ICPSRInter-university Consortium for

Political and Social Research

Public Libraries Data, 1987: [United States]

United States Department of EducationNational Center for Education Statistics

ICPSR 2210

PUBLIC LIBRARIES DATA, 1987: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 2210) Principal Investigator United States Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics First ICPSR Version March 2002 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. PUBLIC LIBRARIES DATA, 1987: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1987. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON USE OF ICPSR RESOURCES To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, users of ICPSR data are requested to send to ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Please indicate in a cover letter which data were used. DATA DISCLAIMER The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

DATA COLLECTION DESCRIPTION United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics PUBLIC LIBRARIES DATA, 1987: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 2210) SUMMARY: For this survey the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data collected 34 basic data items and 7 identifying items for libraries in the United States in 1987. The data items include number of service outlets, full-time equivalent staff, income, operational expenditures, capital outlay, library collection, public service hours per week, services per typical week, and inter-library loans. Nineteen states agreed to participate in this survey. UNIVERSE: Public libraries in 19 states of the United States. NOTE: The codebook and data collection instrument are provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site. EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements EXTENT OF PROCESSING: REFORM.DOC/ SCAN/ CONCHK.PR/ DDEF.ICPSR/ UNDOCCHK.ICPSR DATA FORMAT: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements File Structure: rectangular Cases: 3,667 Variables: 81 Record Length: 530 Records Per Case: 1

Table of Contents

Survey Summary .............................................................................. 1 - 1

ICPSR Processing Notes .................................................................. 1 - 1 Appendix A ...................................................................................... 1 - 1

Appendix B ...................................................................................... 1 - 1

Appendix C ...........................................................................…........ 1 - 1

Record Layout for 1987 Public Library Survey File ...........….......... 1 - 3 (General Notes) Record Layout for 1987 Public Library Survey. ……………...….…1- 6 (Raw File)

U.S. Doommc of Education Offka of Educlrtonrl Aanrch and lmoremmnr

W&nmpron. D.C. 20202

DATA BASE DOCUMENTATION (Authority: Public Law 93402. Section 552) I

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lblic Library data, 1987

me Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Data collected 34 basic data items

Jr each library and 7 identifying items. The data items include number of service outlets, Ill-time equivalent staff, income, operational.expenditures, capital outlay, library 3llection, public service hours per week, services per typical week, and inter-library 2ans. Only 19 States agreed to participate in this program, so the data included on this ape represent only those 19 States.

xmvEYu-Y Also see appendix A

NWERS.EDFl6*MPLE

Universe in 19 States

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3648 libraries

I

XIE OF COVERAGE 4. PmsuENmocsuRvEy 6. -RATE

See appendix B Annual See appendix C +p44,~PC

he 3,667 records include 19 summary records (one for each State) plus data for the

,648 libraries. .

-~tZRDES NONE

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ICPSR PROCESSING NOTES FOR # 2210 PUBLIC LIBRARIES DATA, 1987: [United States] Users ought to be advised to consider the following inconsistencies in the Data Element Description: Variable, HRSCD (488-488): Hours of Service code based on FLDAH. The value labels described in the documentation are numeric (1= 12 or more unduplicated hours per week, 2= less than 12 Unduplicated hours per week, Blank= not reported) whereas they appear as Alphanumeric in the data (A,B and C).

mesta~wereaskedtosuhitthelatest l2rmthsofdataavailable for all

libraries i.nthekState inmachine readable formatdurirgthemnthofJuly

1988 (Julyl-31) aspartofapilutprojectbqmbytheAmericanLibxa~~

Association. l%ednetemSta~~~heretheanlycmesto~with

nxhine-read&ledataduriqthewiMowpsicd. Ev&22ally,itisplannf2d,

all50 States adthe District of Oolumbiawillreqordtothisaxmual survey.

.

-B

Latest 12 nmths of data prior to July 1988. 'lhbmaybecal~yearl.987

100% except for Rmnsylvania which inadvertently sutxnitted data for anly 117

of their libraries (24.2 percent).

.

FtEDXD LAYOUT FDR 1987 HJELIC LIBRARYsuRvEyFllE

Generalnotes amoemhgthisrecmdlaymt

1. The1987 Fublic Library Survey file amsists ofdatatichwere sutanittedbylgstatelibraryoffioes.Eacfirecordrepresents alreporting entity' or 'library' asdefinedbyeachstateofficial. Inadditim, a ~statesmmnary'maxdforeachstatewascreatsdbysumirqthe inlividualdata fields foreachstatearrlstoringthesum(s) inthe appropriate data field(s) in the sumnary record.

?hesoleexceptiontothesurrsremrdedinthe~recordismL%I, &pulation served. Because of overlapping servios areasbyadjacent librarieswhereinsemrallibrarieseachoxnted the same population, e.g., acollntylibrarysystemandacitylibrarysystemwithinthatcounty eachcountingthecitypapiLation, theaxqutedsmforthe state populaticm exceeded the actual papilation of the state. Acuxdhgly, each statelibraryofficewas affordedtheopporhmi~toprovidea specific statesumpapulati~served.Suchstatesdataareidentifiedinrecord position 487 of the sumary reamI.

4. sCnne@ata fieldcodesor~~rrrayrefertogenerdllyrecognizedor accepted extenml ading systems, i.e., the FIE and post office state codeswhi&arereadilyavailableinotherdoammts.

5. Those data fields in FLE&i through FLDAO which were originally reported asblanks appear as zero-filled fields intherecord. Foreach such field, a 1 has been placed in the fields FE&I-NR through FUXO-NR, record pitions 490-530.

RECXIRDLAYCUTFCR1987 FUBLLCLLERARYSURVEYWFILF:

SAS Variable Field Record Data

FTDH

FLDI

FmJ

Length Position Type

06 001-006 AN

06 007-012 AN

20

45

35

17

05

04

10

11

013-032 AN

033-077 AN

078-112 AN

113-129 AN

130-134 AN

135-138 AN

139-148 AN

149-159 N

SERVICE oLr!TLms 05 160-164 N

05 165-169 N Nunhrofbranchlibraries

Description

Filekey. Thisconsistsofatwo character post Office state cede andafourcharactersequence mmk~~whichwasassignedbyNCES totherewxrlsuppliedbythe States, e.g. 030001.

missequencenumberstartedwith 0001 for each state and was assigned sequentially. The nmberprtionofthe state ammary record is 0000 in all cases.

sequencekey. !thisconsists of a 2 cha.racterFIPS statenmberanda fourcharactersequencenumber whichwasassignedbyNcEs tothe reads suppliedbythestates.

wh~thesequmcenumberportionwas assigned, itwas assignedwith breaksof10whichpemitsthe assigningof nmberswithinthe breaks asdesired, to-be ableto sort the file a& still maintain the desired sequence.

Lhzaryccdeasprovidedbythe State If none was prwided, KEY (pas 001-006) was inserted in this field.

Nameoflkmry

Addressofl&-a?zy

City

ZIP Code

'Plus 4' portion of ZIP code

Telephonenuker, includiqareacode without punctuation, i.e., 2023576371

Population of legal semice area

Numberofcentrallibraries

FLDK

FLDL

FIDJ

FLm

F-IDP

FIDR

FLE

Fur

FLDY

FLDZ

05

05

FYIESTAFF 10

10

11

11

INCOME 11

11

11

11

12

170-174 N

175-179 N

180-189 N

190-199 N

200-210 N

211-221 N

222-232 N

233-243 N

244-254 N

255-265 N

266-277 N

OPERATIONAL EXENDITURES 11 278-288 N

11 289-299 N

11 300-310 N

11 311-321 N

11 322-332 N

12 333-344 N

-2-

Nunber of bookmbiles

bhmber of other service outlets

Nmks of FTE employees holding the titleoflibrarianwithamsters deqzefrmanMericanLiibmry Associationaccreditedprogram.

This fieldconsists of 8 integer and 2 decimals.

Total nmber of FTE employees holding the title of librarian. This field consists of 8 integers and 2 decimals.

AllotherpaidFTE employees. This field consists of 9 intqers and 2 decimls.

Total paid F'IE employees. This field consistsof9integersand2 deoimals. Itshouldbethesmof FuxalxiFLm. .

Localgomrnmnt

StategovWmment

Federal government

other

Total IncQme. This shouldbe the sum ofFvQ,FvlR,FLmakiFmr.

Salaries a&wages

Ekployee benefits

Total staff expenditmxs.This should bethesumofFIDVandFIm.

Total expenditures on collection

Allotheroperatingexpenditures

Total operating expenditures. RLis shouldbethe sumof FmX, mand Fmz.

-3-

??IEAC

FLDAO

STPOP

HFGCD

11 345-355 N Capital outlay

IZRARY CXLEKTION 11 356-366 N Books andserial volumes

11 367-377 N Audiomaterials

11 378-388 N Films

11 389-399 N Videomaterials

11 400-410 N Currmtserial subscriptions

FUBLJCSERVTCEHCURSPERwEM 07 411-417 N Urduplicatedpublic service hours per

week. This fieldconsists of 6 integersandonedecimal

09 418-426 N IXplicatedpublic servicehours per Week. This field consists of 8 integersandonedeciml.

sERVICFsPERTYP1CALwEEK 11 427-437 N Attzdarminlibq

11 438-448 N In-libraryuse ofmterials

11 449-459 N Referencetransactions

CIRCOT.ATION 11 460-470 N Total circulation transactions

INTER-Lim?AFtY LOANS 08 471-478 N Loanstootherlibraries

08 479-486 N Loans fmnotherlibraries

lXERNALcOIWFQLFIELE 01 487-487 AN Valid for State summary rewI-d only,

blankinallotherrecords. l- State population served was providedbystate

blank - State population served is sum of individual populations sewed for each record within State

01 488-488 AN HowsofsemicecodebasedonFIMH l- 12 or more u-duplicated hours per

Week

2- less than I.2 unduplicatedhours PerWeek

blank - not reported

FoPal

FLDH-NR

FLDI-NR

FLDJ-NR

FIDK-NR

FTDL-NR

m-NR

m-NR

FLM)-NR

FLDP-MI

FLDQ-NR

FI..m-m

Fr.lx-MI

m-m

01

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

489-489 AN

490-490

491-491

492-492

493-493

494-494

495-495

496-496

497-497

498-498

499-499

500-500

501-501

502-502

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

-4- population served de based on FLEH A- Less than 1,000 B- 1,000 th?zu 2,499 c- 2,500 thm 4,999

D- 5,000 thru 9,999

E- 10,000 thru 24,999 F- 25,000 t&-u 49,999 G- 50,000 thru 99,999 H- 100,000 thru 249,999 I- 250,000 thru 499,999 J- 500,000 thru 999,999 K- 1,000,000 an3 abcve L- Notreprtedorzero

l- FLmisanonresponse blank - FUX-Iisarespnse

l- FIDIisanonresponse blank - RDIisarespnse

l- FLDJ is anonrespnse blank - ETDJisaresponse

l- FmKisanonresponse blank - FTDKisaresponse

l- FLDLisanonresponse blank - FTDLisaresponse

.l- FLIEIisanonrespnse blank - FLCMisaresponse

l- FLEN is anonrespnse blank - FXNisa response

l- FIIDis anonrespnse blank - FTlXisarespnse

l- FLDPisanonrf3pns.e blank - FIDPisarespmse

l- FEQisanonrespnke blank - mDcri.saresponse

l- FIDRisanomespmse blank - FTDRisaresponse

l- FIlXisanonresponse blank - FLESisaresponse

l- FYWTis a nonrespnse blank - FLDTisaresponse

-5-

FLm-NR

FLDV-NFt

FE%+NR

FLDX-NR

FUIY-NFt

FTlx-NR

FTBAA-NR

FImB-NR

FLDAC-NR

F-LDAD-NR

Fnllrlm-m

FJIXF-m

FlJxG-NR

FLDAH-NFX

FLmI-NR

FmAJ-NR

FLDAK-m

FLlx.Lrm

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

503-503 N

504~504 N

505-505 N

506-506 N

507-507 N

508-508 N

509-509 N

510-510 N

511-511 N

512-512 N

5137513 N

514-514 N

515-515 N

516-516 N

517-517 N

518-518 N

519-519 N

520-520 N

l- FLDU is anonresponse blank - FTMJisarespnse

1 -FIATisanonrespnse blank - FmVisaresponse

l- FLWisanonrespnse blank - FLJXisaresponse

l- FUXisanonresponse blank - FLDXisarespnse

1 -FLDYisanonresponse blank - FLDYisaresponse

1 -FTDZisanonrespnse blank - rmxJi.sarespnse

l- FLDAAisanonrespnse blank - FIDAAisaresponse

l- FUXBi&anonresponse blank - FUXBisaresponse

1 -FUY+Cisanonresponse blank - FLDACisarespnse

l- FLDADisanomxsponse blank - FUY+Di.sarespnse

l- FUAEisanonresponse blank - FTRAEisarespnse

l- FUXFis anonresponse blank - FHXFisarespnse

l- FTDAGisanonresponse blank - FTDAGisarespnse

l- FIDAHis anonreqxmse blank - FTAWisaresponse

l- FUXIisanonresponse blank - ??UXIisarqmnse

l- FUYGisanonresponse blank - RDASisaresponse

1 -FTDMisancmresponse blank - FIDAKisarespnse

l- FTA?Uisanonresponse blank - FIDALisarespnse

FLDW-NR 1 521-521 N l- FlDAMisanonrespnse blank - FlLNMis a response

FIDAN-NR 1 522-522 N l- ETDANisanonrespnse blank - FUANisarespnse

FLDAO-NR 1 523-523 N 1 -FUA0isanonresponse blank - FUXOisarespnse

FILtER 7 524-530 AN