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  • Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2005

    Metadata Updated: February 7, 2023

    The Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2005 (PLS FY2005), is a study that is part of the Library Statistics program. PLS FY2005 (https://www.imls.gov/research/public_libraries_in_the_united_states_survey.aspx) is a cross-sectional study that includes information on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children�s materials, reference transactions, library visits, children�s program attendance, interlibrary loans, electronic services and information, full-time-equivalent staff, operating revenue and expenditures, and capital expenditures. The study was conducted using paper surveys, web-based surveys, and email. The key respondents in this study were state library agencies. The study's response rate was 97.7 percent. The key statistics produced from PLS FY2005 were about service measures such as access to the Internet, number of users of electronic resources, number of internet terminals used by the general public, reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children�s program attendance, and circulation of children�s materials. It also includes information about size of collection, staffing, operating revenue and expenditures, type of geographic service area, type of legal basis, type of administrative structure, number and type of public library service outlets, and square footage of outlets.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    References

    https://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/fy2005_pls_database_documentation.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2023
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Education JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2023
    Publisher Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier NCES_2008301
    Data First Published 2007-11-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2007-11-07
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 018:50
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www2.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 570db02a-52aa-4796-ba46-f7a2288a0441
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.imls.gov/research/public_libraries_in_the_united_states_survey.aspx
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Related Documents https://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/fy2005_pls_database_documentation.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 130d6ed6d4c998772969a6f0b9a24e2293ec6309
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":-124.733253,24.544245,-124.733253,49.388611,-66.954811,49.388611,-66.954811,24.544245,-124.733253,24.544245}
    Temporal 2005/2006

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