• Status of Technology and Digitization in the Nation's Museums and Libraries, 2002

    This excerpt from Getting Serious Online, a 2002 study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, notes the public’s increasing use and reliance on the Internet as a practical tool. This changing approach to the Internet and other powerful emerging technologies is also changing the way museums and libraries interact with their communities.

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 1999

    This report provides summary data about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (and in the outlying areas of Guam and the Northern Marianas), for state fiscal year 1999, with highlights and numerous tables. Data are included on circulation, library visits, reference transactions, interlibrary loans, children's program attendance, service outlets, public service hours, Internet access, staff, income, expenditures, and more. NCES Publication Number: 2002308

  • True Needs, True Partners (2002)

    In its second study of museum-school relationships, IMLS found that the nation's museums commit more than a billion dollars and more than 18 million instructional hours every year to K-12 educational programs.

  • E.D. TAB: State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 2000

    This report provides a statistical profile of state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 2000. The report includes information on staff, income, expenditures, services to libraries and systems, public service hours, service outlets, service and development transactions, collections, allied operations, and electronic services. NCES Publication Number: 2002302

  • 2001 National Awards for Museum and Library Service brochure

    Honors the 2001 Winners of the National Awards for Museum and Library Service.

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1998

    This report provides summary data about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (and in the outlying areas of Guam and the Northern Mariana's), for state fiscal year 1998, with highlights and numerous tables. Data are included on circulation, library visits, reference transactions, interlibrary loans, children's program attendance, circulation of children's materials, service outlets, public service hours, Internet access, staff, and more. NCES Publication Number: 2001307

  • Public Library Trends Analysis Fiscal Years 1992-1996

    The Public Library Trends Analysis report summarizes 5 years of public library data collected through the Public Libraries Survey, for fiscal years 1992-1996. The survey is conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data. NCES Publication Number: 2001324

  • Sustaining Our Heritage

    In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Museum Services Act, IMLS published this story of the agency’s long-standing commitment to the conservation of museum collections. Throughout 17 years of steady and unwavering support the Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with American museums, has profoundly improved the care of museum collections.

  • 2000 National Awards for Museum Service brochure

    Honors the 2000 Winners of the National Awards for Museum Service.

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1997

    This report provides summary data about public libraries in the fifty states and the District of Columbia (and the outlying area of the Northern Marianas), for state fiscal year 1997, with highlights and numerous tables. Data are included on service measures such as circulation, library visits, reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, children's program attendance and circulation of children's materials, and on staff, income, and more. NCES Publication Number: 2000316