls/pubs/pls/pub_detail.asp?id=122

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