• E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States, FY 1994

    The tables in this E.D. TABS summarize information about public libraries in the fifty states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1994. They include information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and circulation of children's materials. NCES Publication Number: 97418

  • Use of Public Library Services by Households in the United States: 1996

    This report presents the findings for all households, and separately for households with and without children under age 18, on the use of library services. While information collected from public libraries includes a few of the services they provide and their service areas, little national level information is available on the use of public libraries by members of the community. NCES Publication Number: 97446

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: 1993

    An E.D.TAB for data collected through the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). Data are aggregated at the State and national levels. NCES Publication Number 95129

  • Services and Resources for Children and Young Adults in Public Libraries

    This report will present current information about the services and resources that are available to children and young adults at public libraries. It will also include information on the usage by patrons, barriers to increased usage, and library-schools-community organizations interactions. NCES Publication Number: 95357

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: 1992

    This will be an E.D. TAB for data collected through the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). Data will be aggregated at the State and national levels. NCES Publication Number: 94030

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: 1991

    The tables in this E.D. TABS summarize information about public libraries in FY 1991. This Information was supplied to NCES by state library agencies in machine-readable form through the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS) for public library data. These data were collected under the fourth annual census of FSCS in July of 1992. NCES Publication Number: 93297

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: 1990

    This E.D. TABS presents FY 1990 state and national data aggregated from individual public libraries in the United States. These data were collected under the third annual census of the Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) in July of 1991. This E.D. TABS includes information about staffing, service outlets, operating Income and expenditures, size of collection, and more. NCES Publication Number: 92028

  • E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in 50 States and the District of Columbia: 1989

    This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an introduction, selected findings, and several tables. All 51 state library agencies, for the first time, reported basic descriptive statistics about public libraries to the National Center for Education Statistics in machine-readable format. NCES Publication Number: 91343

  • Services and Resources for Children in Public Libraries, 1988-89

    This report presents the findings of the first national survey of public libraries on the services and resources available to children. Survey items include the availability of library resources and services to children, the usage of library services by children, the number of group programs at the library for children and child care-givers, and more. NCES Publication Number: 90098