U.S. Department of Education

Institute of Education Sciences

NCES 2005–362

Data File, Public Use:

Public Libraries Survey

Fiscal Year 2003

Library

Statistics

Program

National Center for

Education Statistics

NCES
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U.S. Department of Education

Institute of Education Sciences

NCES 2005–362

Data File, Public Use:

Public Libraries Survey

Fiscal Year 2003

June 2005

Elaine Kroe

National Center for

Education Statistics

Patricia O’Shea

Terri Craig

Michael Freeman

Laura Hardesty

Joanna Fane McLaughlin

Cynthia Jo Ramsey

U.S. Census Bureau

Library

Statistics

Program

National Center for

Education Statistics

NCES
U.S. Department of Education

Margaret Spellings

Secretary

Institute of Education Sciences

Grover J. Whitehurst

Director

National Center for Education Statistics

Grover J. Whitehurst

Acting Commissioner

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Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2003, (NCES 2005–362). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National

Center for Education Statistics.

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Contents

I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 

II. User's Guide 

 A. Survey Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 2 

 B. Guidelines for Processing the Data Files....................................................................................... 14 

Appendixes 

A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 .......................................................................... 15 

B—Record Layout for Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File, FY 2003 ............. 23 

C—Record Layout for Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2003 ............................................................ 29

D—State Codes ....................................................................................................................................... 31 

E—Survey Instrument ............................................................................................................................. 32 

F—States with Libraries with Overlapping Population of Legal Service Areas ....................................... 55 

G—Libraries with No Central Outlet......................................................................................................... 56 

H—Imputation Flags and Definitions for Public Library Data File ............................................................ 58 

I—Imputation Flag Frequencies for Public Library Data File.................................................................... 61 

J—Imputation Flags, Definitions, and Frequencies for State Summary/State Characteristics 

 Data File............................................................................................................................................. 67 

K—Imputation Flags, Definitions, and Frequencies for Public Library Outlet Data File .......................... 72 

L—Frequencies and Distributions of Selected Variables on Public Library Data File.............................. 73 

M—Frequencies of Selected Variables on State Summary/State Characteristics Data File.................... 76 

N—Frequencies and Distributions of Selected Variables on Public Library Outlet Data File................... 77
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I. Introduction 

The Public Libraries Survey (PLS) is a voluntary survey conducted annually by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) through the Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) for Public Library Data. 

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 survey is the 16th in the series. NCES is authorized to collect these data under the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. The PLS data were submitted to NCES by state data coordinators 

appointed by the chief officers of state library agencies. 

The data file includes all public libraries identified by state library agencies in the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, and the outlying areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 

reporting unit for the survey is the administrative entity, defined as the agency that is legally established under 

local or state law to provide public library service to the population of a local jurisdiction. In this survey, the 

term public library means an administrative entity. The administrative entity may have a single outlet or 

multiple outlets (libraries with no central outlet are listed in appendix G). The data for a multiple-outlet library 

are provided to NCES as aggregate data. The survey instrument is in appendix E--see item 17 in the 

Administrative Entity Data Element Definitions for the FSCS definition of a public library. 

The FY 2003 PLS collected the following information: 

• Sixty items were collected on each public library (identifying information and basic data). Identifying 

items include the public library’s name, address, telephone number, county, interlibrary relationship, 

legal basis, administrative structure, FSCS public library status, geographic service area, and legal 

service area boundary change. The basic data include population of legal service area, service 

outlets, full-time equivalent staff, operating revenue and expenditures, capital revenue and 

expenditures, library collections, public service hours, library visits, reference transactions, total 

circulation, circulation of children’s materials, children’s program attendance, interlibrary loans, publicuse Internet terminals, and users of electronic resources. 

• Twelve items were collected on each public library service outlet. These items include the outlet’s 

name and address, telephone number, county, type of outlet, metropolitan status, square footage of 

outlet, and number of bookmobiles. 

• Four items were collected on characteristics of the state data submission. These items include the 

reporting period starting and ending dates, the official state population estimate, and the total 

unduplicated population of legal service areas for the state. The state library agency provided these 

data on a separate record since they are not library-level data. 

Three data files were generated (in Microsoft Access and ASCII format1

) from the FY 2003 PLS. These are 

the final data files. The files are as follows: 

1. Public Library Data File (pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat). This file includes data for 9,214 public libraries 

(9,211 public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and 3 public libraries in the outlying 

areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each library’s data consists of 

one record (a total of 9,214 records). Appendix A contains the record layout. Note: The Public Library 

Data File is available in two versions: a public-use data file (available to all data users with some data 

suppressed) and a restricted-use data file (available only to NCES-licensed data users with no data 

suppressed). This is the documentation for the public-use data file. See Confidentiality and Public- and 

Restricted-Use Data Files in the next section for more information.

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The Microsoft Access data file has the .mdb extension, and the ASCII data file has the .dat extension. 
2. Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File (pusum03a.mdb and pusum03a.dat). The 

data for each state or outlying area consists of one record (a total of 54 records). Appendix B contains the 

record layout. No data are suppressed. The file includes: 

a. State summary data. These are state and outlying area totals of the numeric data reported on the 

restricted-use Public Library Data File. 

b. State characteristics data. These data consist of four items reported by each state or outlying area on 

a “state characteristics” record: the earliest reporting period starting date and the latest reporting 

period ending date for their public libraries, the official state population estimate, and the total 

unduplicated population of legal service areas in the state. 

3. Public Library Outlet Data File (puout03a.mdb and puout03a.dat). This file includes identifying information

and a few basic data items for 17,314 public library service outlets (centrals, branches, bookmobiles, and 

books-by-mail only) (17,299 outlets in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and 15 outlets in the 

outlying areas). The data for each outlet consists of one record (a total of 17,314 records). Appendix C 

contains the record layout. No data are suppressed. 

 

II. User's Guide

II. A. Survey Methodology

Survey Universe

The survey frame consists of 9,214 public libraries (9,211 public libraries in the 50 states and the District of 

Columbia and 3 public libraries in the outlying areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands), as identified by state library agencies.2 Included in the frame (and in the survey response 

rates) are 291 public libraries that do not meet all the criteria in the FSCS definition of a public library (see 

appendix E, Administrative Entity definitions, item 17). These libraries are included because they qualify as 

public libraries under state law. Military libraries that provide public library service and libraries that serve 

residents of institutions are not included. Data were not systematically collected from public libraries on Native 

American reservations--41 such libraries were reported. 

Survey Response

Unit response. A total of 8,955 of the 9,214 public libraries in the survey frame responded to the 

FY 2003 PLS (8,952 public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and 3 public libraries in the 

outlying areas), for a unit response rate of 97.2 percent. Respondents to the survey are defined as public 

libraries for which the following data were reported: population of the legal service area and at least three of 

the five following items: total paid employees, total operating revenue, total operating expenditures, print 

materials, and total circulation. 

Total response. The base for calculating response rates for specific items is the total number of libraries in 

the survey frame, including unit nonrespondents. At the national level, response rates fell below 85 percent3

for the following 5 items (these were new survey items, so the response rates should increase in future years): 

 

2

Public libraries in two outlying areas, American Samoa and Puerto Rico, are not included in the survey frame 

because their state library agencies have never responded to NCES’s request for participation in the survey. 

Since their public libraries have not been identified, they cannot be included in the response rate calculations 

either. 

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The NCES Statistical Standards stipulate that if the item response rate is below 85 percent for any items used 

in a report, a nonresponse bias analysis is required for each of those items. 

2
 Response 

Item rate

operating expenditures for other materials 82.0 

capital revenue 77.9 

electronic books 63.0 

databases 66.8 

current electronic serial subscriptions 65.2

At the state and outlying area levels, response rates fell below 85 percent in 35 states, the District of 

Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands for one or more items (see below). The state abbreviations are 

listed in appendix D. 

STATE ABBREVIATION=AK4

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 4.7 

KIDCIRCL CIRCULATION OF KIDS MATERIALS 78.8 

STATE ABBREVIATION=AL 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

SUBSCRIP CURRENT PRINT SERIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 73.1 

STATE ABBREVIATION=AZ 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 68.9 

STATE ABBREVIATION=CA 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 79.7 

STATE ABBREVIATION=CO 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 74.8 

STATE ABBREVIATION=DC 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 0.0 

ELMATEXP OP EXP FOR ELECTRONIC MAT 0.0 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=DE 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

MASTER ALA-MLS 81.0 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 0.0 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.0 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 28.6 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 61.9 

STATE ABBREVIATION=FL 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 84.1 

 

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The state codes are in appendix D. 

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STATE ABBREVIATION=HI 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 0.0 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=IL 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 15.5 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=IN 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 42.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 36.1 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 36.1 

STATE ABBREVIATION=KS 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=KY 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=MA 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

BENEFIT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 66.2 

STAFFEXP TOTAL STAFF EXP 66.2 

TOTOPEXP TOTAL OPERATING EXP 66.2 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

VISITS LIBRARY VISITS 65.4 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 76.1 

STATE ABBREVIATION=MD 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

VISITS LIBRARY VISITS 83.3 

STATE ABBREVIATION=ME 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 76.3 

ELMATEXP OP EXP FOR ELECTRONIC MAT 76.7 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 76.7 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 79.8 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 82.1 

STATE ABBREVIATION=MI 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 0.3 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.3 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.3 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.3 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

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STATE ABBREVIATION=MN 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 84.3 

STATE ABBREVIATION=MO 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 55.6 

STATE ABBREVIATION=MP 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

OTHOPEXP OTHER OPERATING EXP 0.0 

TOTOPEXP TOTAL OPERATING EXP 0.0 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 0.0 

LOANTO LOAN TO 0.0 

LOANFM LOAN FROM 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=NC 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 0.0 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.0 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=ND 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 4.9 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 4.9 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 1.2 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 15.9 

DATABASE DATABASES 15.9 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 15.9 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 78.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=NE 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 61.1 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 55.6 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 15.2 

DATABASE DATABASES 23.7 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 26.3 

STATE ABBREVIATION=NH 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

TOTOPEXP TOTAL OPERATING EXP 78.9 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 84.7 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 84.7 

STATE ABBREVIATION=NJ 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

DATABASE DATABASES 83.1 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 83.1 

STATE ABBREVIATION=NM 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 80.5 

DATABASE DATABASES 82.8 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 80.5 

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STATE ABBREVIATION=NV 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=OH 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 72.0 

ELMATEXP OP EXP FOR ELECTRONIC MAT 70.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 80.8 

STATE ABBREVIATION=OR 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

VISITS LIBRARY VISITS 82.3 

KIDCIRCL CIRCULATION OF KIDS MATERIALS 75.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 82.3 

STATE ABBREVIATION=RI 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

STATE ABBREVIATION=SD 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

SALARIES SALARIES & WAGES EXP 84.6 

BENEFIT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 84.6 

STATE ABBREVIATION=TN 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

SALARIES SALARIES & WAGES EXP 75.5 

BENEFIT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 75.5 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 1.6 

DATABASE DATABASES 1.6 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 1.6 

STATE ABBREVIATION=UT 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

VISITS LIBRARY VISITS 84.7 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 76.4 

STATE ABBREVIATION=VA 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 0.0 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 0.0 

DATABASE DATABASES 0.0 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 0.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 55.6 

STATE ABBREVIATION=VT 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 76.2 

KIDCIRCL CIRCULATION OF KIDS MATERIALS 80.2 

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STATE ABBREVIATION=WA 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 79.7 

KIDCIRCL CIRCULATION OF KIDS MATERIALS 75.0 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 60.9 

STATE ABBREVIATION=WI 

 RESPONSE 

VARIABLE LABEL OF FORMER VARIABLE RATE 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 75.3 

ELMATEXP OP EXP FOR ELECTRONIC MAT 75.3 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 75.3 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 82.1 

Caveats for Using these Data 

Using the data to make comparisons. The FY 2003 PLS data file includes imputations for nonresponding 

libraries, for unit and item nonresponse. See the Imputation section beginning on page 11 for a discussion of 

the imputation methodology. Comparisons to data prior to FY 92 should be made with caution, as earlier data

do not include imputations for nonresponse, and the percentage of libraries responding to a given item varied

widely among the states. 

State data comparisons should be made with caution because of differences in reporting periods (see table on 

States by Reporting Period below) and adherence to survey definitions. The definitions used by some states in 

collecting data from their public libraries may not be consistent with the PLS definitions. The 1994 NCES 

Report on Coverage Evaluation in the Public Library Statistics Program (NCES 94-430) and the 1995 NCES 

Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program (NCES 95-430) address 

issues of consistency in definitions among states. For information on these reports, visit the NCES web site at: 

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=041#052. 

The District of Columbia, while not a state, is included in this report. Special care should be used in comparing 

the District of Columbia’s data to state data. Caution should also be used in comparing Hawaii’s data to other

states as all public library data are reported under one entity, the Hawaii State Public Library System. 

Reporting period. The FY 2003 PLS requested data for state fiscal year 2003. States provided the earliest 

starting date and latest ending date reported by their public libraries. The reporting period spans more than a 

12-month period in some states because the fiscal year varies among localities (these states are listed in the 

Other column in table below). However, each public library provided data for a 12-month period. 

States by Reporting Period 

 

 07/02 to 06/03 01/03 to 12/03 Other

 

AK MO AR 12/01 to 09/03: MI 

AZ MT CO 01/02 to 06/03: VT 

CANC IN 03/02 to 12/03: NY 

CT NM KS 07/02 to 12/03: NH, PA, UT 

DE NV LA 10/02 to 09/03: AL, DC, FL, GU* 

GA OK ME ID, MP* MS, VI* 

HI OR MN 12/02 to 12/03: NE 

IA RI ND 02/02 to 12/03: TX 

IL SC NJ 

KY TN OH 

MA VA SD 

MD WV WA 

 WY WI 

 

 *GU—Guam, MP—Northern Mariana Islands, and VI—Virgin Islands 

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Survey Population Items 

The PLS has three population items: (1) Population of Legal Service Area for each public library, (2) Total 

Unduplicated Population of Legal Service Areas for each state, and (3) Official State Total Population 

Estimate. The population data are provided by the state library agency. The methods of calculation of the first 

two items vary significantly among states, and the state reporting periods also vary. The Total Unduplicated 

Population of Legal Service Areas does not include unserved areas and may vary from data provided by 

sources using standard methodology (e.g., the U.S. Census Bureau). 

The total Population of Legal Service Area for all public libraries in a state may exceed the state’s Total 

Unduplicated Population of Legal Service Areas or the Official State Total Population Estimate. This occurs 

when the state has one or more geographically adjacent libraries that serve the same population (for example, 

a county library and a city library within the county serve, and therefore count, the same population. Twenty-six 

states had such overlapping service areas in FY 2003. (See appendix F for a list of these states.) 

To enable meaningful state comparisons using total Population of Legal Service Area data (for example, the 

number of print materials per capita), the Population of Legal Service Area data were adjusted to eliminate 

duplicative reporting due to overlapping service areas. The public library data file includes a derived 

unduplicated population of legal service area figure for each library for this purpose (the variable is called 

POPU_UND). This value was prorated for each library by calculating the ratio of a library's Population of Legal 

Service Area to the state's total Population of Legal Service Area and applying the ratio to the state's Total 

Unduplicated Population of Legal Service Areas. (The latter item is a single, state-reported figure found on the 

Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File; the variable is called POPU_UND on this file 

also.) 

Confidentiality

Four separate laws (see http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/confid3.asp) cover the protection of the confidentiality of 

individually identifiable information collected by the National Center for Education Statistics—the Privacy Act of

1974, the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the USA Patriot Act of 2001, and the E-Government Act of

2002. NCES releases data to the public to use for statistical purposes only. Record matching or deductive 

disclosure by any user is prohibited. Procedures for disclosure avoidance were used in preparing public-use 

data for release. 

Public- and Restricted-Use Data Files 

The Public Library Data file is available in two versions: public-use data (available to all data users with some 

data suppressed) and restricted-use data (available only to NCES-licensed data users with no data 

suppressed).

Public-use data. On the public-use Public Library Data File, selected expenditures data (i.e., Salaries, 

Benefits, Total Staff Expenditures, and Other Operating Expenditures) of public libraries have been removed 

(i.e., the field is blank) when their total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff is less than or equal to 2.00, to protect 

the confidentiality of respondents. These data may also be suppressed for other libraries to ensure that all 

states that have suppressed data have a minimum of 3 suppressed records. The library’s Total Operating 

Expenditures and other expenditures data are not affected by the suppression of these data. No data are 

suppressed on the public-use versions of the Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File or

Public Library Outlet Data File. 

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"WARNING"

Under law, public-use data collected and distributed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 

may be used only for statistical purposes. 

Any effort to determine the identity of any reported case by public-use data users is prohibited by law. 

Violations are subject to Class E felony charges of a fine up to $250,000 and/or a prison term up to 5 years. 

NCES does all it can to assure that the identity of data subjects cannot be disclosed. All direct identifiers, as 

well as any characteristics that might lead to identification, are omitted or modified in the dataset to protect the

true characteristics of individual cases. Any intentional identification or disclosure of a person or institution 

violates the assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the information. Therefore, users shall: 

• Use the data in this dataset for statistical purposes only. 

• Make no use of the identity of any person or institution discovered inadvertently, and advise NCES 

of any such discovery. 

• Not link this dataset with individually identifiable data from other NCES or non-NCES datasets. 

• To proceed you must signify your agreement to comply with the above-stated statutorily based 

requirements." 

Restricted-use data. No data are suppressed on the restricted-use versions of the Public Library Data File, 

Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File, or Public Library Outlet Data File. Since the 

inclusion of all expenditures data irrespective of the number of employees enables the identification of 

individual salary data for some libraries, researchers requiring access to the restricted-use data must obtain a

license from NCES to use the data. To obtain a license, the following information is necessary: 

1. The title of the database(s) the organization wants to access; 

2. A description of the statistical research project necessitating access to the restricted-use database; 

3. The name and title of the senior official having authority to bind the organization to the provisions of 

the license agreement; 

4. The name and title of the principal project officer(s) who will oversee the daily operations; 

5. The names, titles, and telephone numbers of the professional/technical and support staff who will 

have access to the data; 

6. The estimated loan period (not to exceed five years) for accessing the data; and 

7. The desired computer media format. 

NCES will review the submitted documents for content and completeness and inform the requestor whether a 

license to use the restricted data is approved. See the following NCES web site for more information: 

http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/confid5.asp

Survey Processing 

The FY 2003 PLS was released to the states over the Internet on November 17, 2003.5

 States were placed 

into one of three reporting groups (with survey due dates of April 15, July 30, or August 31, 2004), based on 

their fiscal cycles or claim of extraordinary reporting hardship. States reported their data using personal 

computer data collection software called WinPLUS (Windows Public Library Universe System) that they 

 

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5

The survey instrument is in appendix E. 
downloaded from the Internet. WinPLUS was developed for NCES by the U.S. Census Bureau (the data 

collection agent). Edit follow-up was completed in January of 2005. The editing process is described below. 

Editing 

State level. The survey software has an edit check program that generates on-screen warnings during the 

data entry/import process, enabling the respondent to review the data and correct many errors immediately. 

Following data entry/import, the respondent generates an on-screen or printed edit report for further review 

and correction of the data before submitting the final file to NCES. Four types of edit checks were performed:

1. Relational edit checks. This is a data consistency check between related data elements. For example, 

an edit message is generated if the number of ALA-MLS Librarians is greater than Total Librarians. 

2. Out-of-range edit checks. This is a comparison of the data reported for an item to the "acceptable 

range" of numeric values for the item. For example, an edit message is generated if average Public 

Service Hours per outlet per week is less than 10, or if the past year to current year change in Children’s 

Circulation is greater than +5,000 and greater than -30% to +50%. 

3. Arithmetic edit checks. This is an arithmetical accuracy check of a reported total and its parts to the 

generated total. For example, an edit message is generated if Total Operating Revenue is not equal to 

the sum of its parts (Local Government Revenue, State Government Revenue, Federal Government 

Revenue, and Other Revenue). 

4. Blank, zero, or invalid data edit checks. This is a check of reported data against acceptable values. For

example, an edit message is generated if Print Materials is 0 or -2. 

The WinPLUS software generates state summary tables (showing state totals for all numeric data items) and 

single-library tables (showing data for individual public libraries in a state). Respondents were encouraged to 

review the tables for data quality issues before submitting their data to NCES. State data submissions also 

included a signed form from the Chief Officer of the State Library Agency certifying the accuracy of the data. 

National level. The U.S. Census Bureau and NCES reviewed and edited the state data submissions, working 

closely with the State Data Coordinators and the FSCS Steering Committee. 

Imputation 

All libraries, including nonresponding libraries, were sorted into imputation cells based on the region and size 

of population served. Imputations for nonresponding libraries were performed using the data calculated from 

their imputation cells. Item imputation was performed on each record with nonresponse variables. The data 

are identified as either imputed (estimated) or reported (actual) on the survey data file through the use of 

imputation codes. The following imputation rules were applied: 

A. For libraries that responded in 2002 but not 2003 (or in 2001 but not in 2002 or 2003): 

A1. The growth rates were calculated for institutions that reported in both 2002 and 2003 (or in both 

2001 and 2003). The mean (average) growth rate was calculated for each imputation cell. 

A2. The average changes computed in step A1 were applied to the 2002 data (or 2001 data) of 2003 

nonresponding libraries to obtain an estimate for 2003. 

This “growth rate” method was used for imputing centrals, branches, bookmobiles, ALA-MLS 

librarians, total librarians, other paid employees, print materials, current print serial subscriptions, 

audio, public service hours, library visits, reference transactions, total circulation, salaries, total 

staff expenditures, total collection expenditures, total operating expenditures, and total 

expenditures. 

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A3. Employee benefits were derived by subtracting salaries from the estimated total staff expenditures 

determined in step A2. 

A4. Other operating expenditures were derived by subtracting total operating expenditures from the 

sum of total collection expenditures and total staff expenditures estimated in step A2. 

A5. For revenue variables (i.e., other revenue and revenue from federal, state, and local government 

sources) both responding and nonresponding libraries in an imputation cell were arranged in 

decreasing order of size of population served. A nonresponding library’s 2002 (or 2001) data were 

pulled forward, and a growth rate was determined by calculating the growth of the next smallest 

library to the nonresponding library that had data for both 2003 and 2002 (or 2003 and 2001). This 

growth rate was applied to the nonresponding library’s 2002 (or 2001) data to obtain an estimate 

for 2003. If no prior year growth rate was available for the next smallest library, the growth rate 

was assumed to be 1.00. 

A6. Total revenue was derived by adding revenue from federal, state, and local sources and other 

revenue. Total paid employees was derived by adding librarians and total paid employees. 

A7. Children’s program attendance was estimated by multiplying the current-year total library visits by

the prior-year ratio of children’s program attendance to total library visits. 

A8. Children’s circulation was estimated by multiplying the current-year total circulation by the prioryear ratio of children’s circulation to total circulation. 

A9. Materials in electronic format expenditures was set to zero if Total Collection Expenditures was 

equal to zero. 

A10. For Internet terminals used by the general public, if the number of outlets equals zero, it was set to 

zero. 

A11. For Internet terminals used by the general public, if there was 2002 or 2001 reported data, the data 

were carried forward as an estimate for 2003. 

A12. For population variables, the prior year data were carried forward in the current year. 

A13. Electronic users was estimated by multiplying the current-year Internet terminals used by the 

general public by the prior-year (2002 or 2001) ratio of the annualized value of electronic users to 

Internet terminals used by the general public. 

B. For libraries with no reported data in 2001, 2002, or 2003: 

B1. The “growth rate” method (described in steps A1 and A2) was used to impute for 2003 if the prior 

year data (2002 or 2001) were imputed using prior year reported data and the imputed value was 

greater than zero.

This method was used for imputing centrals, branches, bookmobiles, ALA-MLS librarians, total 

librarians, other paid employees, print materials, current print serial subscriptions, audio, public 

service hours, reference transactions, total circulation, other revenue, revenue from federal, state, 

and local sources, salaries, total staff expenditures, total collection expenditures, other operating 

expenditures, and electronic materials expenditures. 

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B2. The mean of the imputation cell was calculated for all libraries that responded in 2003. The cell 

mean was adjusted for the size of a nonresponding library by multiplying it by the ratio of the 

nonrespondent’s total population served to the mean size of population served for all responding 

libraries. 

This method was used for imputing centrals, branches, bookmobiles, ALA-MLS librarians, total 

librarians, other paid employees, print materials, current print serial subscriptions, audio, public 

service hours, reference transactions, total circulation, other revenue, revenue from federal, state, 

and local sources, salaries, total staff expenditures, total collection expenditures, other operating 

expenditures, and electronic materials expenditures. 

B3. To impute total library visits when the prior year imputed data were not based on reported data, 

library visits was summed over all responding libraries in an imputation cell, as was the population 

served. The ratio of total library visits to total population served was multiplied by the 

nonrespondent’s population value to estimate the nonrespondent’s library visits.

B4. Children’s program attendance was estimated using the method described in step B3 where the 

ratio of total children’s program attendance to total library visits for the responding libraries in an 

imputation cell was multiplied by the nonrespondent’s current-year library visits. 

B5. Children’s circulation was estimated by calculating the ratio of children’s circulation to total 

circulation for the responding libraries in an imputation cell and multiplying the ratio by the currentyear total circulation of the nonresponding library. 

B6. Total staff expenditures were derived by adding salaries and employee benefits determined in step 

B1 (or step B2). Total revenue was derived by adding revenue from federal, state, and local 

sources and other revenue. Total paid employees was derived by adding librarians and other paid 

employees. 

B7. Total operating expenditures were derived by summing total collection expenditures, total staff 

expenditures, and other operating expenditures estimated in step B1 (or step B2). 

B8. The median of the imputation cell was calculated for all libraries that responded in 2003. The cell 

median was not adjusted. This method was used for imputing Internet terminals used by the 

general public and electronic users when there was no reported prior year (2002 or 2001) data. If 

the cell median was zero but based on the value of other electronic data items it was determined 

that the value should be greater than zero then the imputed value was equal to the unadjusted cell 

mean. 

C. For all nonresponding libraries: 

C1. Capital outlay was derived by imputing total expenditures (a derived variable which is the sum of 

total collections expenditures, total staff expenditures, other operating expenditures, and capital 

outlay) and subtracting total operating expenditures in order to get capital outlay. If the derived 

capital outlay had a negative value, it was changed to zero, total operating expenditures were 

changed to equal total expenditures, and total collection expenditures, total staff expenditures, and 

other operating expenditures were adjusted so that the sum would equal total operating 

expenditures. Alternatively, the cell mean (adjusted for population size) was used. 

C2. The mean of the imputation cell was used to estimate videos and interlibrary loans. The cell mean 

was adjusted for the size of a nonresponding library by multiplying it by the ratio of the 

nonrespondent’s total population served to the mean size of population served for all responding 

libraries. 

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Post-Imputation Edit Findings 

After the basic imputation methodology was applied, edits were performed to locate records that potentially fell 

outside reasonable parameters. The following changes were made to the data file. 

Finding 1: There were seven records that had total staff expenditures imputed to a value greater than 

zero and total paid employees imputed to zero. The imputed value for total staff expenditures 

was derived to be zero. The imputed value for total operating expenditures was recalculated. 

Finding 2: There was one record for which the imputation flag F_ELMATX was not set. The imputation 

program was corrected and the imputation flag was set. 

Finding 3: There were three records where the print materials expenditures plus electronic materials 

expenditures plus other materials expenditures did not add to total collection expenditures. 

These records were corrected. 

Finding 4: There was one record were the data for total paid employees and total staff expenditures 

were inconsistent. This record was corrected. 

Finding 5: There were two records where the ratio of electronic users to visits was questioned. There

was nothing done to these records because the number appeared reasonable in relation to 

the number of General Public Terminals. 

Finding 6: There were three records where the value for hours open appeared low. The value for hours 

open was set equal to the prior year value. It was strongly suggested to obtain reported data

for these libraries in 2004. 

Finding 7: There were two records where the ratio of reference transactions to visits appeared high. 

One record was not changed since the ratio was consistent with the same ratio in a previous 

year. The other record had reference transactions reimputed using the adjusted cell median

which lower the ratio so that it was more in line with data in a previous year. 

Finding 8: There was one record where the ratio of total circulation to visits was questioned. This record 

had the variable total circulation reimputed using the median ratio of total circulation to visits. 

The new imputed value for total circulation is more in line with prior year data. 

Finding 9: There were eighteen records where the ratio of total operating expenditures to total revenue 

appeared high. For the majority of these records the variable other operating expenditures 

was set to zero and the detail was resummed to get the new imputed value for total operating 

expenditures. 

Finding 10: There was one record where the imputed value for employee benefits was extremely high 

compared to the reported value for salaries. Nothing was done to this record since the value 

for total staff expenditures was in line with prior year data and the number of total paid staff 

had not changed. The suggestion was made to verify the data from the library. 

Finding 11: There was one record where the imputed value for other operating expenditures appeared 

high. This record was reimputed using prior year data. 

Finding 12: There were four records where the imputed value for video appeared high. These records 

were reimputed using prior year data. 

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II. B. Guidelines for Processing the Data Files

See Introduction, Confidentiality, and Public- and Restricted-Use Data Files above for a description of the files. 

The states reported the PLS data using survey software developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. At survey 

mail-out, all numeric data fields were initialized with “–2”, and respondents were instructed to replace the –2s 

with valid data. Alphanumeric fields that are blank or that contain “M” and numeric fields that contain “-1” 

indicate nonresponse. A zero (0) response is reported data and indicates the library or outlet had none of the 

item. (Note: On the public-use file, blank fields for the variables SALARIES, BENEFIT, STAFFEXP, and 

OTHOPEXP indicate that the data have been removed to protect the confidentiality of individual respondents.) 

For the 50 states and the District of Columbia, missing data for numeric items were imputed on the Public 

Library Data File and Public Library State Summary/State Characteristics Data File. Missing data were not 

imputed for outlying areas. See Imputation section above for a discussion of the imputation methodology. 

See appendixes H–N for imputation flags and definitions, and frequencies and distributions of the data. 

How to remove imputed values from the data. Every variable that has the possibility of being imputed has a 

flag. If the value of that flag is “0”, then the value for the associated variable was reported. If the value of the 

flag is greater than “0”, then the value for the associated variable was imputed. To remove all imputed values 

from the data, the values of variables that have an imputation flag greater than “0” should be removed. (Note: 

The flag variable is a two-character, right-justified field. Consequently, single-digit values are preceded by a 

space.) 

 

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Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

15

 Data Source: Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2003 

Number of records = 9,214 (one record per observation) 

Number of fields per record = 110 

ASCII file (pupld03a.dat) is fixed-width (record size = 6.96 MB) 

 IDENTIFICATION

STABR 02 1 A † Two-letter Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

 

FSCSKEY 06 3 A 1A Library identification code assigned by NCES 

LIBID 20 9 A 01 Library identification code assigned by the state. NCES 

 assigns the FSCSKEY to this field if the state did not 

 assign a code. 

LIBNAME 60 29 A 02 Name of library (administrative entity) 

 STREET ADDRESS 

ADDRESS 35 89 A 03 Street address of administrative entity 

CITY 20 124 A 04 City or town (of street address) of administrative entity 

ZIP 05 144 A 05 Standard five-digit postal zip code (of street address) of 

 administrative entity. 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

ZIP4 04 149 A 06 Four-digit postal zip code extension (of street address) 

 of administrative entity. 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 MAILING ADDRESS 

ADDRES_M 35 153 A 07 Mailing address of administrative entity 

CITY_M 20 188 A 08 City or town (of mailing address) of administrative entity 

ZIP_M 05 208 A 09 Standard five-digit postal zip code (of mailing address) of 

 administrative entity 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

ZIP4_M 04 213 A 10 Four-digit postal zip code extension (of mailing address) 

 of administrative entity 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

CNTY 20 217 A 11 County of library 

PHONE 10 237 A 12 Telephone number, in following format: area 

 code/exchange/number (for example, 7037315072) 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 -3 = Not applicable 

WEB_ADDR 80 247 A 13 Web address of the administrative entity. 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 -3 = Not applicable 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

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C_RELATN 02 327 A 14 Interlibrary Relationship Code 

 HQ–Headquarters of a Federation or Cooperative 

 ME–Member of a Federation or Cooperative 

 NO–Not a Member of a Federation or Cooperative 

C_LEGBAS 02 329 A 15 Legal Basis Code 

 CC–City/County 

 CI–Municipal Government (city, town, or village) 

 CO–County/Parish 

 LD–Library District (authority, board, commission) 

 MJ–Multi-jurisdictional 

 NL–Native American Tribal Government 

 NP–Non-profit Association or Agency 

 SD–School District 

 OT–Other 

 (Note: Prior to FY 98, this variable was called 

 C_LEGBASE.) 

 

C_ADMIN 02 331 A 16 Administrative Structure Code 

 MA–Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service 

 Outlets where Administrative Offices are Separate 

 MO–Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service 

 Outlets where Administrative Offices are 

 Not Separate 

 SO–Administrative Entity with a Single Direct Service 

 Outlet 

C_FSCS 01 333 A 17 FSCS Public Library Definition (Public library meets all 

 criteria in the definition.) 

 Y–Yes 

 N–No 

GEOCODE 03 334 A 18 Geographic Code 

 CI1– Municipal Government (city, town or village) (exactly) 

 CI2– Municipal Government (city, town or village) (most 

 nearly) 

 CO1–County/Parish (exactly) 

 CO2–County/Parish (most nearly) 

 MA1–Metropolitan Area (exactly) 

 MA2–Metropolitan Area (most nearly) 

 MC1–Multi-county (exactly) 

 MC2–Multi-county (most nearly) 

 SD1–School District (exactly) 

 SD2–School District (most nearly) 

 OTH–Other 

LSABOUND 01 337 A 19 Legal service area boundary change in last year 

 Y–Yes 

 N–No 

 (Note: Items 20 and 21 are reserved for future use.) 

 

 POPULATION

POPU_LSA 09 338 N 22 Population of the Legal Service Area 

 

F_POPLSA 02 347 A † POPU_LSA imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

17

POPU_UND 09 349 N † Unduplicated population of the legal service area for the 

 library. NCES calculated this value by prorating the 

 library's population of legal service area (POPU_LSA) to 

 the state's total population of legal service areas (total 

 POPU_LSA), and applying the ratio to the state-reported 

 total unduplicated population of legal service areas. The 

 latter item, a single figure reported by the state data 

 coordinator, is also named POPU_UND but is located on 

 the State Summary/State Characteristics Data File. 

F_POPUND 02 358 A † POPU_UND imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

SERVICE OUTLETS

CENTLIB 03 360 N 23 Number of central libraries 

F_CENLIB 02 363 A † CENTLIB imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

BRANLIB 03 365 N 24 Number of branch libraries 

F_BRLIB 02 368 A † BRANLIB imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

BKMOB 03 370 N 25 Number of bookmobiles 

F_BKMOB 02 373 A † BKMOB imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) PAID STAFF

MASTER 09 375 N 26 “ALA-MLS” Librarians. Number of FTE paid librarians 

 with master’s degrees from programs of library and 

 information studies accredited by the American Library 

 Association. This field consists of six integers and two 

 decimals, with an explicit decimal point. 

F_MASTER 02 384 A † MASTER imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

LIBRARIA 09 386 N 27 Total number of FTE employees holding the title of 

 librarian. This field consists of six integers and two 

 decimals, with an explicit decimal point. 

F_LIBRAR 02 395 A † LIBRARIA imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

OTHPAID 09 397 N 28 All other paid FTE employees. This field consists of 

 six integers and two decimals, with an explicit decimal 

 point. 

F_OTHSTF 02 406 A † OTHPAID imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

TOTSTAFF 10 408 N 29 Total paid FTE employees (i.e., LIBRARIA and 

 OTHPAID). This field consists of seven integers and two 

 decimals, with an explicit decimal point. 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

18

F_TOTSTF 02 418 A † TOTSTAFF imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 

 OPERATING REVENUE

LOCGVT 09 420 N 30 Local government revenue 

F_LOCGVT 02 429 A † LOCGVT imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

STGVT 09 431 N 31 State government revenue 

F_STGVT 02 440 A † STGVT imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

FEDGVT 09 442 N 32 Federal government revenue 

F_FEDGVT 02 451 A † FEDGVT imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

OTHINCM 09 453 N 33 Other operating revenue (i.e., revenue not included in 

 LOCGVT, STGVT, and FEDGVT) 

F_OTHINC 02 462 A † OTHINCM imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

TOTINCM 10 464 N 34 Total operating revenue (i.e., LOCGVT, STGVT, FEDGVT, 

 and OTHINCM) 

F_TOTINC 02 474 A † TOTINCM imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 OPERATING EXPENDITURES 

 Staff expenditures 

SALARIES 09 476 N 35 Salaries and wages for all library staff 

F_SALX 02 485 A † SALARIES imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

BENEFIT 09 487 N 36 Employee benefits for all library staff 

F_BENX 02 496 A † BENEFIT imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

STAFFEXP 09 498 N 37 Total staff expenditures (i.e., SALARIES and 

 BENEFIT) 

F_TOSTFX 02 507 A † STAFFEXP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 Collection expenditures 

PRMATEXP 09 509 N 38 Print materials expenditures (including books, serial back 

 files, current serial subscriptions, government documents) 

F_PRMATX 02 518 A † PRMATEXP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

19

ELMATEXP 09 520 N 39 Electronic (digital) materials expenditures (including 

 e-books, e-serials, government documents, databases, 

 electronic files, reference tools, scores, maps, and 

 pictures) 

F_ELMATX 02 529 A † ELMATEXP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

OTHMATEX 09 531 N 40 Other materials expenditures (microform, audio, video, 

 DVD, and new formats) 

F_OTMATX 02 540 A † OTHMATEX imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

TOTEXPCO 09 542 N 41 Total expenditures on library collection (i.e., PRMATEXP,

 ELMATEXP, and OTHMATEX) 

F_TOCOLX 02 551 A † TOTEXPCO imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 Other operating expenditures 

OTHOPEXP 09 553 N 42 Other operating expenditures (i.e., expenditures not 

 included in STAFFEXP and TOTEXPCO) 

F_OTHOPX 02 562 A † OTHOPEXP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

TOTOPEXP 10 564 N 43 Total operating expenditures (i.e., STAFFEXP, 

 TOTEXPCO, and OTHOPEXP) 

F_TOTOPX 02 574 A † TOTOPEXP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 CAPITAL 

CAP_REV 09 576 N 44 Capital revenue for major capital expenditures 

F_TCAPRV 02 585 A † CAP_REV imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

CAPITAL 09 587 N 45 Capital expenditures (major) 

F_TCAPX 02 596 A † CAPITAL imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 LIBRARY COLLECTION

BKVOL 09 598 N 46 Print materials (including books, serial back files, and 

 government documents) 

F_BKVOL 02 607 A † BKVOL imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

EBOOK 09 609 N 47 Electronic books (E-books) (digital documents, including 

 non-serial government documents in digital format) 

F_EBOOK 02 618 A † EBOOK imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

20

AUDIO 09 620 N 48 Audio materials (including records, audiocassettes, audio 

 cartridges, audio discs—including audio-CD-ROMS, 

 audio reels, talking books, and other sounding recordings) 

F_AUDIO 02 629 A † AUDIO imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

VIDEO 09 631 N 49 Video materials (including video tapes, DVDs, video CD- 

 ROMs, etc.) 

F_VIDEO 02 640 A † VIDEO imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions of 

 flags.) 

DATABASE 09 642 N 50 Databases (locally mounted or remote, full-text 

 or not, for which temporary or permanent access rights 

 have been acquired) 

F_DBASE 02 651 A † DATABASE imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

SUBSCRIP 09 653 N 51 Current print serial subscriptions 

F_PRSUB 02 662 A † SUBSCRIP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ESUBSCRP 09 664 N 52 Current electronic serial subscriptions 

F_ESUB 02 673 A † ESUBSCRP imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS

HRS_OPEN 09 675 N 53 Total annual public service hours for all service outlets 

F_HRS_OP 02 684 A † HRS_OPEN imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 LIBRARY SERVICES

VISITS 09 686 N 54 Total annual library visits 

F_VISITS 02 695 A † VISITS imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

REFERENC 09 697 N 55 Total annual reference transactions 

F_REFER 02 706 A † REFERENC imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 CIRCULATION

TOTCIR 09 708 N 56 Total annual circulation transactions 

F_TOTCIR 02 717 A † TOTCIR imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

21

 INTER-LIBRARY LOANS

LOANTO 06 719 N 57 Total annual loans provided to other libraries 

F_LOANTO 02 725 A † LOANTO imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

LOANFM 06 727 N 58 Total annual loans received from other libraries 

F_LOANFM 02 733 A † LOANFM imputation flag. (See appendix H for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 CHILDREN’S SERVICES

KIDCIRCL 09 735 N 59 Total annual circulation (including renewals) of all 

 children's materials in all formats to all users 

F_KIDCIR 02 744 A † KIDCIRCL imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

KIDATTEN 09 746 N 60 Total annual attendance at all programs intended primarily 

 for children. Includes adults who attend programs 

 intended primarily for children. 

F_KIDATT 02 755 A † KIDATTEN imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 

GPTERMS 06 757 N 61 Internet terminals used by general public 

F_GPTERM 02 763 A † GPTERMS imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ERES_USR 09 765 N 62 Users of electronic resources per typical week 

F_ER_USR 02 774 A † ERES_USR imputation flag. (See appendix H for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 OTHER 

PUB_FIPS 02 776 A † Two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

CNTYFIPS 03 778 A † Three-digit FIPS County Code 

 M =Missing 

YR_SUB 04 781 A † FSCS submission year of public library data in 4-digit 

format (YYYY) 

OBEREG 02 785 A † Bureau of Economic Analysis Code (formerly, Office of 

 Business Economics) 

 00–U.S. Service Schools 

 01–New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT) 

 02–Mid East (DE DC MD NJ NY PA) 

 03–Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI) 

 04–Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD) 

 05–Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN 

 VA WV) 

 06–Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) 

 07–Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY) 
Appendix A—Record Layout for Public Library Data File, FY 2003 

(pupld03a.mdb and pupld03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

22

 08–Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA) 

 09–Outlying Areas (AS GU MP PR VI) 

RSTATUS 01 787 A † 1–Respondent, with no imputed data 

 2–Respondent, with both reported and imputed data 

 3–Nonrespondent, not imputed 

 4–Nonrespondent with imputed data 

 

N Numeric field. 

A Alpha character field. 

† Not applicable. 

NOTE: The survey instrument is in appendix E. 
Appendix B—Record Layout for Public Library State Summary/ 

State Characteristics Data File, FY 2003 (pusum03a.mdb and pusum03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

23

Data Source: Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2003 

Number of records = 54 (one record per observation) 

Number of fields per record = 94 

ASCII file (pusum03a.dat) is fixed-width (record size = 28.5 KB) 

 IDENTIFICATION 

STABR 02 1 A † Two-letter Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

 POPULATION 

POPU_LSA 10 3 N 22 Population of the legal service area 

F_POPLSA 02 13 A † POPU_LSA imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

POPU_UND 10 15 N 04 Total unduplicated population of legal service areas. 

 (Note: This is a single, state-reported figure. This item is 

 on the State Characteristics data entry screen.) 

F_POPUND 02 25 A † POPU_UND imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

POPU_ST 10 27 N 03 Official state total population estimate (Note: This item is 

 on the State Characteristics data entry screen.) 

F_POPST 02 37 A † POPU_ST imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 SERVICE OUTLETS 

CENTLIB 05 39 N 23 Number of central libraries 

F_CENLIB 02 44 A † CENTLIB imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

BRANLIB 05 46 N 24 Number of branch libraries 

F_BRLIB 02 51 A † BRANLIB imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

BKMOB 05 53 N 25 Number of bookmobiles 

F_BKMOB 02 58 A † BKMOB imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) PAID STAFF 

MASTER 11 60 N 26 ALA-MLS Librarians. Number of FTE paid librarians 

with master’s degrees from programs of library and 

information studies accredited by the American Library 

Association. This field consists of eight integers and two 

decimals, with an explicit decimal point. 

F_MASTER 02 71 A † MASTER imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 

LIBRARIA 11 73 N 27 Total number of FTE employees holding the title of 

 librarian. This field consists of eight integers and two 

decimals, with an explicit decimal point. 
Appendix B—Record Layout for Public Library State Summary/ 

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Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

24

F_LIBRAR 02 84 A † LIBRARIA imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

OTHPAID 11 86 N 28 All other paid FTE employees. This field consists of 

 eight integers and two decimals with an explicit decimal 

 point. 

F_OTHSTF 02 97 A † OTHPAID imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions

 of flags.) 

TOTSTAFF 12 99 N 29 Total paid FTE employees (i.e., LIBRARIA and 

 OTHPAID). This field consists of nine integers and two 

 decimals with an explicit decimal point. 

F_TOTSTF 02 111 A † TOTSTAFF imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 

 OPERATING REVENUE 

LOCGVT 11 113 N 30 Operating revenue from local government 

F_LOCGVT 02 124 A † LOCGVT imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

STGVT 11 126 N 31 Operating revenue from state government 

F_STGVT 02 137 A † STGVT imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

FEDGVT 11 139 N 32 Operating revenue from federal government 

F_FEDGVT 02 150 A † FEDGVT imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

OTHINCM 11 152 N 33 Other operating revenue (i.e., revenue not included in 

 LOCGVT, STGVT, and FEDGVT) 

F_OTHINC 02 163 A † OTHINCM imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

TOTINCM 12 165 N 34 Total operating revenue (i.e., LOCGVT, STGVT, FEDGVT, 

 and OTHINCM) 

F_TOTINC 02 177 A † TOTINCM imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 OPERATING EXPENDITURES 

 Staff expenditures 

SALARIES 11 179 N 35 Salaries and wages for all library staff 

F_SALX 02 190 A † SALARIES imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

BENEFIT 11 192 N 36 Employee benefits for all library staff 

F_BENX 02 203 A † BENEFIT imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

STAFFEXP 11 205 N 37 Total staff expenditures (i.e., SALARIES and 

 BENEFIT) 
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name length position type item Description 

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F_TOSTFX 02 216 A † STAFFEXP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 Collection expenditures 

PRMATEXP 09 218 N 38 Operating expenditures for print materials (including 

 books, serial back files, current serial subscriptions, 

 government documents) 

F_PRMATX 02 227 A † PRMATEXP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ELMATEXP 09 229 N 39 Operating expenditures for electronic (digital) materials 

 (including e-books, e-serials, government documents, 

 databases, electronic files, reference tools, scores, maps, 

 and pictures) 

F_ELMATX 02 238 A † ELMATEXP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

OTHMATEX 09 240 N 40 Operating expenditures for all other library materials 

 (microform, audio, video, DVD, and new formats) 

F_OTMATX 02 249 A † OTHMATEX imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

TOTEXPCO 11 251 N 41 Total expenditures on library collection (i.e., PRMATEXP, 

 ELMATEXP, and OTHMATEX) 

F_TOCOLX 02 262 A † TOTEXPCO imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 Other operating expenditures 

OTHOPEXP 11 264 N 42 Other operating expenditures (i.e., expenditures not 

 included in STAFFEXP and TOTEXPCO) 

F_OTHOPX 02 275 A † OTHOPEXP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

TOTOPEXP 12 277 N 43 Total operating expenditures (i.e., STAFFEXP, 

 TOTEXPCO, and OTHOPEXP) 

F_TOTOPX 02 289 A † TOTOPEXP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 CAPITAL 

CAP_REV 11 291 N 44 Capital revenue for major capital expenditures 

F_TCAPRV 02 302 A † CAP_REV imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

CAPITAL 11 304 N 45 Capital expenditures (major) 

F_TCAPX 02 315 A † CAPITAL imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 LIBRARY COLLECTION 

BKVOL 11 317 N 46 Print materials (including books, serial back files, 

 and government documents) 
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name length position type item Description 

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F_BKVOL 02 328 A † BKVOL imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

EBOOK 09 330 N 47 Electronic books (E-books) (digital documents, including 

 non-serial government documents in digital format) 

F_EBOOK 02 339 A † EBOOK imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

AUDIO 11 341 N 48 Audio materials (including records, audiocassettes, audio 

 cartridges, audio discs—including audio-CD-ROMS, 

 audio reels, talking books, and other sounding recordings) 

F_AUDIO 02 352 A † AUDIO imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

VIDEO 11 354 N 49 Video materials (including video tapes, DVDs, video CD- 

 ROMs, etc.) 

F_VIDEO 02 365 A † VIDEO imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

DATABASE 09 367 N 50 Databases (locally mounted or remote, full-text 

 or not, for which temporary or permanent access rights 

 have been acquired) 

F_DBASE 02 376 A † DATABASE imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

SUBSCRIP 11 378 N 51 Current print serial subscriptions 

F_PRSUB 02 389 A † SUBSCRIP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ESUBSCRP 09 391 N 52 Current electronic serial subscriptions 

F_ESUB 02 400 A † ESUBSCRP imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS 

HRS_OPEN 11 402 N 53 Total annual public service hours for all service outlets 

F_HRS_OP 02 413 A † HRS_OPEN imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 LIBRARY SERVICES 

VISITS 11 415 N 54 Total annual library visits 

F_VISITS 02 426 A † VISITS imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

REFERENC 11 428 N 55 Total annual reference transactions 

F_REFER 02 439 A † REFERENC imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 
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name length position type item Description 

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 CIRCULATION 

TOTCIR 11 441 N 56 Total annual circulation transactions 

F_TOTCIR 02 452 A † TOTCIR imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 INTER-LIBRARY LOANS 

LOANTO 08 454 N 57 Total annual loans provided to other libraries 

F_LOANTO 02 462 A † LOANTO imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

LOANFM 08 464 N 58 Total annual loans received from other libraries 

F_LOANFM 02 472 A † LOANFM imputation flag. (See appendix J for definitions 

 of flags.) 

 CHILDREN'S SERVICES 

KIDCIRCL 09 474 N 59 Total annual circulation (including renewals) of all 

 children's materials in all formats to all users 

F_KIDCIR 02 483 A † KIDCIRCL imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

KIDATTEN 09 485 N 60 Total annual attendance at all programs intended 

 primarily for children. Includes adults who attend 

 programs intended primarily for children. 

F_KIDATT 02 494 A † KIDATTEN imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 

GPTERMS 06 496 N 61 Internet terminals used by general public 

F_GPTERM 02 502 A † GPTERMS imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ERES_USR 09 504 N 62 Users of electronic resources per typical week 

F_ER_USR 02 513 A † ERES_USR imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 OTHER 

STARTDAT 07 515 A 01 Reporting period starting date, in month/year format 

 (e.g., 07/2002). (Note: This item is on the State 

 Characteristics data entry screen.) 

F_STDAT 02 522 A † STARTDAT imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 

ENDDATE 07 524 A 02 Reporting period ending date, in month/year format 

 (e.g., 06/2003). (Note: This item is on the State 

 Characteristics data entry screen.) 

F_ENDDAT 02 531 A † ENDDATE imputation flag. (See appendix J for 

 definitions of flags.) 
Appendix B—Record Layout for Public Library State Summary/ 

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Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

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PUB_FIPS 02 533 A † Two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

YR_SUB 04 535 A † FSCS submission year of public library data in 4-digit 

 format (YYYY) 

OBEREG 02 539 A † Bureau of Economic Analysis Code (formerly, Office of 

 Business Economics) 

 01–New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT) 

 02–Mid East (DE DC MD NJ NY PA) 

 03–Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI) 

 04–Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD) 

 05–Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN 

 VA WV) 

 06–Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) 

 07–Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY) 

 08–Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA) 

 09–Outlying Areas (AS GU MP PR VI) 

 

N Numeric field. 

A Alpha character field. 

† Not applicable. 

NOTE: The survey instrument is in appendix E. 

 
Appendix C—Record Layout for Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2003 

(puout03a.mdb and puout03a.dat) 

Variable Field Start Data Survey 

name length position type item Description 

29 

Data Source: Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2003 

Number of records = 17,314 (one record per observation) 

Number of fields per record = 20 

ASCII file (puout03a.dat) is fixed-width (record size = 3.59 MB)

STABR 02 1 A † Two-letter Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

FSCSKEY 06 3 A 1A Outlet identification code assigned by NCES. Outlets of 

 an administrative entity have the same FSCSKEY as their 

 administrative entity. The outlet is separately identified 

 by a unique 3-digit suffix called FSCS_SEQ. 

FSCS_SEQ 03 9 A † Outlet's unique three-digit suffix to FSCSKEY, assigned 

 by NCES. 

LIBID 20 12 A 01 Outlet identification code assigned by the state. If the 

 state did not assign a code, NCES assigns a combination 

 of FSCSKEY and FSCS_SEQ, separated by a dash (e.g., 

 AK0003-002). 

 

LIBNAME 60 32 A 02 Name of outlet 

ADDRESS 35 92 A 03 Complete street address of outlet 

CITY 20 127 A 04 City or town of outlet 

ZIP 05 147 A 05 Standard five-digit postal zip code for street address of 

 Outlet 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

ZIP4 04 152 A 06 Four-digit postal zip code extension for street address of 

 Outlet 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

CNTY 20 156 A 07 County of outlet 

 

PHONE 10 176 A 08 Telephone number of the outlet, in following format: area 

 code/exchange/number (e.g., 7037315072) 

 M = Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 -3 = Not applicable 

 

C_OUT_TY 02 186 A 09 Outlet Type 

 CE–Central Library 

 BR–Branch Library 

 BS–Bookmobile(s) 

 BM–Books-by-Mail Only 

 

C_MSA 02 188 A 10 Metropolitan Status Code 

 CC–Within the City Limits of the Central City of a 

 Metropolitan Area 

 NC–Metropolitan Area, but Not Within Central City Limits 

 NO–Not in a Metropolitan Area 

 M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 
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(puout03a.mdb and puout03a.dat) 

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name length position type item Description 

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SQ_FEET 08 190 N 11 Area in square feet of the public library outlet. 

F_SQ_FT 02 198 A † SQ_FEET imputation flag. (See appendix K for 

 definitions of flags.) 

 

L_NUM_BM 02 200 N 12 Number of bookmobiles in the bookmobile outlet record 

 (i.e., record with C_OUT_TY = BS) 

F_BKMOB 02 202 A † L_NUM_BM imputation flag. (See appendix K for 

 definitions of flags.) 

PUB_FIPS 02 204 A † Two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards 

 (FIPS) State Code. See appendix D for list of State 

 Codes. 

CNTYFIPS 03 206 A † Three-digit FIPS County Code 

 M =Missing 

YR_SUB 04 209 A † FSCS submission year of public library data in 4-digit 

 format (YYYY) 

 

N Numeric field. 

A Alpha character field. 

† Not applicable. 

NOTE: The survey instrument is in appendix E. 
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FIPS 2-Letter FIPS 2-Digit 

State Code State State Code6

AL Alabama 01 

AK Alaska 02 

AZ Arizona 04 

AR Arkansas 05 

CA California 06 

CO Colorado 08 

CT Connecticut 09 

DE Delaware 10 

DC District of Columbia 11 

FL Florida 12 

GA Georgia 13 

HI Hawaii 15 

ID Idaho 16 

IL Illinois 17 

IN Indiana 18 

IA Iowa 19 

KS Kansas 20 

KY Kentucky 21 

LA Louisiana 22 

ME Maine 23 

MD Maryland 24 

MA Massachusetts 25 

MI Michigan26 

MN Minnesota 27 

MS Mississippi 28 

MO Missouri 29 

MT Montana 30 

NE Nebraska 31 

NV Nevada 32 

NH New Hampshire 33 

NJ New Jersey 34 

NM New Mexico 35 

NY New York 36 

NC North Carolina 37 

ND North Dakota 38 

OH Ohio 39 

OK Oklahoma 40 

OR Oregon 41 

PA Pennsylvania 42 

RI Rhode Island 44 

SC South Carolina 45 

SD South Dakota 46 

TN Tennessee 47 

TX Texas 48 

UT Utah 49 

VT Vermont 50 

VA Virginia 51 

WA Washington 53 

WV West Virginia 54 

WI Wisconsin 55 

WY Wyoming 56 

Outlying Areas 

GU Guam 66 

MP Northern Mariana Islands 69 

PR Puerto Rico 72 

VI Virgin Islands 78 

6 Federal Information Processing Standards codes (FIPS codes) are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes 

issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities 

through all federal government agencies.
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 State Characteristics Data Entry Screen 

 
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Administrative Entity Data Entry Screen (p. 1) 
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Administrative Entity Data Entry Screen (p. 2) 
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Administrative Entity Data Entry Screen (p. 3) 
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Outlet Screen 
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State Characteristics Data Element Definitions

Note: The items below are answered by the state library agency. 

# Data Element Name Data Element Definition 

01 Reporting Period Starting Date This is the earliest date (month and year) for a 12-month period that 

applies to the state's data being submitted to NCES. 

Note: Reporting period means data for the fiscal year that ended in the 

previous calendar year. If data are collected for different local reporting 

periods, provide the earliest starting date. 

02 Reporting Period Ending Date This is the latest date (month and year) for a 12-month period that 

applies to the state's data being submitted to NCES. 

Note: Reporting period means data for the fiscal year that ended in the 

previous calendar year. If data are collected for different local reporting 

periods, provide the latest ending date. 

03 Official State Total Population This is the most recent official total population figures for your 

Estimate state that matches the local population figures that you are submitting to

NCES. The State Data Coordinator should obtain this figure annually 

from the State Data Center or other official state sources. 

04 Total Unduplicated Population This is the total unduplicated population of those areas in your state 

of Legal Service Areas that receive library services. The population of unserved areas is not 

included in this figure. 

Note: A state’s actual total population of legal service areas may be 

different from the total population of legal service areas as calculated by

WinPLUS. This happens in states where there are overlaps in population of legal service areas served by individual libraries, resulting in the 

same population being counted twice in the WinPLUS calculation. For 

states that have no overlapping jurisdictions, this number will be identical to your state’s total population of legal service areas as calculated by

WinPLUS. For states that do have overlaps in population of legal service areas served by individual libraries, this number must be calculated

separately. 

Use your state’s most recent official state population figures for jurisdictions in your state as the basis for calculating the total unduplicated 

population of legal service area. 
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Administrative Entity Data Element Definitions

Administrative Entity. (This is not a WinPLUS data element.) This is the agency that is legally established under 

local or state law to provide public library service to the population of a local jurisdiction. The administrative entity 

may have a single outlet, or it may have more than one outlet. 

# Data Element Name Data Element Definition 

1A FSCS ID (Automatic Display) This is the identification code assigned by NCES to the administrative entity. 

01 LIB ID (Optional) This is the state-assigned identification code for the administrative 

entity. 

02 Name** This is the legal name of the administrative entity. 

 Note: Provide the name of the public library. Do not use acronyms. 

Do not abbreviate the name unless it exceeds the WinPLUS field 

length of 60 characters. Avoid abbreviations at the beginning of the 

name and do not punctuate abbreviations. 

Street Address 

03 Street Address This is the complete street address of the administrative entity. 

 Note: Do not report a post office box or general delivery. 

04 City (of street address) This is the city or town in which the administrative entity is located. 

05 Zip (of street address) This is the standard five-digit postal zip code for the street address 

of the administrative entity. 

06 Zip4 (of street address) This is the four-digit postal zip code extension for the street address 

of the administrative entity. 

Mailing Address 

07 Mailing Address This is the mailing address of the administrative entity. 

08 City (of mailing address) This is the city or town of the mailing address for the administrative 

entity. 

09 Zip (of mailing address) This is the standard five-digit postal zip code for the mailing address 

of the administrative entity. 

10 Zip4 (of mailing address) This is the four-digit postal zip code extension for the mailing 

address of the administrative entity. 

11 County of the Entity This is the county in which the administrative entity is located. 
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12 Phone** This is the telephone number of the administrative entity, including 

area code. 

 Note: Report telephone number without spacing or punctuation. If 

the Administrative Entity has no phone, enter “–3” (for Not 

Applicable). 

13 Web Address** This is the Web address of the administrative entity. 

 http:// 

 Note: If the Administrative Entity has no web address, enter “–3” (for 

Not Applicable). 

14 Interlibrary Relationship Code** Select one of the following: 

 HQ—Headquarters of a Federation or Cooperative 

 ME—Member of a Federation or Cooperative 

 NO—Not a Member of a Federation or Cooperative 

 HQ—Headquarters of a Federation or Cooperative. The library or 

entity that provides the physical space and staff who manage, 

coordinate, or administer the programs of the federation or 

cooperative. 

 Note: Agencies that serve other libraries rather than the public 

should not be reported to FSCS.

 ME—Member of a Federation or Cooperative. An autonomous 

library joined by formal or informal agreement(s) with (a) other 

autonomous libraries in the same state to perform various services 

cooperatively, such as resource sharing, communications, etc., and 

(b) libraries that are part of national, multi-state or statewide library 

federations or cooperatives. (Do not include OCLC.) Do not include 

multiple-outlet administrative entities (e.g., libraries with branches 

and that have the word "system" in their legal name) if the entity 

does not have an agreement with another autonomous library. 

15 Legal Basis Code** The legal basis is the type of local government structure within which 

the entity functions. It reflects the state or local law which authorizes 

the library. 

 Select one of the following: 

 CC—City/County 

 CI—Municipal Government (city, town or village) 

 CO—County/Parish 

 LD—Library District (authority, board, commission) 

 MJ—Multi-jurisdictional 

 NL—Native American Tribal Government 

 NP—Non-profit Association or Agency 

 SD—School District 

 OT—Other 
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 CC—City/County. A multi-jurisdictional entity that is operated jointly 

by a county and a city. 

 

 CI—Municipal Government (city, town or village). A municipal 

government is an organized local government authorized in a state’s 

constitution and statutes and established to provide general government for a specific concentration of population in a defined area. 

 CO—County/Parish. An organized local government authorized in a 

state’s constitution and statutes and established to provide general 

government. 

 LD—Library District (authority, board, commission). This is a district, 

authority, board or commission authorized by state law to provide 

library services. 

 

 MJ—Multi-jurisdictional. An entity operated jointly by two or more 

units of local government under an intergovernmental agreement 

which creates a jointly appointed board or similar means of joint 

governance; to be distinguished from a library which contracts to 

serve other jurisdictions and from special library districts. 

 Note: Please put city/county combinations under ‘CC’, rather than 

under Multi-jurisdictional. 

 NL—Native American Tribal Government. An organized local government authorized and established to provide general government 

to residents of a Native American reservation. 

 Note: Include native Alaskan villages in this category. 

 NP—Non-profit Association or Agency. An entity privately controlled 

but meeting the statutory definition of a public library in a given state; 

includes association libraries. 

 SD—School District. An organized local entity providing public 

elementary, secondary, and/or higher education which, under state 

law, has sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as a 

separate government. Excludes "dependent public school systems" 

of county, municipal, township, or state governments. 

 OT—Other. 

16 Administrative Structure Code** This code identifies an autonomous library entity (administrative 

entity) that has its own governance and funding. 

 An administrative entity is the agency that is legally established 

under local or state law to provide public library service to the 

population of a local jurisdiction. The administrative entity may have 

a single outlet, or it may have more than one outlet. 
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 Select one of the following: 

 MA—Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service Outlets 

where Administrative Offices are Separate 

 MO—Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service Outlets 

where Administrative Offices are Not Separate 

 SO—Administrative Entity with a Single Direct Service Outlet 

 MA—Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service Outlets 

where Administrative Offices are Separate. An administrative entity 

that serves the public directly with two or more service outlets, 

including some combination of one central library, branch(es), bookmobile(s), and/or books-by-mail only. The administrative offices are 

separate from the direct service outlets and do not provide direct 

library services. 

 MO—Administrative Entity with Multiple Direct Service Outlets where 

Administrative Offices are Not Separate. An administrative entity 

that serves the public directly with two or more service outlets, 

including some combination of one central library, branch(es), bookmobile(s), and/or books-by-mail only. 

 SO—Administrative Entity with a Single Direct Service Outlet. An 

administrative entity that serves the public directly with one central 

library, books-by-mail only, or one bookmobile. 

17 FSCS Public Library Definition Answer <Y>es or <N>o to the following question: “Does this public 

library meet all the criteria of the FSCS public library definition?”

 A public library is an entity that is established under state enabling 

laws or regulations to serve a community, district, or region, and that 

provides at least the following: 

1. an organized collection of printed or other library materials, or a 

combination thereof; 

2. paid staff; 

3. an established schedule in which services of the staff are 

available to the public; 

4. the facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff, and 

schedule; and 

5. is supported in whole or in part with public funds. 

 Note: If the library meets all of the requirements of this definition, 

respond with a yes. If the library does not meet one or more of the 

requirements, respond with a <N>o. 

18 Geographic Code** Choose from among the following types of readily available Census 

geography, one code that either exactly or most nearly describes the 

geographic area for which the public library has been established to 

offer services and from which (or on behalf of which) the library 

derives revenue, plus any areas served under contract for which the 

library is the primary service provider. 

Note: The Population of the Legal Service Area (data element #22) 

should be reflected in the geographic code selected. For further 
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clarification of municipal government, county/parish, and school 

district, refer to definitions under Legal Basis Code (data element 

#15). For further clarification of metropolitan area, see Metropolitan 

Status Code “NC—Metropolitan Area, but Not Within Central City 

Limits,” (data element #10 in Appendix E—Outlet Data Element 

Definitions). 

 

 CI1—Municipal Government (city, town or village) (exactly) 

CI2—Municipal Government (city, town or village) (most nearly) 

 CO1—County/Parish (exactly) 

 CO2—County/Parish (most nearly) 

 MA1—Metropolitan Area (exactly) 

 MA2—Metropolitan Area (most nearly) 

 MC1—Multi-County (exactly) 

 MC2—Multi-County (most nearly) 

 SD1—School District (exactly) 

 SD2—School District (most nearly) 

 OTH—Other 

19 Legal Service Area Answer <Y>es or <N>o to the following question: “Did the adminisBoundary Change* trative entity’s legal service area boundaries change since last year?” 

Note: Changes are likely to result, for example, when a municipality 

annexes land, when one municipality in a county becomes either an 

independent city or its own county necessitating its exclusion from 

the first county’s geography, or when an administrative entity 

contracts to provide public library service for some additional 

geographic area other than the geographic area for which it was 

established (e.g., a municipal library contracts to serve county 

residents). 

20 (Reserved for future use.) 

21 (Reserved for future use.) 

22 Population of the The number of people in the geographic area for which a 

 Legal Service Area public library has been established to offer services and from which

 (or on behalf of which) the library derives revenue, plus any areas 

 served under contract for which the library is the primary service 

 provider. 

 Note: The determination of this population figure shall be the responsibility of the state library agency. This population figure should be 

based on the most recent official state population figures for jurisdictions in your state available from the State Data Center. The State 

Data Coordinator should obtain these figures annually from the State 

Data Center or other official state sources. 

23 Number of Central Libraries This is one type of single outlet library (SO) or the library which is the 

operational center of a multiple-outlet library (MO or MA). Usually all 

processing is centralized here and the principal collections are 

housed here. Synonymous with main library. 

 Note: Each administrative entity may report either no central library 

or one central library. No administrative entity may report more than 

one central library. In the administrative entity file, this simply means 

reporting “0” or “1” for central library. Where two or more libraries 
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are considered “centrals” for state or local purposes, one central 

library and one or more branch libraries should be reported to FSCS. 

If you wish to identify a central library in the outlet file, identify the 

library with the largest collection as the central library for FSCS 

purposes, and report all others as branches. Where there are 

several co-equal outlets and no principal collection, report all such 

outlets as branches, not central libraries. 

24 Number of Branch Libraries A branch library is an auxiliary unit of an administrative entity which 

has at least all of the following: 

1. separate quarters; 

2. an organized collection of library materials; 

 3. paid staff; and 

 4. regularly scheduled hours for being open to the public. 

25 Number of Bookmobiles A bookmobile is a traveling branch library. It consists of at least all of 

the following: 

1. a truck or van that carries an organized collection of library 

materials; 

2. paid staff; and 

3. regularly scheduled hours (bookmobile stops) for being open to 

the public. 

 Note: Count the number of vehicles in use, not the number of stops 

the vehicle makes. 

PAID STAFF (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT)

Report figures as of the last day of the fiscal year. Include all positions funded in the library’s budget whether 

those positions are filled or not. To ensure comparable data, 40 hours per week has been set as the measure of 

full-time employment (FTE). For example, 60 hours per week of part-time work by employees in a staff category 

divided by the 40-hour measure equals 1.50 FTEs. 

 

26 ALA-MLS Librarians with master’s degrees from programs of library and 

information studies accredited by the American Library Association. 

27 Total Librarians Persons with the title of librarian who do paid work that usually 

requires professional training and skill in the theoretical or scientific 

aspects of library work, or both, as distinct from its mechanical or 

clerical aspect. This data element also includes ALA-MLS (data 

element #26). 

28 All Other Paid Staff This includes all other FTE employees paid from the reporting unit 

budget, including plant operations, security, and maintenance staff. 

29 Total Paid Employees This is the sum of total librarians (data element #27) and all other 

paid staff (data element #28). 
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OPERATING REVENUE**

Report revenue used for operating expenditures as defined below. Include federal, state, local, or other grants. 

DO NOT include revenue for major capital expenditures, contributions to endowments, revenue passed through to 

another agency (e.g., fines), or funds unspent in the previous fiscal year (e.g., carryover). (Funds transferred from 

one public library to another public library should be reported by only one of the public libraries. The State Data 

Coordinator shall determine which library will report these funds.) 

30 Local Government Revenue** This includes all local government funds designated by the community, district, or region and available for expenditure by the public 

library. Do not include the value of any contributed or in-kind 

services or the value of any gifts and donations, library fines, fees, or 

grants. 

 Do not include state, federal, and other funds passed through local 

government for library use. Report these funds with state 

government revenue or federal government revenue, as 

appropriate. 

31 State Government Revenue** These are all funds distributed to public libraries by state 

government for expenditure by the public libraries, except for federal 

money distributed by the state. This includes funds from such 

sources as penal fines, license fees, and mineral rights. 

 Note: If operating revenue from consolidated taxes is the result of 

state legislation, the revenue should be reported under state 

revenue (even though the revenue may be from multiple sources). 

32 Federal Government Revenue** This includes all federal government funds distributed to public 

libraries for expenditure by the public libraries, including federal 

money distributed by the state. 

33 Other Operating Revenue** This is all operating revenue other than that reported under local, 

state, and federal (data elements #30, #31, and #32). Include, for 

example, monetary gifts and donations received in the current year, 

interest, library fines, fees for library services, or grants. Do not 

include the value of any contributed or in-kind services or the value 

of any non-monetary gifts and donations. 

34 Total Operating Revenue** This is the sum of local government revenue, state government 

revenue, federal government revenue, and other operating revenue 

(data elements #30 through #33). 
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OPERATING EXPENDITURES** 

Operating expenditures are the current and recurrent costs necessary to support the provision of library services. 

Significant costs, especially benefits and salaries, that are paid by other taxing agencies (government agencies 

with the authority to levy taxes) "on behalf of" the library may be included if the information is available to the 

reporting agency. Only such funds that are supported by expenditure documents (such as invoices, contracts, 

payroll records, etc.) at the point of disbursement should be included. Do not report the value of free items as 

expenditures. Do not report estimated costs as expenditures. Do not report capital expenditures under this 

category. 

Staff Expenditures 

35 Salaries & Wages Expenditures This includes salaries and wages for all library staff (including plant 

operations, security, and maintenance staff) for the fiscal year. Include salaries and wages before deductions but exclude employee 

benefits. 

36 Employee Benefits Expenditures These are the benefits outside of salaries and wages paid and 

accruing to employees (including plant operations, security, and 

maintenance staff), regardless of whether the benefits or equivalent 

cash options are available to all employees. Include amounts for 

direct paid employee benefits including Social Security, retirement, 

medical insurance, life insurance, guaranteed disability revenue 

protection, unemployment compensation, workmen’s compensation, 

tuition, and housing benefits. 

37 Total Staff Expenditures This is the sum of salaries and wages (data element #35) and employee benefits (data element #36). 

Collection Expenditures** 

This includes all operating expenditures from the library budget for materials in print, microform, electronic and 

other formats considered part of the collection, whether purchased, leased, or licensed. Exclude charges or fees 

for interlibrary loans and expenditures for document delivery. 

38 Print Materials Expenditures* Report all operating expenditures for the following print materials: 

books, serial back files, current serial subscriptions, government 

documents, and any other print acquisitions. 

 

39 Electronic Materials Expenditures** Report all operating expenditures for electronic (digital) materials. 

Types of electronic materials include e-books, e-serials (including 

journals), government documents, databases (including locally 

mounted, full text or not), electronic files, reference tools, scores, 

maps, or pictures in electronic or digital format, including materials 

digitized by the library. Electronic materials can be distributed on 

magnetic tape, diskettes, computer software, CD-ROM, or other 

portable digital carrier, and can be accessed via a computer, via 

access to the Internet, or by using an e-book reader. Include 

equipment expenditures that are inseparably bundled into the price 

of the information service product. Include expenditures for 

materials held locally and for remote electronic materials for which 

permanent or temporary access rights have been acquired. Include 

expenditures for database licenses. [Note: Based on ISO 2789 

definition.] 
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40 Other Materials Expenditures* Report all operating expenditures for other materials, such as 

microform, audio, video, DVD, and materials in new forms. 

41 Total Collection Expenditures** This is the sum of all expenditures for print materials, electronic 

materials, and other materials (data elements #38, #39, and #40). 

42 Other Operating Expenditures This includes all expenditures other than those for staff (data 

element #37) and collection (data element #41). 

 Note: Include expenses such as binding, supplies, repair or replacement of existing furnishings and equipment, and costs incurred in the 

operation and maintenance of physical facilities. 

43 Total Operating Expenditures This is the sum of total staff expenditures, total collection expenditures, and other operating expenditures (data elements #37, #41, 

and #42). 

CAPITAL 

44 Capital Revenue* Report all revenue to be used for major capital expenditures. 

Examples include funds received for (a) site acquisition; (b) new 

buildings; (c) additions to or renovation of library buildings; (d) 

furnishings, equipment, and initial book stock for new buildings, 

building additions, or building renovations; (e) library automation 

systems; (f) new vehicles; and (g) other one-time major projects. 

Include federal, state, local, and other revenue to be used for major 

capital expenditures. Exclude revenue to be used for replacement 

and repair of existing furnishings and equipment, regular purchase of 

library materials, and investments for capital appreciation. Exclude 

contributions to endowments, or revenue passed through to another 

agency (e.g., fines), or funds unspent in the previous fiscal year 

(e.g., carryover). Funds transferred from one public library to 

another public library should be reported by only one of the public 

libraries. 

45 Capital Expenditures** Report major capital expenditures (the acquisition of or additions to 

fixed assets). Examples include expenditures for (a) site 

acquisitions; (b) new buildings; (c) additions to or renovation of 

library buildings; (d) furnishings, equipment, and initial book stock for 

new buildings, building additions, or building renovations; (e) library 

automation systems; (f) new vehicles; and (g) other one-time major 

projects. Include federal, state, local, or other revenue used for 

major capital expenditures. Only funds that are supported by 

expenditure documents (e.g., invoices, contracts, payroll records, 

etc.) at the point of disbursement should be included. Estimated 

costs are not included. Exclude expenditures for replacement and 

repair of existing furnishings and equipment, regular purchase of 

library materials, and investments for capital appreciation. Exclude 

contributions to endowments, or revenue passed through to another 

agency (e.g., fines). Funds transferred from one public library to 

another public library should be reported by only one of the public 

libraries. 
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LIBRARY COLLECTION**

This section of the survey collects data on selected types of materials. It does not cover all materials. Under this 

category report only items the library has acquired as part of the collection and catalogued, whether purchased, 

leased, licensed, or donated as gifts. 

46 Print Materials** Report a single figure that includes both of the following: 

1. Books in print. Books are non-serial printed publications 

(including music and maps) that are bound in hard or soft covers, 

or in loose-leaf format. Include non-serial government 

documents. Report the number of physical units, including 

duplicates. For smaller libraries, if volume data are not available, 

count the number of titles. Books packaged together as a unit 

(e.g., a 2-volume set) and checked out as a unit are counted as 

one physical unit. 

 2. Serial back files in print. Serials are publications issued in successive parts, usually at regular intervals, that are intended to be 

continued indefinitely. Serials include periodicals (magazines); 

newspapers; annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.); journals, 

memoirs, proceedings, and transactions of societies; and 

numbered monographic series. Government documents and 

reference tools are often issued as serials. Except for the current 

volume, count unbound serials as a volume when the library has 

at least half of the issues in a publisher’s volume. Report the 

number of physical units, including duplicates. For smaller 

libraries, if volume data are not available, count the number of 

titles. Serials packaged together as a unit (e.g., a 2-volume 

serial monograph) and checked out as a unit are counted as one 

physical unit. 

47 Electronic Books (E-Books)* E-books are digital documents (including those digitized by the 

library), licensed or not, where searchable text is prevalent, and 

which can be seen in analogy to a printed book (monograph). 

Include non-serial government documents. E-books are loaned to 

users on portable devices (e-book readers) or by transmitting the 

contents to the user’s personal computer for a limited time. Include 

e-books held locally and remote e-books for which permanent or 

temporary access rights have been acquired. Report the number of 

physical or electronic units, including duplicates, for all outlets. For 

smaller libraries, if volume data are not available, the number of titles 

may be counted. E-books packaged together as a unit (e.g., 

multiple titles on a single e-book reader) and checked out as a unit 

are counted as one unit. 

 Note: Under this category report only items the library has selected 

as part of the collection and made accessible through the library’s 

Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). 

48 Audio** These are materials on which sounds (only) are stored (recorded) 

and that can be reproduced (played back) mechanically, electronically, or both. Include records, audiocassettes, audio cartridges, 

audio discs (including audio-CD-ROMs), audio-reels, talking books, 

and other sound recordings. 
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 Report the number of physical units, including duplicates. For 

smaller libraries, if physical unit data are not available, count the 

number of titles. Items packaged together as a unit (e.g., two 

audiocassettes for one recorded book) and checked out as a unit are 

counted as one physical unit. 

49 Video** These are materials on which moving pictures are recorded, with or 

without sound. Electronic playback reproduces pictures, with or 

without sound, using a television receiver or monitor. Video formats 

may include tape, DVD, CD-ROM, etc. 

Report the number of physical units, including duplicates. For 

smaller libraries, if physical unit data are not available, count the 

number of titles. Items packaged together as a unit (e.g., two video 

cassettes for one movie) and checked out as a unit are counted as 

one physical unit. 

50 Databases* Report the number of databases (including locally mounted or 

remote, full-text or not) for which temporary or permanent access 

rights have been acquired. A database is a collection of 

electronically stored data or unit records (facts, bibliographic data, 

abstracts, texts) with a common user interface and software for the 

retrieval and manipulation of the data. 

Note: The data or records are usually collected with a particular 

intent and relate to a defined topic. A database may be issued on 

CD-ROM, diskette, or other direct access method, or as a computer 

file accessed via dial-up methods or via the Internet. Include such 

services as EBSCO Host and OCLC FirstSearch, but do not include 

other electronic serial databases (e.g., Project MUSE, OCLC ECO 

Project). 

Report the number of database licenses (subscription or one-time 

purchases). Each licensed database product is counted individually 

even if access to several licensed database products is supported 

through the same interface (e.g., ProQuest, OCLC FirstSearch). 

Current Serial Subscriptions** 

Current serial subscriptions are arrangements by which, in return for a sum paid in advance, serials are provided 

for a specified number of issues. Include current serial subscriptions in print, electronic, and digital formats. 

 

51 Current Print Serial Subscriptions** Report the number of current print serial subscriptions, including 

duplicates, for all outlets. Examples of serials are periodicals 

(magazines), newspapers, annuals, some government documents, 

some reference tools, and numbered monographic series. 

52 Current Electronic Serial Report the number of current electronic, electronic and other format, 

 Subscriptions* and digital serial subscriptions (e-serials, e-journals), including 

duplicates, for all outlets. Examples include periodicals (magazines), 

newspapers, annuals, some government documents, some 

reference tools, and numbered monographic series distributed in the 

following ways: (a) via the Internet (e.g., HTML, PDF, JPEG, or 

compressed file formats such as zipped files), (b) on CD-ROM or 

other portable digital carrier, (c) on databases (including locally 

mounted databases), and (d) on diskettes or magnetic tapes. 
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Electronic serial subscriptions include serials held locally or remote 

resources that the library has authorization to access, including 

those available through statewide or consortia agreements. Do not 

include subscriptions to indexing and abstracting databases that 

include full-text serial content (e.g., EBSCO Host, ProQuest, OCLC 

FirstSearch). 

SERVICES

53 Public Service Hours Per Year This is the sum of annual public service hours for outlets. 

 Note: Include the hours open for public service for centrals (data 

element #23), branches (data element #24), bookmobiles (data 

element #25), and books-by-mail only. For each bookmobile, count 

only the hours during which the bookmobile is open to the public. 

For Administrative Entities that offer ONLY books-by-mail service, 

count the hours that the outlet is staffed for service. Minor variations 

in scheduled public service hours need not be included, however, 

extensive hours closed to the public due to natural disasters or other 

events should be excluded even if the staff is scheduled to work. 

54 Library Visits This is the total number of persons entering the library for whatever 

purpose during the year. 

 Note: If an actual count of visits is unavailable, determine an annual 

estimate by counting visits during a typical week in October and 

multiplying the count by 52. A “typical week” is a time that is neither 

unusually busy nor unusually slow. Avoid holiday times, vacation 

periods for key staff, or days when unusual events are taking place 

in the community or the library. Choose a week in which the library 

is open its regular hours. Include seven consecutive calendar days, 

from Sunday through Saturday (or whenever the library is usually 

open). 

55 Reference Transactions** A reference transaction is an information contact which involves the 

knowledge, use, recommendations, interpretation, or instruction in 

the use of one or more information sources by a member of the 

library staff. It includes information and referral services. Information sources include printed and non-printed materials, 

machine-readable databases, catalogs and other holdings records, 

and, through communication or referral, other libraries and 

institutions and people inside and outside the library. The request 

may come in person, by phone, by fax, mail, electronic mail, or 

through live or networked electronic reference service from an adult, 

a young adult, or a child. 

 Do not count directional transactions or questions of rules or 

policies. Examples of directional transactions are “Where are the 

children’s books?” and “I’m looking for a book with the call number 

811.2G.” An example of a question of rules or policies is “Are you 

open until 9:00 tonight?” 

 Note: If an annual count of reference transactions is unavailable, 

determine an annual estimate by counting reference transactions 

during a typical week in October and multiply the count by 52. A 

"typical week" is a time that is neither unusually busy nor unusually 
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slow. Avoid holiday times, vacation periods for key staff, or days 

when unusual events are taking place in the community or in the 

library. Choose a week in which the library is open its regular hours. 

Include seven consecutive calendar days, from Sunday through 

Saturday (or whenever the library is usually open). 

56 Total Circulation The total annual circulation of all library materials of all types, 

including renewals. 

 Note: Count all materials in all formats that are charged out for use 

outside the library. Interlibrary loan transactions included are only 

items borrowed for users. Do not include items checked out to 

another library. 

INTER-LIBRARY LOANS

57 Provided To** These are library materials, or copies of the materials, provided by 

one autonomous library to another upon request. The libraries 

involved in interlibrary loans are not under the same library administration. These data are reported as annual figures. 

58 Received From** These are library materials, or copies of the materials, received by 

one autonomous library from another upon request. The libraries 

involved in interlibrary loans are not under the same library 

administration. These data are reported as annual figures. 

CHILDREN’S SERVICES

59 Circulation of Children’s Materials The total annual circulation of all children’s materials in all formats to 

all users. It includes renewals. 

60 Children’s Program Attendance The count of the audience at all programs for which the primary 

audience is children. Includes adults who attend programs intended 

primarily for children. 

 Note: Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children; A 

Manual of Standardized Procedures (ALA, 1992) defines children as 

persons age 14 and under. 

OTHER ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

61 Number of Internet Terminals Report the number of Internet terminals (personal computers (PCs), 

 Used by General Public** dumb terminals, and laptops), whether purchased, leased or 

donated, used by the general public in the library. 

62 Number of Users of Electronic Report the annual number of users of electronic resources in the 

 Resources Per Year** library. Electronic resources include, but are not limited to, Internet 

(WWW, email, Telnet, other), online indexes, CD-ROM reference 

materials, software, and the online catalog. Do not include staff use 

of these resources. 

 Note: The number of users may be counted manually, using 

registration logs. Count each user that uses electronic resources, 

regardless of the amount of time spent on the computer. A user who 
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uses the library’s electronic resources three times a year would 

count as three customers. Software such as “Historian” can also be 

used to track the number of users at each public terminal. If the data 

element is collected as a weekly figure, multiply that figure by 52 to 

annualize it. 

 

* New data elemert. 

** Data element name, category, definition, or note was revised. 
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Outlet Data Element Definitions 

# Data Element Name Data Element Definition 

1A FSCS ID (Automatic Display) This is the identification code assigned by NCES. Outlets are 

assigned the same FSCS ID as the administrative entity to which 

they belong, with a unique three-digit suffix added to distinguish 

each outlet. 

01 LIB ID (Optional) This is the state-assigned identification code for the outlet. 

02 Name** This is the name of the outlet. 

 Note: Provide the name of the outlet. Do not use acronyms. Do not 

abbreviate the name unless it exceeds the WinPLUS field length of 

60 characters. Avoid abbreviations at the beginning of the name 

and do not punctuate abbreviations. 

03 Street Address This is the complete street address of the outlet. 

Note: Do not report a post office box or general delivery. For a 

bookmobile that operates from an administrative entity, branch, or 

central library, report the address of the administrative entity, branch 

or central library from which it operates. For a bookmobile that is 

itself the administrative entity, report the address where the 

bookmobile is parked at night. 

04 City This is the city or town in which the outlet is located. 

05 Zip This is the standard five-digit postal zip code for the street address 

of the outlet. 

06 Zip4 This is the four-digit postal zip code extension for the street address 

of the outlet. 

07 County of the Outlet This is the county in which the outlet is located. 

08 Phone This is the telephone number of the outlet, including area code. 

 Note: Report telephone number without spacing or punctuation. If 

the outlet has no phone, enter “–3” (for Not Applicable). 

09 Outlet Type Code An outlet is a unit of an administrative entity that provides direct 

public library service. 

 Select one of the following: 

BM—Books-by-Mail Only 

BR—Branch Library 

BS—Bookmobile(s) 

CE—Central Library 
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 BM—Books-by-Mail Only. A direct mail order service which provides 

books and other library materials. Books-by-mail typically serves 

rural residents, the disabled, the homebound, and others without 

access to another type of public library outlet. Requests for materials 

are usually received by mail and by telephone only. Only books-bymail services that are housed separately from any other type of 

direct public service outlet (that is, central library, branches, or 

bookmobiles) should be coded here. 

 BR—Branch Library. A branch library is an auxiliary unit of an administrative entity which has at least all of the following: 

1. separate quarters; 

2. an organized collection of library materials; 

3. paid staff; and 

4. regularly scheduled hours for being open to the public. 

 BS—Bookmobile(s). A bookmobile is a traveling branch library. It 

consists of at least all of the following: 

1. a truck or van that carries an organized collection of library 

materials; 

2. a paid staff; and 

3. regularly scheduled hours (bookmobile stops) for being open to 

the public. 

Note: A separate outlet record may be created for each bookmobile. 

You may wish to create separate outlet records for individual 

bookmobiles if (1) they have different addresses and/or (2) they have 

different Metropolitan Status Codes. Alternatively, a bookmobile 

outlet record may include more than one bookmobile. 

 CE—Central Library. This is one type of single outlet library (SO) or 

the library which is the operational center of a multiple-outlet library 

(MO or MA). Usually all processing is centralized here and the 

principal collections are housed here. Synonymous with main library. 

Note: Each administrative entity may report either no central library 

or one central library. No administrative entity may report more than 

one central library. If you wish to identify a central library in the 

outlet file, identify the library with the largest collection as the central 

library for FSCS purposes, and report all others as branches. Where 

there are several co-equal outlets and no principal collection, report 

all such outlets as branches, not central libraries. 

10 Metropolitan Status Code Select one of the following. Bookmobiles should report the code 

which best describes their primary service area. 

CC—Within the City Limits of the Central City of a 

 Metropolitan Area. 

 NC—Metropolitan Area, but Not Within Central City Limits. 

 NO—Not in a Metropolitan Area. 

 M—Missing (Unknown, Not Reported) 
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Note: Contact the State Data Center for specific information about 

Metropolitan Areas in your state. 

 CC—Central City. The largest central city and, in some cases, up to 

two additional central cities are included in the title of the Metropolitan Area; there also are central cities that are not included in a 

Metropolitan Area title. A Metropolitan Area central city does not 

include any part of that city that extends outside the Metropolitan 

Area boundary. 

 NC—Metropolitan Area, but not within central city limits. A large 

population nucleus, together with adjacent communities that have a 

high degree of economic and social integration with that nucleus. 

Some Metropolitan Areas are defined around two or more nuclei. 

Each Metropolitan Area must contain a place with a minimum 

population of 50,000 or a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area 

and a total Metropolitan Area population of at least 100,000 (75,000 

in New England). A Metropolitan Area comprises one or more 

central counties. (Independent cities are considered county equivalents.) A Metropolitan Area may also include one or more outlying 

counties that have close economic and social relationships with the 

central county. An outlying county must have a specified level of 

commuting to the central counties and also must meet certain 

standards regarding metropolitan character, such as population 

density, urban population, and population growth. In New England, 

Metropolitan Areas are composed of cities and towns rather than 

whole counties. 

11 Square Footage of Outlet Provide the area, in square feet, of the public library outlet (central 

library or branch). Report the total area in square feet for each 

library outlet (central library or branch) separately. This is the area 

on all floors enclosed by the outer walls of the library outlet. Include 

all areas occupied by the library outlet, including those areas offlimits to the public. Include any areas shared with another agency or 

agencies if the outlet has use of that area. 

12 Number of Bookmobiles in the The number of bookmobiles in the bookmobile outlet record. 

Bookmobile Outlet Record 

Note: A bookmobile outlet record may include one or more bookmobiles. Complete this data element only if the outlet record is of the 

type BS—Bookmobile(s) (see outlet data element #9). A bookmobile is a traveling branch library. It consists of at least all of the 

following: 

1. a truck or van that carries an organized collection of library 

materials; 

2. a paid staff; and 

3. regular scheduled hours (bookmobile stops) for being open to 

the public. Count vehicles in use, not the number of stops the 

vehicle makes. 

 

 ** Note revised.
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Population of Legal Service Areas 

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Arizona 

Arkansas 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Maryland 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Nebraska 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey 

New York 

North Dakota 

Oklahoma 

Pennsylvania 

Rhode Island 

South Carolina 

South Dakota 

Tennessee 

Vermont 
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LIBRARIES REPORTING NO CENTRAL OUTLET 

 

 FSCS BOOKObs ID# LIBRARY NAME TOTAL CENTRALS BRANCHES MOBILES 

 1 AL0123 MARSHALL COUNTY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

 2 AZ0001 APACHE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 6 0 6 0 

 3 AZ0009 COCHISE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 6 0 4 2 

 4 AZ0028 MARICOPA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 17 0 12 5 

 5 AZ0107 NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 3 0 3 0 

 6 AR0002 WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 8 0 8 0 

 7 AR0003 NORTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL LIBRARY 2 0 2 0 

 8 AR0007 WHITE RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY 14 0 14 0 

 9 AR0049 CARROLL AND MADISON LIBRARY SYSTEM 6 0 6 0 

 10 CA0047 IMPERIAL COUNTY LIBRARY 8 0 8 0 

 11 CA0062 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY 88 0 84 4 

 12 CA0071 MONO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 7 0 6 1 

 13 CA0073 MONTEREY COUNTY FREE LIBRARIES 20 0 17 3 

 14 CA0084 ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 30 0 30 0 

 15 CA0109 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LIBRARY 30 0 28 2 

 16 CA0112 SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY 34 0 32 2 

 17 CA0120 SAN MATEO COUNTY LIBRARY 13 0 12 1 

 18 CA0126 SANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY 11 0 9 2 

 19 CA0136 SOLANO COUNTY LIBRARY 6 0 6 0 

 20 CA0152 VENTURA COUNTY LIBRARY 16 0 16 0 

 21 CA0157 YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY 7 0 7 0 

 22 CA0199 RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 29 0 27 2 

 23 CO0037 DOUGLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT 4 0 4 0 

 24 CO0039 EAGLE VALLEY LIBRARY DISTRICT 3 0 3 0 

 25 CO0040 ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY 3 0 3 0 

 26 CO0049 GARFIELD CO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 6 0 6 0 

 27 CO0051 GRAND COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 5 0 5 0 

 28 CO0060 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 11 0 10 1 

 29 CO0103 SOUTH ROUTT LIBRARY DISTRICT 3 0 3 0 

 30 CO0143 CLEAR CREEK LIBRARY DISTRICT 2 0 2 0 

 31 CO0144 DELTA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT 5 0 5 0 

 32 CO0145 WELD LIBRARY DISTRICT 12 0 10 2 

 33 CO9026 NORTHEAST COLORADO BOOKMOBILE SERVICES 1 0 0 1 

 34 DE0030 SUSSEX COUNTY DEPT. OF LIBRARIES 4 0 3 1 

 35 DE0046 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES 8 0 8 0 

 36 FL0018 CITRUS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 5 0 

 37 FL0019 CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 4 1 

 38 FL0039 LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 11 0 11 0 

 39 FL0065 PASCO COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 8 0 8 0 

 40 FL0095 SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 5 0 

 41 FL0099 VOLUSIA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 16 0 15 1 

 42 FL0127 PINELLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 24 0 24 0 

 43 FL0135 WILDERNESS PUBLIC LIBRARIES 5 0 4 1 

 44 FL0136 PANHANDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATIVE SYSTEM 11 0 11 0 

 45 FL0146 SUMTER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 7 0 7 0 

 46 FL0147 THREE RIVERS REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM 3 0 3 0 

 47 FL0149 NEW RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 5 0 3 2 

 48 FL0150 HEARTLAND LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 6 0 6 0 

 49 FL8001 POLK COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 17 0 16 1 

 50 FL8003 OKALOOSA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATIVE 7 0 6 1 

 51 FL8007 LEVY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 5 0 

 52 ID0062 JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT 3 0 3 0 

 53 ID0120 KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE DISTRICT 7 0 6 1 

 54 MD0002 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 15 0 15 0 

 55 MD0004 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 19 0 16 3 

 56 MD0007 CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 6 0 5 1 

 57 MD0013 HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 9 0 9 0 

 58 MD0016 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES 22 0 21 1 

 59 MD0017 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRAY SYSTEM 19 0 19 0 

 60 MD0024 WORCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY 5 0 5 0 

 61 MI0021 BAY COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 6 0 5 1 

 62 MI0171 IOSCO-ARENAC DISTRICT LIBRARY 9 0 8 1 

 63 MI0190 LAPEER COUNTY LIBRARY 8 0 8 0 

 64 MI0240 MUSKEGON COUNTY LIBRARY 10 0 9 1 

 65 MI0356 WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY 5 0 5 0 

 66 MN0001 ARROWHEAD LIBRARY SYSTEM 1 0 0 1 

 67 MN0038 CARVER COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 5 0 

 68 MN0041 HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY 27 0 26 1 

 69 MN0045 SCOTT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 7 0 7 0 

 70 MN0046 WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY 9 0 9 0 

 71 MN0051 PIONEERLAND LIBRARY SYSTEM 32 0 32 0 

 72 MN0068 SOUTHEASTERN LIBRARIES COOPERATING 1 0 0 1 

 73 MN0109 VIKING LIBRARY SYSTEM 2 0 0 2 

 74 MN0145 KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY 10 0 9 1 

 75 MN0152 PLUM CREEK LIBRARY SYSTEM 1 0 0 1 

 76 MN9030 SIBLEY COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 5 0 

 77 MS0006 CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL LIBRARY 21 0 21 0 

 78 MO0137 REYNOLDS COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 5 0 5 0 

 79 MO0147 JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY 3 0 3 0 

 80 NV0008 LAS VEGAS-CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 24 0 24 0 

 81 NV0025 WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 14 0 13 1 

 82 NV0027 ESMERALDA COUNTY LIBRARY 3 0 3 0 

 83 NY0041 SENECA NATION LIBRARY 2 0 2 0 

 84 NC0002 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL LIBRARY 7 0 6 1 
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LIBRARIES REPORTING NO CENTRAL OUTLET—Continued 

 

 FSCS BOOKObs ID# LIBRARY NAME TOTAL CENTRALS BRANCHES MOBILES 

 85 NC0003 AVERY-MITCHELL-YANCEY REGIONAL LIBRARY 5 0 4 1 

 86 NC0006 CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET REGIONAL LIBRARY 10 0 9 1 

 87 NC0008 FONTANA REGIONAL LIBRARY 6 0 6 0 

 88 NC0011 NANTAHALA REGIONAL LIBRARY 5 0 4 1 

 89 NC0013 NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL LIBRARY 14 0 13 1 

 90 NC0014 PETTIGREW REGIONAL LIBRARY 4 0 4 0 

 91 NC0015 SANDHILL REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM 17 0 15 2 

 92 NC0018 BRUNSWICK COUNTY LIBRARY 4 0 4 0 

 93 NC0054 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 7 0 6 1 

 94 NC0063 WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES 19 0 17 2 

 95 ND0078 SIOUX COUNTY LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

 96 OH0018 CLERMONT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 10 0 10 0 

 97 OH0046 GEAUGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 7 0 6 1 

 98 OH0052 CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 29 0 29 0 

 99 OH0075 PREBLE COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY 7 0 7 0 

100 OH0099 SOUTHWEST PUBLIC LIBRARIES 3 0 3 0 

101 OH0242 WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 0 3 0 

102 OR0091 DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 6 0 5 1 

103 OR0115 COOS COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICE DISTRICT 0 0 0 0 

104 OR0135 OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY DISTRICT 2 0 2 0 

105 SC0002 ABBE REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM 15 0 14 1 

106 UT0001 BEAVER COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 0 2 

107 UT0005 BOX ELDER COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 3 0 1 2 

108 UT0009 CACHE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

109 UT0015 CARBON COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

110 UT0018 DAGGETT COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

111 UT0022 EMERY COUNTY LIBRARY 8 0 8 0 

112 UT0025 IRON COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

113 UT0028 JUAB COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

114 UT0030 KANE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

115 UT0032 MILLARD COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

116 UT0036 PIUTE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

117 UT0037 RICH COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

118 UT0038 SANPETE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

119 UT0043 SEVIER COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 1 0 0 1 

120 UT0049 SALT LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 18 0 18 0 

121 UT0050 SAN JUAN COUNTY LIBRARY 3 0 2 1 

122 UT0053 TOOELE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 3 0 2 1 

123 UT0056 UTAH COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

124 UT0068 WAYNE COUNTY BOOKMOBILE LIBRARY 2 0 1 1 

125 VT0216 WINDHAM CO. READS 1 0 0 1 

126 VA0026 FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 21 0 21 0 

127 VA0036 HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 11 0 10 1 

128 VA0044 LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 7 0 6 1 

129 VA0050 MIDDLESEX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 0 2 0 

130 VA0051 MONTGOMERY-FLOYD REGIONAL LIBRARY 5 0 3 2 

131 VA0053 NEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 5 0 4 1 

132 VA0055 NOTTOWAY COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 3 0 3 0 

133 VA0057 PAMUNKEY REGIONAL LIBRARY 11 0 10 1 

134 VA0064 PRINCE WILLIAM PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 10 0 10 0 

135 VA0078 SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY 6 0 6 0 

136 VA0086 WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY 3 0 2 1 

137 VA0091 CENTRAL VIRGINIA REGIONAL LIBRARY 2 0 2 0 

138 WA0047 WALLA WALLA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 3 0 3 0 

139 WA0057 WHATCOM COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 10 0 9 1 

140 WA0059 KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 45 0 42 3 

141 WA0061 MID-COLUMBIA LIBRARY DISTRICT 12 0 11 1 

142 WA0063 PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 19 0 16 3 

143 WA0065 SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES 21 0 20 1 

144 WA0066 SPOKANE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 10 0 10 0 

145 WA0069 TIMBERLAND REGIONAL LIBRARY 27 0 27 0 

146 WA8002 STEVENS COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT 9 0 9 0 

147 WI0148 KENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY 5 0 4 1 

148 WI0153 KIMBERLY--LITTLE CHUTE PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 0 2 0 

149 WI0390 LA CROSSE COUNTY LIBRARY 5 0 5 0 

150 VI0002 DPNR/DIVISION OF LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES & MUS. 6 0 5 1 

 ========== ======== ========== ======= 

 1,383 0 1,277 106
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0 If the variable is not imputed. 

1 If Method 1 (mean growth rate) is used with 2002 data. 

2 If Method 1 is used with 2001 data. 

3 If Method 2 (hot-deck growth rate) is used with 2002 data. 

4 If Method 2 is used with 2001 data. 

5 If adjusted cell mean is used (i.e., population of legal service area > 0). 

6 If unadjusted cell mean is used (i.e., population of legal service area <= 0). 

7 If, for library visits, there is no prior year data, the ratio of 2003 total library visits to total population of legal 

service area for the respondents in the imputation cell was multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 

population value. 

8 If, for children’s program attendance, the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2002 children’s program attendance 

to library visits was multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 library visits. Likewise, for children's circulation, 

the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2002 children's circulation to total circulation was multiplied by the 

nonrespondent's 2003 total circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

9 If, for children’s program attendance, the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2001 children’s program attendance 

to library visits was multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 library visits. Likewise, for children's circulation, 

the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2001 children's circulation to total circulation was multiplied by the 

nonrespondent's 2003 total circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

10 If, for children’s program attendance, there is no prior year data, the ratio of 2003 total children’s program 

attendance to total library visits for the respondents in the imputation cell was multiplied by the 

nonrespondent's 2003 library visits. Likewise, for children's circulation, the ratio of 2003 total children's 

circulation to total circulation for the respondents in the imputation cell was multiplied by the 

nonrespondent's 2003 total circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

11 If, for a derived variable, the variable was imputed through a derivation or consistency check prior to 

imputation. 

12 If, for library visits, (F_VISITS–library visits > 0 and F_KIDATT–children’s program attendance = 0) and 

(children’s program attendance > library visits), the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2002 library visits to 

children’s program attendance was multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 children’s program attendance. 

This is tantamount to using the inverse of the ratio used in imputation flag 8 above. Likewise, for total 

circulation, the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2002 total circulation to children's circulation was multiplied by 

the nonrespondent's 2003 children's circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

13 If, for library visits, (F_VISITS–library visits > 0 and F_KIDATT–children’s program attendance = 0) and 

(children’s program attendance > library visits), the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2001 library visits to 

children’s program attendance was multiplied by the the nonrespondent's 2003 children’s program 

attendance. This is tantamount to using the inverse of the ratio used in imputation flag 9 above. Likewise, 

for total circulation, the ratio of the nonrespondent's 2001 total circulation to children's circulation was 

multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 children's circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

14 If, for library visits, (F_VISITS–library visits > 0 and F_KIDATT–children’s program attendance = 0) and 

(children’s program attendance > library visits) and, in addition, there is no prior year data, the ratio of 2003 

total library visits to total children’s program attendance for the respondents in the imputation cell was 

multiplied by the nonrespondent's 2003 children’s program attendance. This is tantamount to using the 

inverse of the ratio used in imputation flag 10 above. Likewise, for total circulation, the ratio of 2003 total 
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circulation to total children's circulation for the respondents in the imputation cell was multiplied by the 

respondent's 2003 children's circulation. Likewise for other variables. 

15 If, for population of legal service area, the 2003 data are missing, a prior year value was used or a value 

was obtained from NCES. 

16 If, for a derived variable, the variable was imputed through a derivation during the imputation process. 

17 If, for a derived variable, the variable was imputed through a derivation during the post-imputation 

verification check process. 

18 If, for detail expenditure variables, the value was imputed by nonrespondent’s 2002 ratio of the detail 

expenditure variables to the total expenditure variable multiplied by the 2003 total expenditure variable. 

19 If, for detail expenditure variables, the value was imputed by nonrespondent’s 2001 ratio of the detail 

expenditure variables to the total expenditure variable multiplied by the 2003 total expenditure variable. 

20 If there were no reported data. Used for variables that will be imputed in future years. Also used for 

outlying areas (missing data are not imputed). 

21 If a detail variable (i.e., salaries, total collection expenditures) was adjusted by the current year respondent 

mean/median ratio of the detail variable to the total. 

22 If total staff expenditures was imputed using the nonrespondents 2002 ratio of total staff expenditures to 

salaries multiplied by 2003 salaries. 

24 If anuual public service hours was adjusted by multiplying this year’s total outlets by the ratio of 2002 annual 

public service hours to 2002 total outlets. This method was used when the number of total outlets changed. 

25 If anuual public service hours was adjusted by multiplying this year’s total outlets by the ratio of 2001 annual 

public service hours to 2001 total outlets. This method was used when the number of total outlets changed. 

26 If loans to or loans from was imputed using the 2002 ratio of loans to/loans from or the 2002 inverse ratio 

and multiplying the ratio or inverse ratio by the nonrespondent’s 2003 loans to or loans from. 

27 If loans to or loans from was imputed using the 2001 ratio of loans to/loans from or the 2001 inverse ratio 

and multilying the ratio or inverse ratio by the nonrespondent’s 2003 loans to or loans from. 

28 Value obtained from reported data (CAPITAL + TOTOPEXP) for imputation purpose. 

29 Not used. 

30 If the same method as imputation method 1 was used but with 2002 imputed data instead of reported data. 

This was done only when the imputed data used was based on past reported data. 

31 If the same method as imputation method 2 was used but with 2001 imputed data instead of reported data. 

This was done only when the imputed data used was based on past reported data. 

32 If adjusted by 2002 response to state total. 

33 If adjusted cell median is used. 

34 If unadjusted cell median is used. 

35 If 2002 data is carried forward. 

36 If 2001 data is carried forward. 
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37 If after NCES review of imputed file a special imputation procedure was used. 

38 If electronic users was imputing using the 2003 general public terminals times the 2002 ratio of 

electronic users to general public terminals. 

39 If electronic users was imputing using the 2003 general public terminals times the 2001 ratio of 

electronic users to general public terminals. 

40 If electronic users was imputed using the 2003 general public terminals times the 2003 cell median ratio 

of electronic users to general public terminals. 

99 If data are suppressed (to protect confidentiality of respondents) (public-use file only). 
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See appendix H for the imputation flag definitions and appendix A for the record layout. 

 

 POPU_LSA - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_POPLSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 9214 100.00 9214 100.00 

 POPU_UND - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_POPUND Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 9214 100.00 9214 100.00 

 CENTLIB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_CENLIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 9214 100.00 9214 100.00 

 BRANLIB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BRLIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 9214 100.00 9214 100.00 

 BKMOB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BKMOB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 9214 100.00 9214 100.00 

 MASTER - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_MASTER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8991 97.58 8991 97.58 

 1 115 1.25 9106 98.83 

 2 50 0.54 9156 99.37 

 5 50 0.54 9206 99.91 

16 5 0.05 9211 99.97 

17 1 0.01 9212 99.98 

30 2 0.02 9214 100.00 

 LIBRARIA - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LIBRAR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8981 97.47 8981 97.47 

 1 95 1.03 9076 98.50 

 2 8 0.09 9084 98.59 

 5 86 0.93 9170 99.52 

16 2 0.02 9172 99.54 

30 37 0.40 9209 99.95 

31 5 0.05 9214 100.00 

 OTHPAID - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHSTF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8978 97.44 8978 97.44 

 1 100 1.09 9078 98.52 

 2 30 0.33 9108 98.85 

 5 106 1.15 9214 100.00 

 TOTSTAFF - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTSTF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8975 97.41 8975 97.41 

16 239 2.59 9214 100.00 
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 LOCGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOCGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8936 96.98 8936 96.98 

 3 130 1.41 9066 98.39 

 4 36 0.39 9102 98.78 

 5 112 1.22 9214 100.00 

 STGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_STGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8967 97.32 8967 97.32 

 3 98 1.06 9065 98.38 

 4 21 0.23 9086 98.61 

 5 94 1.02 9180 99.63 

11 34 0.37 9214 100.00 

 FEDGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_FEDGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8968 97.33 8968 97.33 

 3 110 1.19 9078 98.52 

 4 28 0.30 9106 98.83 

 5 108 1.17 9214 100.00 

 OTHINCM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHINC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8928 96.90 8928 96.90 

 3 131 1.42 9059 98.32 

 4 32 0.35 9091 98.67 

 5 123 1.33 9214 100.00 

 TOTINCM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTINC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8924 96.85 8924 96.85 

16 290 3.15 9214 100.00 

 SALARIES - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_SALX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 5552 60.26 5552 60.26 

 1 30 0.33 5582 60.58 

 5 21 0.23 5603 60.81 

22 3 0.03 5606 60.84 

30 4 0.04 5610 60.89 

31 4 0.04 5614 60.93 

99 3600 39.07 9214 100.00 

 BENEFIT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BENX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 5461 59.27 5461 59.27 

16 153 1.66 5614 60.93 

99 3600 39.07 9214 100.00 

 STAFFEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOSTFX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 5486 59.54 5486 59.54 

 1 41 0.44 5527 59.98 

 5 21 0.23 5548 60.21 

22 60 0.65 5608 60.86 

30 3 0.03 5611 60.90 

31 3 0.03 5614 60.93 

99 3600 39.07 9214 100.00 
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 PRMATEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_PRMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8130 88.24 8130 88.24 

20 1084 11.76 9214 100.00 

 ELMATEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ELMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8650 93.88 8650 93.88 

 5 413 4.48 9063 98.36 

11 41 0.44 9104 98.81 

17 3 0.03 9107 98.84 

18 86 0.93 9193 99.77 

19 21 0.23 9214 100.00 

 OTHMATEX - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 7552 81.96 7552 81.96 

20 1662 18.04 9214 100.00 

 TOTEXPCO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOCOLX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8861 96.17 8861 96.17 

 1 119 1.29 8980 97.46 

 5 123 1.33 9103 98.80 

11 33 0.36 9136 99.15 

16 19 0.21 9155 99.36 

21 16 0.17 9171 99.53 

30 31 0.34 9202 99.87 

31 12 0.13 9214 100.00 

 OTHOPEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHOPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 5573 60.48 5573 60.48 

16 39 0.42 5612 60.91 

20 1 0.01 5613 60.92 

31 1 0.01 5614 60.93 

99 3600 39.07 9214 100.00 

 TOTOPEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTOPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8699 94.41 8699 94.41 

 1 98 1.06 8797 95.47 

 2 27 0.29 8824 95.77 

 5 121 1.31 8945 97.08 

16 240 2.60 9185 99.69 

17 28 0.30 9213 99.99 

20 1 0.01 9214 100.00 

 CAP_REV - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TCAPRV Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 7179 77.91 7179 77.91 

20 2035 22.09 9214 100.00 

 CAPITAL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TCAPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8913 96.73 8913 96.73 

 5 301 3.27 9214 100.00 
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 BKVOL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BKVOL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8973 97.38 8973 97.38 

 1 85 0.92 9058 98.31 

 5 109 1.18 9167 99.49 

30 31 0.34 9198 99.83 

31 16 0.17 9214 100.00 

 EBOOK - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_EBOOK Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 5809 63.05 5809 63.05 

20 3405 36.95 9214 100.00 

 AUDIO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_AUDIO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8960 97.24 8960 97.24 

 1 73 0.79 9033 98.04 

 2 1 0.01 9034 98.05 

 5 133 1.44 9167 99.49 

30 32 0.35 9199 99.84 

31 15 0.16 9214 100.00 

 VIDEO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_VIDEO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8967 97.32 8967 97.32 

 1 4 0.04 8971 97.36 

 5 243 2.64 9214 100.00 

 DATABASE - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_DBASE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 6152 66.77 6152 66.77 

20 3062 33.23 9214 100.00 

 SUBSCRIP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_PRSUB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8857 96.13 8857 96.13 

 1 169 1.83 9026 97.96 

 2 3 0.03 9029 97.99 

 5 138 1.50 9167 99.49 

30 22 0.24 9189 99.73 

31 25 0.27 9214 100.00 

 ESUBSCRP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ESUB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 6011 65.24 6011 65.24 

20 3203 34.76 9214 100.00 

 HRS_OPEN - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_HRS_OP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 9058 98.31 9058 98.31 

 1 65 0.71 9123 99.01 

 2 23 0.25 9146 99.26 

 5 61 0.66 9207 99.92 

 6 7 0.08 9214 100.00 
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 VISITS - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_VISITS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8485 92.09 8485 92.09 

 1 187 2.03 8672 94.12 

 7 403 4.37 9075 98.49 

14 2 0.02 9077 98.51 

30 78 0.85 9155 99.36 

31 59 0.64 9214 100.00 

 REFERENC - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_REFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 8396 91.12 8396 91.12 

 1 202 2.19 8598 93.31 

 5 445 4.83 9043 98.14 

20 1 0.01 9044 98.15 

30 101 1.10 9145 99.25 

31 68 0.74 9213 99.99 

33 1 0.01 9214 100.00 

 TOTCIR - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTCIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8916 96.77 8916 96.77 

 1 126 1.37 9042 98.13 

 2 1 0.01 9043 98.14 

 5 116 1.26 9159 99.40 

30 34 0.37 9193 99.77 

31 20 0.22 9213 99.99 

37 1 0.01 9214 100.00 

 LOANTO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOANTO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8846 96.01 8846 96.01 

 5 328 3.56 9174 99.57 

20 1 0.01 9175 99.58 

26 39 0.42 9214 100.00 

 LOANFM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOANFM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8866 96.22 8866 96.22 

 5 328 3.56 9194 99.78 

20 1 0.01 9195 99.79 

26 19 0.21 9214 100.00 

 KIDCIRCL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_KIDCIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8634 93.71 8634 93.71 

 8 173 1.88 8807 95.58 

 9 64 0.69 8871 96.28 

10 343 3.72 9214 100.00 

 KIDATTEN - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_KIDATT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8829 95.82 8829 95.82 

 8 132 1.43 8961 97.25 

 9 36 0.39 8997 97.64 

10 217 2.36 9214 100.00 

 GPTERMS - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_GPTERM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8952 97.16 8952 97.16 

34 20 0.22 8972 97.37 

35 242 2.63 9214 100.00 
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 ERES_USR - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ER_USR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 8242 89.45 8242 89.45 

16 109 1.18 8351 90.63 

38 793 8.61 9144 99.24 

40 70 0.76 9214 100.00 

 

 

 
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The imputation flags and definitions are listed below, followed by the frequencies. See appendix B 

for the record layout. 

 

 0 All detail comprising total is reported data. 

 1 Some detail comprising total is imputed data. 

 2 All detail comprising total is imputed data. 

3 Nonrespondent, not imputed (outlying areas only). 

99 Total is suppressed (public-use file only) 

 

 POPU_LSA - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_POPLSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 POPU_UND - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_POPUND Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 POPU_ST - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_POPST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 CENTLIB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_CENLIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 BRANLIB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BRLIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 BKMOB - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BKMOB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 MASTER - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_MASTER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 31 57.41 31 57.41 

 1 23 42.59 54 100.00 

 LIBRARIA - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LIBRAR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 33 61.11 33 61.11 

 1 21 38.89 54 100.00 

 OTHPAID - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHSTF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 32 59.26 32 59.26 

 1 22 40.74 54 100.00 
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 TOTSTAFF - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTSTF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 33 61.11 33 61.11 

 1 21 38.89 54 100.00 

 LOCGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOCGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 31 57.41 31 57.41 

 1 23 42.59 54 100.00 

 STGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_STGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 32 59.26 32 59.26 

 1 22 40.74 54 100.00 

 FEDGVT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_FEDGVT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 32 59.26 32 59.26 

 1 22 40.74 54 100.00 

 OTHINCM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHINC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 31 57.41 31 57.41 

 1 23 42.59 54 100.00 

 TOTINCM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTINC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 31 57.41 31 57.41 

 1 23 42.59 54 100.00 

 SALARIES - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_SALX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 28 51.85 28 51.85 

 1 26 48.15 54 100.00 

 BENEFIT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BENX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 25 46.30 25 46.30 

 1 29 53.70 54 100.00 

 STAFFEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOSTFX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

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 0 26 48.15 26 48.15 

 1 28 51.85 54 100.00 

 PRMATEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_PRMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 21 38.89 21 38.89 

 1 29 53.70 50 92.59 

 2 4 7.41 54 100.00 
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 ELMATEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ELMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 24 44.44 24 44.44 

 1 29 53.70 53 98.15 

 2 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 OTHMATEX - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTMATX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

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 0 22 40.74 22 40.74 

 1 27 50.00 49 90.74 

 2 5 9.26 54 100.00 

 TOTEXPCO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOCOLX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 29 53.70 29 53.70 

 1 25 46.30 54 100.00 

 OTHOPEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_OTHOPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 29 53.70 29 53.70 

 1 24 44.44 53 98.15 

 3 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 TOTOPEXP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTOPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 23 42.59 23 42.59 

 1 30 55.56 53 98.15 

 3 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 CAP_REV - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TCAPRV Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

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 0 20 37.04 20 37.04 

 1 27 50.00 47 87.04 

 2 7 12.96 54 100.00 

 CAPITAL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TCAPX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 27 50.00 27 50.00 

 1 27 50.00 54 100.00 

 BKVOL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BKVOL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 27 50.00 27 50.00 

 1 27 50.00 54 100.00 

 EBOOK - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_EBOOK Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 13 24.07 13 24.07 

 1 30 55.56 43 79.63 

 2 11 20.37 54 100.00 
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 AUDIO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_AUDIO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 25 46.30 25 46.30 

 1 29 53.70 54 100.00 

 VIDEO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_VIDEO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 27 50.00 27 50.00 

 1 27 50.00 54 100.00 

 DATABASE - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_DBASE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 19 35.19 19 35.19 

 1 25 46.30 44 81.48 

 2 10 18.52 54 100.00 

 SUBSCRIP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_PRSUB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 25 46.30 25 46.30 

 1 29 53.70 54 100.00 

 ESUBSCRP - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ESUB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 13 24.07 13 24.07 

 1 30 55.56 43 79.63 

 2 11 20.37 54 100.00 

 HRS_OPEN - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_HRS_OP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 32 59.26 32 59.26 

 1 22 40.74 54 100.00 

 VISITS - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_VISITS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 16 29.63 16 29.63 

 1 38 70.37 54 100.00 

 REFERENC - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_REFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 15 27.78 15 27.78 

 1 38 70.37 53 98.15 

 3 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 TOTCIR - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_TOTCIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 26 48.15 26 48.15 

 1 28 51.85 54 100.00 

 LOANTO - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOANTO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 17 31.48 17 31.48 

 1 36 66.67 53 98.15 

 3 1 1.85 54 100.00 
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 LOANFM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_LOANFM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 19 35.19 19 35.19 

 1 34 62.96 53 98.15 

 3 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 KIDCIRCL - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_KIDCIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 12 22.22 12 22.22 

 1 42 77.78 54 100.00 

 KIDATTEN - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_KIDATT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 22 40.74 22 40.74 

 1 32 59.26 54 100.00 

 GPTERMS - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_GPTERM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 27 50.00 27 50.00 

 1 27 50.00 54 100.00 

 ERES_USR - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ER_USR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 12 22.22 12 22.22 

 1 41 75.93 53 98.15 

 2 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 STARTDAT - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_STDAT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 ENDDATE - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_ENDDAT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

 0 54 100.00 54 100.00 

 

 

 
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The imputation flags and definitions are listed below, followed by the frequencies. See appendix C 

for the record layout. 

 0–Reported 

20–Nonrespondent, not imputed 

 L_NUM_BM - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_BKMOB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 17314 100.00 17314 100.00 

 SQ_FEET - IMPUTATION FLAG 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

F_SQ_FT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

 0 16206 93.60 16206 93.60 

20 1108 6.40 17314 100.00 

 

 
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Frequencies of Categorical Variables

 

 

 INTERLIBRARY RELATIONSHIP 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_RELATN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

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HQ 117 1.27 117 1.27 

ME 6950 75.43 7067 76.70 

NO 2147 23.30 9214 100.00 

HQ–Headquarters of federation or cooperative 

ME–Member of a federation or cooperative 

NO–Not a member of a federation or cooperative 

M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 

LEGAL BASIS 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_LEGBAS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

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CC 125 1.36 125 1.36 

CI 4862 52.77 4987 54.12 

CO 926 10.05 5913 64.17 

LD 1286 13.96 7199 78.13 

MJ 314 3.41 7513 81.54 

NL 41 0.44 7554 81.98 

NP 1392 15.11 8946 97.09 

OT 89 0.97 9035 98.06 

SD 179 1.94 9214 100.00 

 

CI–Municipal government (city, town, or village) 

CO–County/Parish 

CC–City/County 

MJ–Multi-jurisdictional 

NL–Native American Tribal Government 

NP–Non-profit Association or Agency 

SC–School District 

SD–Special Library District (authority, board, or commission) 

OT–Other 

M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 

 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_ADMIN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

MA 139 1.51 139 1.51 

MO 1645 17.85 1784 19.36 

SO 7430 80.64 9214 100.00 

 

MA–Administrative Entity with multiple direct service outlets 

where administrative offices are separate 

MO–Administrative Entity with multiple direct service outlets 

where administrative offices are not separate 

SO–Administrative Entity with a single direct service outlet 

M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 FSCS PUBLIC LIBRARY 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_FSCS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

N 291 3.16 291 3.16 

Y 8923 96.84 9214 100.00 

 

Y–Yes 

N–No 

 

 
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 GEOGRAPHIC CODE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

GEOCODE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

CI1 3148 34.17 3148 34.17 

CI2 1535 16.66 4683 50.82 

CO1 1061 11.52 5744 62.34 

CO2 501 5.44 6245 67.78 

MA1 42 0.46 6287 68.23 

MA2 48 0.52 6335 68.75 

MC1 142 1.54 6477 70.30 

MC2 34 0.37 6511 70.66 

OTH 2229 24.19 8740 94.86 

SD1 430 4.67 9170 99.52 

SD2 44 0.48 9214 100.00 

CI1–Municipal Government (city, town or village) (exactly) 

CI2– Municipal Government (city, town or village) (most nearly) 

CO1–County/parish (exactly) 

CO2–County/parish (most nearly) 

MA1–Metropolitan area (exactly) 

MA2–Metropolitan area (most nearly) 

MC1–Multi-County (exactly) 

MC2–Multi-County (most nearly) 

SD1–School District (exactly) 

SD2–School District (most nearly) 

OTH–Other 

M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 

 LSA BOUNDARY CHANGE FROM PY 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

LSABOUND Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

N 9162 99.44 9162 99.44 

Y 52 0.56 9214 100.00 

Y–Yes 

N–No 

 OBE REGION CODE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

OBEREG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

01 1303 14.14 1303 14.14 

02 1559 16.92 2862 31.06 

03 1881 20.41 4743 51.48 

04 1655 17.96 6398 69.44 

05 1100 11.94 7498 81.38 

06 844 9.16 8342 90.54 

07 393 4.27 8735 94.80 

08 476 5.17 9211 99.97 

09 3 0.03 9214 100.00 

 

01–New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT) 

02–Mid East (DE DC MD NJ NY PA) 

03–Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI) 

04–Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD) 

05–Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV) 

06–Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) 

07–Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY) 

08–Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA) 

09–Outlying Areas (AS GU MP PR VI) 

 
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RESPONDENT STATUS 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

RSTATUS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

1 6816 73.97 6816 73.97 

2 2139 23.21 8955 97.19 

4 259 2.81 9214 100.00 

 

1–Respondent, with no imputed data 

2–Respondent, with both reported and imputed data 

3–Nonrespondent, not imputed (outlying areas only) 

4–Nonrespondent with imputed data 

 

Distributions of Continuous Variables

Variable Label N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 

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POPU_LSA POPULATION OF LSA 9214 30804.34 122053.19 23.00 3864400.00 

POPU_UND TOTAL UNDUPLICATED POP OF LSA 9214 30466.49 121743.45 23.00 3864400.00 

CENTLIB # OF CENTRAL LIBRARIES 9214 0.98 0.13 0.00 1.00 

BRANLIB # OF BRANCH LIBRARIES 9214 0.81 3.44 0.00 87.00 

BKMOB # OF BOOKMOBILES 9214 0.09 0.36 0.00 9.00 

MASTER ALA-MLS 9214 3.31 15.00 0.00 546.10 

LIBRARIA TOTAL LIBRARIANS 9214 4.90 16.36 0.00 546.10 

OTHPAID ALL OTHER PAID STAFF 9214 9.89 40.10 0.00 1811.86 

TOTSTAFF TOTAL PAID EMPLOYEES 9214 14.79 55.39 0.00 2357.96 

LOCGVT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE 9214 758801.90 3271388.32 0.00 102275849.00 

STGVT STATE GOVERNMENT REVENUE 9214 103315.53 904263.33 0.00 47749554.00 

FEDGVT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE 9214 5226.48 48962.06 0.00 2299462.00 

OTHINCM OTHER OPERATING REVENUE 9214 81646.88 1002247.90 0.00 89198923.00 

TOTINCM TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 9214 948990.79 4350706.45 0.00 215399019.00 

SALARIES SALARIES & WAGES EXP 5614 762540.62 2722888.20 0.00 99204722.00 

BENEFIT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 5614 197222.96 810940.45 0.00 34576877.00 

STAFFEXP TOTAL STAFF EXP 5614 959763.58 3496977.88 0.00 133781599.00 

PRMATEXP OP EXP FOR PRINT MAT 8130 98679.96 452204.76 0.00 21179301.00 

ELMATEXP OP EXP FOR ELECTRONIC MAT 9214 9400.09 51151.08 0.00 1251790.00 

OTHMATEX OP EXP FOR OTHER MAT 7552 22426.08 122812.84 0.00 4838182.00 

TOTEXPCO COLLLECTION EXP 9214 125252.44 545481.27 0.00 21981574.00 

OTHOPEXP OTHER OPERATING EXP 5613 292216.72 1125244.63 0.00 46422548.00 

TOTOPEXP TOTAL OPERATING EXP 9213 900913.54 4132494.01 0.00 202185721.00 

CAP_REV CAPITAL REVENUE 7179 146225.97 1687950.98 0.00 93168327.00 

CAPITAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 9214 140358.68 1395883.19 0.00 93231435.00 

BKVOL PRINT MATERIALS 9214 87086.63 367111.04 30.00 19681803.00 

EBOOK ELECTRONIC BOOKS 5809 758.79 3209.15 0.00 69697.00 

AUDIO AUDIO 9214 4055.35 27084.95 0.00 1709265.00 

VIDEO VIDEO 9214 3535.00 13542.71 0.00 459711.00 

DATABASE DATABASES 6152 28.11 182.03 0.00 8723.00 

SUBSCRIP CURRENT PRINT SERIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 9214 206.56 1012.77 0.00 46781.00 

ESUBSCRP ELEC SUBSCRIPTIONS 6011 2.99 66.52 0.00 4970.00 

HRS_OPEN PUBLIC SERV HRS/YR 9214 4006.72 8352.52 20.00 232856.00 

VISITS LIBRARY VISITS 9214 139391.38 523553.13 0.00 14945031.00 

REFERENC REFERENCE TRANS 9213 32817.57 210502.12 0.00 9175525.00 

TOTCIR TOTAL CIRCULATION 9214 213274.99 824546.21 19.00 17854110.00 

LOANTO LOAN TO 9213 2894.75 12031.82 0.00 490887.00 

LOANFM LOAN FROM 9213 2885.78 11817.77 0.00 541620.00 

KIDCIRCL CIRCULATION OF KIDS MATERIALS 9214 75972.12 292316.39 0.00 7137057.00 

KIDATTEN KIDS PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 9214 5780.95 19192.33 0.00 491148.00 

GPTERMS INTERNET TERMINALS USED BY GEN PUBLIC 9214 17.00 56.71 0.00 2188.00 

ERES_USR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE USERS PER YEAR 9214 36025.32 214664.47 0.00 9630456.00 

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Note: Fields coded with –1 (nonresponse) were excluded from the distributions. Zero (0) data were included in the 

calculation of the mean and standard deviation. 
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Frequencies of Categorical Variables

 REPORTING PERIOD START DATE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

STARTDAT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

01/2002 1 1.85 1 1.85 

01/2003 13 24.07 14 25.93 

02/2002 1 1.85 15 27.78 

03/2002 1 1.85 16 29.63 

07/2002 28 51.85 44 81.48 

10/2002 8 14.81 52 96.30 

12/2001 1 1.85 53 98.15 

12/2002 1 1.85 54 100.00 

 REPORTING PERIOD END DATE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

ENDDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------ 

06/2003 26 48.15 26 48.15 

09/2003 9 16.67 35 64.81 

12/2003 19 35.19 54 100.00 

 OBE REGION CODE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

OBEREG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

----------------------------------------------------------- 

01 6 11.11 6 11.11 

02 6 11.11 12 22.22 

03 5 9.26 17 31.48 

04 7 12.96 24 44.44 

05 12 22.22 36 66.67 

06 4 7.41 40 74.07 

07 5 9.26 45 83.33 

08 6 11.11 51 94.44 

09 3 5.56 54 100.00 

 

01–New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT) 

02–Mid East (DE DC MD NJ NY PA) 

03–Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI) 

04–Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD) 

05–Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV) 

06–Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) 

07–Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY) 

08–Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA) 

09–Outlying Areas (AS GU MP PR VI) 
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Frequencies of Categorical Variables

 

 OUTLET TYPE 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_OUT_TY Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

------------------------------------------------------------- 

BM 4 0.02 4 0.02 

BR 7490 43.26 7494 43.28 

BS 756 4.37 8250 47.65 

CE 9064 52.35 17314 100.00 

 

CE–Central Library 

BR–Branch Library 

BS–Bookmobile(s) 

BM–Books-by-Mail Only 

 METROPOLITAN STATUS 

 Cumulative Cumulative 

C_MSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent 

---------------------------------------------------------- 

CC 3075 17.76 3075 17.76 

M 30 0.17 3105 17.93 

NC 5539 31.99 8644 49.92 

NO 8670 50.08 17314 100.00 

CC–Within the city limits of the central city of a 

 Metropolitan Are 

NC–Metropolitan Area, but not within central city limits 

NO–Not in a Metropolitan Area 

M–Missing (unknown, not reported) 

Distributions of Continuous Variables

Variable : L_NUM_BM 

Label: NUMBER OF BOOKMOBILES IN BOOKMOBILE SERV 

Variable Label N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 

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SQ_FEET SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OUTLET 15446 10614.62 22664.85 40.00 756640.00 

L_NUM_BM NUMBER OF BOOKMOBILES IN BOOKMOBILE SERV 17314 0.05 0.26 0.00 9.00 

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Note: Fields coded with –1 (nonresponse) were excluded from the distributions. Zero (0) data were included 

in the calculation of the mean and standard deviation.