Documentation for the 

Academic Library Survey 

(ALS) Data File: Fiscal 

Year 2002 

U.S. Department of Education 

Institute of Education Sciences 

NCES 2006-308 

Documentation for the 

Academic Library Survey 

(ALS) Data File: Fiscal 

Year 2002 

November 2005 

Carl M. Schmitt 

Statistician

National Center for 

Education Statistics 

Jeffrey W. Williams 

Project Officer 

National Center for 

Education Statistics 

U.S. Department of Education 

Institute of Education Sciences 

NCES 2006-308 
U.S. Department of Education

Margaret Spellings 

Secretary

Institute of Education Sciences 

Grover J. Whitehurst 

Director

National Center for Education Statistics

Mark Schneider 

Commissioner

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

A number of organizations and individuals have contributed to the collection and publication of 

the Academic Library Survey data. Accomplishing the production of this document, the data 

files, and the programs was the result of a collective effort these organizations and individuals. 

First, we would like to thank the academic librarians who provided the information upon which 

the report is based and the state library representatives who assisted in this data collection 

sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

The survey was coordinated by Jeffrey Williams, the NCES project officer. The data were 

collected and processed by the U.S. Census Bureau Governments Division under the 

management of Patricia O’Shea and Kaleen Vaden. The American Library Association (ALA) 

Office of Research and Statistics and the Academic Libraries Survey Technical Working Group 

were instrumental in designing the survey. 

The Pinkerton Computer Consultants, Inc. data analysis staff Bruce Daniel and Abe George 

prepared the data file for release. The publications editorial staff Carol Rohr, Mark Glander, and 

Joanna Bujard contributed substantially to the development and completion of the report. 

Jeffrey Williams and Carl M. Schmitt of NCES coordinated the public-use and restricted-use 

data file creation and the production of the data file documentation by Pinkerton Computer 

Consultants, Inc. of Fairfax, Virginia.

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Contents

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

A. History of Academic Library Survey...................................................................................1 

B. NCES Academic Library’s Universe Survey 2002................................................................1 

C. Data Confidentiality.............................................................................................................3 

D. Information included in the Academic Library Survey data collection...............................5 

E. Uses of the Academic Library Survey Data ........................................................................5 

II. Methodology ...............................................................................................................................7 

A. Web data collection..............................................................................................................7 

B. Coverage and response rate...................................................................................................7 

III. User’s Guide for processing the Academic Library Universe Survey Data ..............................9 

A. Data Files .............................................................................................................................9 

B. Record identifier (UNITID)...............................................................................................10 

C. Imputation status flags .......................................................................................................10 

D. Parent/child (branch) records.............................................................................................11 

E. Changes in survey questions and variables........................................................................11 

F. Institutions participating in the survey...............................................................................12 

Appendixes

Appendix A—Glossary............................................................................................................... A-1 

Appendix B—Record Layout ......................................................................................................B-1 

Appendix C—Survey Instrument ................................................................................................C-1

Appendix D—Crosswalks .......................................................................................................... D-1 

Appendix E—Edits and Imputations ...........................................................................................E-1 

Appendix F—Response Rate Tables ...........................................................................................F-1 

Appendix G—Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values .................................................... G-1 

Appendix H—Frequency and Continuous Variable Statistics.................................................... H-1 

Appendix I—Planning Document.................................................................................................I-1 

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 Washington, DC 20006

I. Introduction 

The purpose of this report is to document the procedures and methodologies employed during the 

Academic Library Survey of 2002. This report is designed to provide guidance and 

documentation for users of the public-use and restricted-use data files. Information about the 

universe of academic libraries and how to access this information is included in this report. 

A. History of Academic Library Survey 

The Academic Library Survey (ALS) data have been collected by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) since 1966. Between 1966 and 1988, data on academic libraries 

were collected the following years: 1968–69,1971–72, 1973–74,1975–76,1977–78, 1979–

80,1982–83,1985–86 within the framework of the Higher Education General Information System 

(HEGIS). Beginning in 1988, the library survey was collected biennially in even-numbered 

years: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998 as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education 

Data System (IPEDS). Beginning in 2000, the ALS data collection was conducted independently 

of IPEDS by the NCES library program. 

Through 1998, the ALS data were collected by paper survey instrument. Beginning in 2000, data 

were collected through a web-based system. 

The ALS and IPEDS data have historically been collected and processed for NCES by the U.S. 

Census Bureau. Throughout these years, the National Commission on Libraries and Information 

Science (NCLIS), and the American Library Association’s Office of Research and Statistics 

(ALA-ORS) have provided substantial assistance and guidance for the collections of the ALS. 

These organizations participated in the 1990 NCES/IPEDS Academic Libraries Survey 

Improvement Project which appointed a librarian in each state who would act as a data 

coordinator to work with IPEDS data coordinators in collecting library data. 

With the advent of the web-based data collection, data are collected directly from libraries. All 

data checks and quality control issues are reconciled with the local library personnel completing 

the web data collection. 

B. NCES Academic Library’s Universe Survey 2002 

This documentation describes the Academic Library Survey (ALS) data files for the 2002 fiscal 

year. The fiscal year 2002 Academic Libraries Surveys (ALS) includes data on 3,887 academic 

libraries that are associated with degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions 
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throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. These libraries have the following basic 

characteristics: 

• Include an organized collection of printed or other materials such as books, periodicals, 

microforms, and audiovisual recordings, or a combination thereof; 

• Have a staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the 

informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele; 

• Maintain an established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele; 

• Based in physical facilities that are necessary to support such a collection, staff, and 

schedule. 

Types of Academic Libraries: 

• Main or Central Libraries: The main or central library is the library that houses the 

basic collection of printed and other materials. This library may administer branch 

libraries. 

• Branch and Independent Libraries: These are auxiliary library service outlets with 

quarters separate from the central library of an academic institution. They have a basic 

collection of books and other materials, a regular staffing level, and an established 

schedule. Branch and independent libraries are administered either by a central library or, 

as in the case of some libraries (such as law, medical, etc.), through the administrative 

structure of other units within the postsecondary education institution. (Departmental 

study/reading rooms are not included.) 

Library Universe Frame 

The 2002 Academic Library universe survey frame is linked to the NCES Integrated 

Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)1

 universe of postsecondary education institutions 

that are 2-or-more-year, degree-granting, Title IV recipient institutions within the 50 States and 

DC for the academic year 2002–03. Also included in this universe are the five US Service 

Schools (Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine). 

Each institution in the IPEDS data system is uniquely identified by a UNITID which represents 

the academic institution. ALS uses the UNITID of the reporting academic institution to identify 

the institution with which the library is affiliated.2

 In cases where a library may be shared, ALS 

may contain a record for each academic institution that meets its criteria and which shares the 

 

1 The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is the core postsecondary education data 

collection program for NCES. It is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of 

postsecondary education. IPEDS is a single, comprehensive system designed to encompass all institutions and 

educational organizations which have providing postsecondary education as their primary purpose. The IPEDS 

system is built around a series of interrelated surveys to collect institution-level data in such areas as enrollments, 

program completions, faculty, staff, and finances throughout the United States and the outlying areas. 

2

 Researchers can, therefore, merge data from the various IPEDS components (enrollment, degrees awarded, etc.) to 

ALS (and vice versa) using this field. 
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facility. It is possible that a branch institution may be defined as a “child.” If defined as a 

“child,” the branch institution will have its data reported with and stored in the designated 

“parent” library record. In this case, the “parent” library may be the main or central library. The 

ALS record for the “child” library will not contain specific information pertaining to the 

operation of this library. The parent/child designation is used for the sole purpose of reporting 

data. The reported data are aggregated to represent all libraries defined in this relationship. It is 

also important to note that “child” libraries may not be branch libraries. It is also possible that 

academic institutions that share an academic library facility may designate one institution as the 

parent for the purposes of reporting the ALS data. 

Of a total of 3,887 postsecondary institutions within the 50 States and District of Columbia, 170 

were identified as “child” institutions for which data are provided by the “parent” institution or 

office. An additional 149 institutions were defined as out of scope based on responses to: 1) 

questions regarding participation in Title IV; 2) the screening questions which indicate whether 

there is a library at the institution; or due to, 3) their non-response to the screening questions. Of 

the remaining 3,568 degree-granting Title IV receiving postsecondary education institutions in 

the 50 States and the District of Columbia, responses were received for 3,160 institutions, 

yielding a response rate of 89 percent for the academic institutions requested to report data. Data 

were imputed for the 408 nonresponding institutions, enabling them to be included on the 

information tables. The nonresponding institutions, however, are not included in the response 

rate tables. It should also be noted that “child” libraries remain on the data file even though they 

do not report information about their library attributes. This facilitates counts of academic 

institutions that have or share a library facility. 

C. Data Confidentiality

Separate laws (see http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/confid3.asp) govern 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. These laws require NCES to 

ensure that the confidentiality of respondents is maintained. 

For this reason, data for the ALS are released as public-use and restricted-use files. 

Public- and Restricted-Use Data Files 

NCES releases data to the public for statistical purposes only. Every effort has been made to 

provide the maximum research information that is consistent with reasonable confidentiality 

protections. Record matching to identify individual respondents or deductive disclosure by any 

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

for release. The Academic Library Survey data file is available in two versions: public-use data 

and restricted-use data. Data on the public-use files have been modified so that individual 

respondents cannot be identified. Restricted-use files, which include all reported data, are 

released only to researchers licensed by NCES. (For information on obtaining a restricted-data 

user’s license, see the website http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/confid5.asp.) 
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Public-use data. On the public-use Academic Libraries Survey data file, the data fields 

suppressed (values set to missing and the corresponding variable imputation flag set to “H”) are 

the expenditures for salaries and wages reported in part B, expenditures for “Other Operating 

Expenditures” (part C, line 20), and “Employee Fringe Benefits Paid by Library” (part B, line 

08b) of the survey. These variables are suppressed for all non-child (CYPARCH NE 2) 

institutions where STATUS = 1 or 4 as follows: 

• SWLIBPRO (Salaries and wages for librarians and other) suppressed when STLIBPRO 

(Total Librarians and professional staff in FTE) <= 2; 

• SWOTH (Salaries and wages for All other paid staff (except students)) suppressed when 

STOTH (All other paid staff (except students) in FTE) <= 2; 

• SWASST (Salaries and wages for Student assistants) suppressed when STASST (Student 

assistants in FTE) <= 2; 

• SWTOT (Total salaries and wages) suppressed when STTOT (Total FTE staff) <= 2; 

• EXOTH (All other operating expenditures) suppressed when STTOT (Total FTE staff) 

<= 2; 

• FRINGE (Employee (fringe benefits)) suppressed when STLIBPRO (Total Librarians 

and professional staff in FTE) <= 2 or STOTH (All other paid staff (except students) in 

FTE) <= 2 or STASST (Student assistants in FTE) <= 2 or STTOT (Total FTE staff) <=

2 

The library’s Total Operating Expenditures, other expenditures (for specific expenditure 

categories such as audio-visual, books, or computer software, etc.), and other non-personal data 

are not affected by the suppression of these data. 

Restricted-use data. No data are suppressed on the restricted-use versions of the Academic 

Library Survey data file. Since the inclusion of all expenditures data, regardless of the number of 

employees, enables the identification of individual salary data, researchers requiring access to the 

restricted-use data for analysis 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 5 years) for accessing the data; and 

7. The desired computer media format. 
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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 

website for more information: http://nces.ed.gov/statprog/confid5.asp. 

D. Information included in the Academic Library Survey data collection 

The ALS data in this file are for the fiscal year completed in 2002. The actual fiscal year dates 

vary among institutions, but it usually ends before October 1. The data in this file cover 

academic libraries in 2-or-more-year degree-granting Title IV participating postsecondary 

institutions in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The ALS data file includes information 

on library staffing, operating expenditures, library collections, library loan transactions, 

electronic services, technology assistance services, and consortia services provided by each 

library. Information about library staff and services are collected for a single point in time during 

the fall of the year of data collection to reflect a typical week. 

Cautions regarding the analysis of data by state, level, and control of institution. 

This technical report focuses on information from a census of academic libraries in 2002. 

The presentation of numbers, proportions, and percentages is descriptive only of libraries in 

the period referenced. While data were imputed for nonresponse, the number of unit 

nonresponses can vary by state and affect the reliability of the state data. See table F-1 in 

appendix F for item response rates by level and control of institution. Table F-2 presents the 

distribution of the set of unit nonrespondents by state and by level and control of institution. 

Table F-3 shows the number of academic libraries by state, level, and control of institution. 

The data user should be especially cautious in using data at a level of detail where the 

nonresponse rate was 15 percent or greater. 

E. Uses of the Academic Library Survey Data

In general, the library data have been used by policymakers for planning and comparative 

analysis, and by institutional staff for planning and for peer analysis. The Academic Library 

Survey data have been used by federal, state, and other policy related program personnel, the 

congress, federal agencies that administer library grants, state education agencies (SEAs), 

accreditation review programs, library administrators, academic managers, and national 

postsecondary education policy planners, and various library associations. 

Information about libraries related to postsecondary academic institutions has been used for the 

practical purposes of estimating the academic quality of the institution. Some of the specific 

other uses of the ALS survey data are listed below. 

• Evaluations of the condition of academic libraries for collections development, resource 

sharing, and networking activities by federal agencies that administer library grants. 

• Comparisons of the libraries at the national, regional, and state levels by SEAs. 
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• Quality assessments of accreditation review programs for academic institutions 

(evaluating postsecondary education institutions, establishing standards, and modifying 

comparative norms). 

• Assessments of the impact of rapid technological change on the collections, budgets, and 

staffs of academic libraries by administrators, academic managers, and national policy 

planners. College librarians and administrators use these data to develop plans for the 

most effective use of local, state, and federal funds. Staff data are input to supply/demand 

models for professional and paraprofessional librarians. 

• Evaluations of the general status of the library profession by library associations such as 

the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the 

Association of College and Research Libraries utilize ALS data. Other research 

organizations use the data for studies of libraries. 
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II. Methodology 

A. Web data collection 

Prior to 1998 the ALS data were collected through IPEDS data coordinators using paper data 

collection instruments. Survey forms were mailed to institutions during the summer of the data 

collection year, with returns requested to be made by the fall. Data could be submitted via the 

paper forms although the coordinators were encouraged to use the software package “Input and 

Data Editing for Academic Library Statistics” (IDEALS), and submit the data on diskette to the 

U.S. Census Bureau. 

Beginning in 2000, the ALS was transformed into a web-based survey. With this methodology, 

data are submitted by the respondents directly to the U.S. Census Bureau through the NCES web 

data collection application. Registration material is sent out in August, and responses are 

collected from October through February. The web-based collection incorporates internal 

consistency edit checks, range checks, and summation checks applied to prior ALS data 

collections. Warnings are provided to the respondent during the course of data entry when the 

data checking process detects a discrepancy with previously submitted data. 

B. Coverage and response rate 

For the Academic Library Survey of 2002, 3,887 postsecondary institutions within the 50 States 

and the District of Columbia were identified. Of these, 3,568 degree-granting postsecondary 

institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia with academic libraries in 2002 are used 

for the analysis. The following records are not included in the E.D. TAB publication for 2002: 

• “child”3

 institutions (N = 170) 

• out-of-scope institutions (N = 149) 

The response rate among the 3,568 institutions was 89 percent. Of the 3,568 institutions, 408 

were unit non-respondents as shown on the STATUS variable value # 4. A total of 3,160 

institutions remain for analysis of response rates. Records for the nonresponding libraries (408 or 

11 percent of 3,568 libraries on the data file) are included on the data file, with imputed data. 

When aggregating data to state level, researchers should consider the impact of the nonresponse 

rate and the possible effects of imputed data on the reliability of some estimates. 

 

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 See prior discussion of “child” and branch institutions. 

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III. User’s Guide for processing the Academic Library Universe Survey Data 

A. Data Files 

Public-use data files are available in ASCII and MS Access formats. These can be downloaded 

from the NCES website (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/). 

See prior note on confidential data about how to obtain the restricted-use data files. See the 

website http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp for information about obtaining a license for 

restricted-use data files. 

The ALS 2002 data files are named as follows. 

 

1. Tab delimited ASCII (flat file) format: 

ALS_2002_R.2.A.TXT

ALS_2002_P.2.A.TXT 

2. MS ACCESS database: 

ALS_2002_R.2.A.MDB 

ALS_2002_P.2.A.MDB 

New this year, the file naming and versioning convention applied for the ALS 2002 file is as 

follows: 

Position 1–3: Survey (ALS) 

Position 4: Underscore (_) 

Position 5–8: Year (2002) 

Position 9: Underscore (_) 

Position 10: Restricted-use or Public-use (R or P) 

Position 11: Period (.) 

Position 12: Release status (preliminary = 0, final = 1 , subset of final = 2) 

Position 13: Period (.) 

Position 14: subsequent versions, beginning with A (A – Z) 

Also new this year are SAS and SPSS program syntax files to create a SAS and SPSS data 

files for analysis that are available on the same web page on which the data are available.4

 These 

programs contain all the format, variable, and value label information necessary for creating a 

complete master file of all variable and data. The syntax files also contain code for generating 

the frequency and continuous variable statistics. The frequency and continuous variable statistics 

sections. however, are commented out in these syntax files, but can be activated at the user’s 

discretion. Additionally, the path name and directories specified in these programs must be 

modified to fit the requirements of the individual computer system on which the program is 

to be run. 

 

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 SAS and SPSS program syntax programs, rather than system files, are provided with a view to transcending 

questions related to changes in software versions and/or hardware systems. 
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The pertinent files are: 

 

The SAS program to read the restricted-use file is Read_ALS_2002_R.2.A.SAS.TXT 

The SAS program to read the public-use file is Read_ALS_2002_P.2.A.SAS.TXT 

The SPSS program to read the restricted-use file is Read_ALS_2002_R.2.A.SPSS.TXT 

The SPSS program to read the public-use file is Read_ALS_2002_P.2.A.SPSS.TXT. 

Users who prefer MS ACCESS format can download the database. The ACCESS database has a 

single table that contains all the data from the ALS survey. 

All restricted–use files can be obtained only after an NCES data license has been approved. Data 

will be made available on CD-ROM, with appropriate documentation. 

B. Record identifier (UNITID) 

Institutions in ALS are identified by the UNITID associated with the postsecondary institution 

with which they are affiliated. This is the same identifier used to identify postsecondary 

institutions in the IPEDS data collection system. ALS data, therefore, can be linked to a broad 

range of IPEDS institutional data using the institution’s UNITID. Although previous ALS 

surveys defined UNITID as numeric, ALS 2002 defined UNITID in character format. This was 

done so that the format would be consistent with other ALS variables that contain UNITID, such 

as UNITIDX, LIBSHAR1, LIBSHAR2, LIBSHAR3. This is also consistent with other surveys 

that define IDs that are not used for mathematical qualities. However, it is important to note that 

if the user wants to merge the ALS and IPEDS data files, that IPEDS defines UNITID as 

numeric. Merging the file requires that the UNITIDs be consistent. 

C. Imputation Status Flags5

All variables were imputed for 408 non-responding libraries of the 3,568 institutions with 

academic libraries. Responses on particular variables were also imputed for partial respondents. 

An imputation “status” flag that shows whether or not it was imputed, and the corresponding 

algorithm applied is available for each imputed variable. The naming convention for these flags 

is an ‘X’ followed by the variable name. If the value of that flag is “R,” the value for the 

associated variable was reported. If the value of the flag is anything other than “R” (A, C, I, P, T, 

Z), 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 not equal to “R” should be removed or 

not included for analysis. (Note: The flag variables are single character fields.) If the value of the 

 

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 ALS Imputation and Suppression Codes: A = “Analyst adjusted a reported value”; C = “Analyst corrected a cell 

that was blank”; H = “Data suppressed”; I = “Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a 

method other than prior year”; N = “Original data field was blank”; P = “Imputation for a cell that previously was a 

nonresponse, using prior year data”; R = “Original data value was reported”; S = “Not applicable, not imputed”; T = 

“Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation”; Z = “Implied reported zero value”; H = “the value for the 

variable was suppressed,” on the public-use file only.
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flag is “H” (in the public-use files only), the value for the associated variable has been 

suppressed. (The flag “H” is not on the restricted-use files.) 

Appendix E provides detailed descriptions of the editing and imputation processes.

D. Parent/child (branch) records 

Both “Parent” and “Child” institutions are included in the data file. This relationship is used to 

define the reporting responsibility of the library. A “Child” record may be used to describe 

institutions that are branch institutions for which data are reported by the Central or Main 

institution. That is, data for the “child” institutions are aggregated with and reported by the 

“Parent” institution. All library survey data fields for the child institutions are blank. But, it must 

also be noted that Branch institutions and their libraries may function independently of the main 

or central institution and, therefore, report their own data. 

Although the child records do not include any library data, the records are included in the file so 

researchers can identify institutions that have or share a library. There are a total of 77 parent 

institutions that have children (72 of the parents have one or more children associated with them 

in the ALS 2002). There are 170 child institutions associated with these parents. Five of the 77 

parent institutions on the data file were shown to be parents in prior ALS data collections. 

The variable CYPARCH (current year parent/child indicator) indicates an institution’s 

parent/child status. A ‘1’ indicates a parent institution; a ‘2’ indicates a child institution; and, a 

‘9’ indicates not applicable. 

Child institutions are linked to their parent by the variable UNITIDX, which contains the IPEDS 

UNITID of the parent institution. For parent institutions, UNITIDX contains its UNITID. 

E. Changes in survey questions and variables 

Variables and variable names have changed in the Academic Libraries Survey Form through the 

years to reflect changes that have occurred in the services, collections, expenditure accounting, 

and staffing of academic libraries. For example, in 1996 a number of questions were added on 

electronic services. In 1998, a substantial number of additional changes were made, especially in 

the collections and expenditures sections. These changes reflect the extensive changes in library 

services that occurred with regard to the development of electronic media. In 2000, a new set of 

questions on “consortial services” was added to the questionnaire. 

Users of this data file should consult the relevant variable lists (appendix B for ALS 2002) and 

Survey Forms (appendix C for ALS 2002), and the Crosswalk between ALS 2002 and 2000 in 

appendix D before making comparisons across years. 

The variable AFFIL, (institution affiliation: public, private-profit, private nonprofit religious, or 

private nonprofit non-religious), was not included on this data file. This variable had been 

merged from IPEDS in previous years, but in 2002–03 IPEDS removed all its values. The IPEDS 

AFFIL variable has been modified and replaced by a more complex series in later year’s surveys. 
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If the user wishes to ascertain current IPEDS definitions of affiliation, the ALS file and the 

relevant IPEDS institutions and variables may be merged. 

The variable FTEUSED is the full-time equivalent enrollment and used for ALS imputations. It’s 

original source was the IPEDS fall enrollment variable FTE, since the creation of the ALS 2002 

file the values have been modified. The variable in ALS has been named “FTEUSED” to avoid 

confusion with the IPEDS variable “FTE.” 

F. Institutions participating in the survey 

The institutions represented on this data file can be summarized as follows. 

3,887 institutions in the 50 states and DC 

 170 “child” institutions (data reported by parents) 

 149 institutions that are out of scope (library did not meet survey standards) 

3,568 institutions in the 50 states and DC with academic libraries 

 408 non-respondent institutions 

The five main military academies were separately included in the data file.6

Table 1. Number of Title IV institutions, by level and sector: 2002 

Level of institution 

Sector Total 4 year and above 2 to 4 year

Total 3,887 2,356 1,531

 

US Service Schools 5 5 0

Public 1,658 625 1,033 

Private Not-for-Profit 1,571 1,452 119 

Private For Profit 653 274 379

NOTE: Title IV participation is determined by the OPE eligibility indicator code 

(OPEFLAG). In this table, participants include branch campuses of a participant and new 

participants, as well as regular, full participants (OPEFLAG = 1, 2, or 4). Limited and noncurrent participants are counted as well (OPEFLAG = 3 or 5). 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic 

Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002. 

 

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 The check for “obereg” is needed to retain the military academies which were included on the data file. The code 

below is used to identify the in-scope Title IV participants included in the E.D. TABs. 

 

if cyparch = ‘2’ & obereg ^= 0 then delete; 

if opeflag not in (1,2,3,4) & obereg ^= 0 then delete; 

if (status ^= ‘1’ & status ^= ‘4’) & obereg ^= 0 then delete 
APPENDIX A—Glossary 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

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This glossary includes terms that have meanings for the IPEDS and ALS data collections.
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Academic Library: An academic library is defined as an entity in a postsecondary education 

institution that provides all of the following: 

• An organized collection of printed or other materials, or a combination thereof; 

• A staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the 

informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele; 

• An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele; 

• The physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff, and schedule. 

This definition includes libraries that are part of learning resource centers. 

All other operating expenditures: (Survey form, Part C, line 20) These include all expenditures 

not reported elsewhere in this part of the survey (excluding expenditures for employee fringe 

benefits). 

Audio-visual materials: (Survey form, Part D, line 25) These are library materials that are 

displayed by visual projections or magnification or through sound reproduction. 

Bibliographic utilities, networks and consortia expenditures: (Survey form, Part C, line 19) A 

category of expenditures for services by national, regional, and local bibliographic utilities 

networks, and consortia. 

Books, serial backfiles, and other materials (including government documents): (Survey 

form, Part D, line 22) 

• Paper materials defined as those materials produced by making impression on paper (for 

this category only information is requested on the number of volumes and titles); 

• Microform units defined as units of photographic reproductions of textual, tabular, or 

graphic materials reduced in size so that they can be used only with magnification; 

• Electronic titles defined as titles of materials that are not current serials and are 

considered part of the collection, whether purchased or leased, such as CD-ROMs, 

magnetic tapes, and magnetic disks (this category does not include bibliographic 

records). 

Branch Library: Auxiliary library service outlets with quarters separate from the central library 

of an institution. They have a basic collection of books and other materials, a regular staffing 

level, and an established schedule. Branch libraries are administered either by the central library, 

as in the case of some libraries (such as law, medical, etc.), or through the administrative 

structure of other units within the university. Departmental study/reading rooms are not included. 

Libraries on branch campuses that have separate NCES identification numbers are reported as 

separate libraries. 

Carnegie Classification Code: The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education 

is the leading typology of American colleges and universities. It is the framework in which 

institutional diversity in U.S. higher education is commonly described. Most of the Carnegie 

Foundation’s higher education projects rely on the Classification to ensure a representative 

selection of participating individuals and institutions. 
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The 2000 Carnegie Classification includes all colleges and universities in the United States that 

are degree-granting and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. 

The 2000 edition classifies institutions based on their degree-granting activities from 1995–96 

through 1997–98.. In addition, important limitations are documented in The 2000 Carnegie 

Classification: Background and Description. For definitions and detailed information on 

classification procedures, refer to the Technical Notes. After reviewing the Classification's 

strengths and weaknesses as well as its current uses, the Foundation is undertaking a thorough 

reassessment of the classification system to be concluded in 2005. Both the 2000 and the 2005 

reports can be viewed/obtained at 

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/downloads.htm. 

The 2000 Carnegie Classifications follow: 

Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive: These institutions typically offer a wide 

range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through 

the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded 50 or more doctoral degrees per 

year across at least 15 disciplines. 

Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive: These institutions typically offer a wide 

range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through 

the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded at least ten doctoral degrees per 

year across three or more disciplines, or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall. 

Master’s Colleges and Universities I: These institutions typically offer a wide range of 

baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the 

master’s degree. During the period studied, they awarded 40 or more master’s degrees 

per year across three or more disciplines. 

Master’s Colleges and Universities II: These institutions typically offer a wide range of 

baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the 

master’s degree. During the period studied, they awarded 20 or more master’s degrees 

per year. 

Baccalaureate Colleges—Liberal Arts: These institutions are primarily undergraduate 

colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they 

awarded at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields. 

Baccalaureate Colleges—General: These institutions are primarily undergraduate 

colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they 

awarded less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields. 

Baccalaureate/Associate’s Colleges: These institutions are undergraduate colleges 

where the majority of conferrals are below the baccalaureate level (associate’s degrees 

and certificates). During the period studied, bachelor’s degrees accounted for at least ten 

percent of undergraduate awards. 
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Associate’s Colleges: These institutions offer associate’s degree and certificate programs 

but, with few exceptions, award no baccalaureate degrees. This group includes 

institutions where, during the period studied, bachelor’s degrees represented less than 10 

percent of all undergraduate awards. 

Specialized Institutions: These institutions offer degrees ranging from the bachelor’s to 

the doctorate, and typically award a majority of degrees in a single field. The list includes 

only institutions that are listed as separate campuses in the 2000 Higher Education 

Directory. 

Tribal Colleges and Universities: These colleges are, with few exceptions, operated by 

American Indian Tribes and are controlled and located on American Indian reservations. 

They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. 

Child Institution: A “child” institution does not respond directly to the ALS or IPEDS data 

collections. The data for such an institution is aggregated with and reported by its “parent” 

institution. This term appears to be colloquially applied (Not a term in the IPEDS Glossary—

although used by IPEDS when defining a “branch” institution). 

Computer hardware and software operating expenditures: (Survey form, Part C, line 18) 

These include expenditures from the library budget for computer hardware and software used to 

support library operations, whether purchased or leased, mainframe or microcomputer. 

Expenditures for maintenance and the expenditure to run information services when it cannot be 

separated from the price of the product are also included in this category. 

Control (of institution): A specification of whether an institution (postsecondary) is operated by 

publicly elected or appointed officials (public control) or by privately elected or appointed 

officials and derives its major source of funds from private sources (private control) or public 

sources (public control). 

Current serial subscriptions: (Survey form, Part D, line 26) This represents the total number of 

current serials received, including those that are paid and those received without payment 

(government documents received serially and electronic current serials are included). 

Degree-granting status: Degree-granting institutions offer an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, 

doctor’s, or a first-professional degree. Non-degree-granting institutions offer certificates or 

other formal awards. 

Document delivery and interlibrary loan expenditures: (Survey form, Part C, line 15) These 

include fees paid for photocopies, costs of facsimile transmission, royalties, and access fees paid 

to bibliographic utilities. 

FIPS Code: 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. The FIPS variable used on this data file is the two digit FIPS state code. 
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Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees: FTE is a measure of the number of employees based on 

hours worked. The total number of hours for all part-time positions is divided by the number of 

hours the library uses to define a part-time position. Therefore, if a 40 hour work week is the 

standard full-time position, 2 part-time employees, each working 30 hours a week would be the 

equivalent of 1.5 full-time employees (60 / 40). 

Full-time equivalent (FTE) student: FTE student is calculated based on the number of full-time 

students enrolled plus one-third of the number of part-time students. 

Gate count of visitors to library per typical week: (Survey form, Part F, line 38) Gate count is 

the number of persons who physically enter library facilities over the course of a week. A single 

person can be counted more than once. 

General and reserve circulation: General and reserve circulation includes initial charging out 

of items, either manually or electronically, by patrons. The count also includes renewals of items, 

each of which is a circulation transaction. 

Interlibrary loan transactions: (Survey form, Part E, lines 27–32) Interlibrary loan transactions 

are the number of filled requests for materials provided to other libraries or received by the 

library from another library. 

IPEDS: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System is the core postsecondary 

education data collection program for the National Center for Education Statistics. This data 

collection program is designed to collection information about all postsecondary institutions and 

organizations in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and the respective outlying areas. 

Level (of institution): A specification of whether a postsecondary education institution’s 

programs are 4-year or higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-year (2 year), or less than 2-year. 

Librarians: (Survey form, Part B, line 02) This is the FTE (Full Time Equivalent) of staff whose 

duties require professional education (the master’s degree or its equivalent) in the theoretical and 

scientific aspects of librarianship. 

Number served in information services/presentations to groups: This is the number of 

individuals served in presentations that were sponsored by the library and planned in advance. 

The presentation may cover instruction in library use, or cultural, recreational or educational 

presentations. Presentations given off the library site are included, as long as the library is the 

sponsor. 

Other (FTE) paid staff: Other paid staff is all other FTE (Full Time Equivalent) staff, except 

student assistants. This category includes clerical and technical staff but excludes maintenance 

and custodial staff. 

Other (FTE) professional staff: (Survey form, Part B, line 03) This is the FTE (Full Time 

Equivalent) count of professional staff other than Librarians (Survey form, Part B, line 02). The 
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duties of these staff members require an education and or training in related fields (e.g., 

academic disciplines, archives, media, and computing). 

Parent Institution: An institution that reports data for another institution (a “child”) aggregated 

with its own data. (Not a term in the IPEDS Glossary—although used by IPEDS when defining 

central or main institution). 

Postsecondary Institution: Postsecondary education institution has as its sole purpose or one of 

its primary missions, the provision of formal instructional programs with a curriculum is 

designed primarily for students who are beyond the compulsory age for high school. This 

includes academic, vocational, and continuing professional education programs, and excludes 

avocational and adult basic education programs (IPEDS Glossary). 

Preservation: (Survey form, Part C, line 16) This is a category of expenditures associated with 

maintaining library and archival materials for use in their original form or some other usable 

way. Examples of this are rebinding, de-acidification, lamination, and materials conservation. 

Public service hours per typical week: These are the numbers of hours the Libraries physical 

facility is open for service. 

Reference transactions (including computer searches): These are information contacts that 

involve the knowledge, use, commendation, interpretation, or instruction in the use of one or 

more information sources by a member of the library staff. Information sources may include 

printed (e.g., book volumes) and non-printed (e.g., microforms) materials and machine-readable 

databases (e.g., those on CD-ROMS). The transaction may include providing direction to 

services outside the library. 

Salaries and wages: (Survey form, Part B, lines 04–07) This category of expenditures includes 

compensation for full- and part-time employees before deductions and includes hourly pay to 

student assistants. 

Sector: One of nine categories into which postsecondary institutions may be divided based on 

their control and level. Control categories are public, private not-for-profit, and private forprofit. Level categories are 4-year and higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-year (2 year), and less 

than 2-year. For example: “public, 4-year institutions” is an example of a sector category. 

Student assistants (FTE): (Survey form, Part B, line 06) This is the FTE count of students 

employed on an hourly basis to work on library-related tasks. This group includes both students 

whose wages are paid from funds under the library budget and those paid from other budgets, 

including the College Work-Study Program. 

Title IV institution: An institution that has a written agreement with the Secretary of Education 

that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance 

programs (other than the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) and the National Early 

Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP) programs). 
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Total expenditures: (Survey form, Part B, line 21) This includes the sum of all expenditures 

listed in the expenditures section of the survey.

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The record layout describes each variable in the data file. It includes codes used for 

categorical variables and their descriptions. 
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This tab-delimited file has the following layout and description: 

File: ALS_2002_R.2.A.TXT (restricted use file) 

 ALS_2002_P.2.A.TXT (public use file) 

3,887 physical records, 1 record for each institution. 

183 variables in each record. 

Date of release: September 2005 

Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

UNITID 6 character Unit identification Number: The unique unit identification number 

assigned to every institution in the universe. 

Survey 

INSTNM 50 character Institution (entity) name IPEDS 

ADDR 60 character Institution (entity) street address or post office box IPEDS 

CITY 20 character City location of institution IPEDS 

STABBR 2 character Post Office State abbreviation code. See FIPS state code. IPEDS 

ZIP 9 character Zip + four (does not include dash). Last four positions may be 

blank 

IPEDS 

FIPS 2 character FIPS state code IPEDS 

ACT 1 character Status of the institution 

A - Active - institution active and not an add 

C - Combined - merged with another institution 

D - Delete - institution is out of business 

H - Areas search on hold pending verification 

I - Inactive 

M - Death with data - closed in current year 

N - New - added during the current year 

O - Out- of-scope - not within scope of universe 

P - Potential add - might be added 

Q - Potential restore - might be restored 

R - Restore - restored to the current universe 

S - Split - split into more than one institution 

U - Duplicate - UNITID previously assigned 

W - Wipe out - out-of-scope potential add 

X - Potential restore not within scope of IPEDS 

Z - Universe III - out-of-scope 

IPEDS 

OBEREG 2 numeric OBE region code 

0 - US Service schools 

1 - New England CT ME MA NH RI VT 

2 - Mid East DE DC MD NJ NY PA 

3 - Great Lakes IL IN MI OH WI 

4 - Plains IA KS MN MO NE ND SD 

5 - AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV 

6 - Southwest AZ NM OK TX 

7 - Rocky Mountains CO ID MT UT WY 

8 - Far West AK CA HI NV OR WA 

9 - Outlying areas AS FM GU MH MP PR PW VI 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

EIN 9 character Employer identification number - assigned by Internal Revenue 

Service 

-1 - Not reported 

-2 - Not applicable 

Blank – Not available 

IPEDS 

DUNS 10 character Dunn and Bradstreet identification number 

Blank - Not available 

IPEDS 

OPEID 8 character Office of Postsecondary Education identification number for those 

institutions eligible to participate in Title IV programs 

IPEDS 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

OPEFLAG 1 numeric OPE eligibility indicator code 

1 - Institution participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs 

2 - Branch campus of a main campus that participates in Title IV 

3 - Deferment only - limited participation 

4 - New participants (became eligible during the Fall collectionIPEDS) 

5 - Not currently participating in Title IV, has an OPE ID number 

6 - Not currently participating in Title IV, does not have and OPE 

ID number 

IPEDS 

WEBADDR 50 character Institution’s internet website address IPEDS 

SECTOR 2 numeric Sector of Institution (generated, based on response to IC survey) 

0 - Administrative unit only (central, system, or corporate office) 

1 - Public, 4-year or above 

2 - Private nonprofit, 4-year and above 

3 - Private for profit, 4-year and above 

4 - Public, 2-year 

5 - Private nonprofit, 2-year 

6 - Private for-profit, 2-year 

7 - Public, less-than-2-year 

8 - Private nonprofit, less-than-2-year 

9 - Private for profit, less-than-2-year 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

ICLEVEL 2 numeric Level of institution (generated, based on response to IC survey) 

1 - Four or more years (Baccalaureate or higher degree) 

2 - At least 2 but less than 4 years (below the Baccalaureate) 

3 - Less than 2 years (below Associate’s degree) 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

CONTROL 2 numeric Control of institution 

1 - Public 

2 - Private, non-profit 

3 - Private, for profit 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

HLOFFER 2 numeric Highest level of offering (generated, based on response to IC 

survey) 

0 - Other 

1 - Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of less than one 

 academic year 

2 - Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of at least one but 

 less than two academic years 

3 - Associate’s degree 

4 - Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of at least two but 

 less than four academic years 

5 - Bachelor’s degree 

6 - Postbaccalaureate certificate 

7 - Master’s degree 

8 - Post-Master’s certificate 

9 - Doctor’s degree 

blank - none of the above or no answer 

-2 - Not applicable, 1st professional only 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

UGOFFER 2 numeric Undergraduate offering (generated, based on IC response) 

1 - Undergraduate degree or certificate offered 

2 - No undergraduate offering 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

GROFFER 2 numeric Graduate offering (generated, based on response to IC) 

1 - Graduate degree or certificate offered 

2 - No graduate offering 

-3 - Not available 

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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

FPOFFER 2 numeric First-professional offering (generated, based on response to IC 

survey) 

1 - First-professional degree or first-professional certificate (Postdegree) 

2 - No first-professional offering 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

HDEGOFFR 2 numeric Highest Degree offered 

0 - Non-degree granting (certificates only) 

1 - First-professional degrees only 

10 - Doctoral 

11 - Doctoral and First-professional 

20 - Master’s 

21 - Master’s and First-professional 

30 - Bachelors 

31 - Bachelors and First-professional 

40 - Associates 

41 - Associates and First-professional 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

DEGGRANT 2 numeric Degree granting status 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

-1 - Not reported 

IPEDS 

PCTMIN1 3 numeric Percent minority, generated from 2001 Fall Enrollment survey - 

responding institutions only (does not include imputed data) 

Percent Black, non-Hispanic 

-1 - Not reported 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

PCTMIN2 3 numeric Percent minority, generated from 2001 Fall Enrollment survey - 

responding institutions only (does not include imputed data) 

Percent American Indian/Alaskan Native 

-1 - Not reported 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

PCTMIN3 3 numeric Percent minority, generated from 2001 Fall Enrollment survey - 

responding institutions only (does not include imputed data) 

Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 

-1 - Not reported 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

PCTMIN4 3 numeric Percent minority, generated from 2001 Fall Enrollment survey - 

responding institutions only (does not include imputed data) 

Percent Hispanic 

-1 - Not reported 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

HBCU 2 numeric Historically Black college or university (accredited institution of 

higher education established prior to 1964 with the principal 

mission of educating Black Americans.) 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

HOSPITAL 2 numeric Institution has hospital 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

-3 - Not available 

IPEDS 

MEDICAL 2 numeric Institution grants a medical degree 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

-3 - Not available 

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Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

TRIBAL 2 numeric Tribal college 

1- Yes 

2 - No 

-3 - Not available 

CARNEGIE 2 numeric Carnegie Classification Code 

The 2000 Carnegie Classification includes all colleges and 

universities in the United States that are degree-granting and 

accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of 

Education. The 2000 edition classifies institutions based on their 

degree-granting activities from 1995-96 through 1997-98. 

15 Doctoral/Research Universities–Extensive: These institutions 

typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they 

are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. 

They award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 

disciplines 

16 Doctoral/Research Universities–Intensive: These institutions 

typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they 

are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. 

They award at least ten doctoral degrees/1 per year across three or 

more disciplines, 2 or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall. 

21 - Master’s Colleges and Universities I: These institutions 

typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they 

are committed to graduate education through the master’s degree. 

They award 40 or more master’s degrees per year across three or 

more disciplines. 

22 - Master’s (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities II: These 

institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, 

and they are committed to graduate education through the master’s 

degree. 

They award 20 or more master’s degrees per year. 

 31 - Baccalaureate Colleges–Liberal Arts: These institutions are 

primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on 

baccalaureate programs. 

They award at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal 

arts fields. 

32 - Baccalaureate Colleges–General: These institutions are 

primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on 

baccalaureate programs. 

They award less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal 

arts fields. 

33 - Baccalaureate/Associate’s Colleges: 

These institutions are undergraduate colleges where the majority of 

conferrals are at the subbaccalaureate level (associate’s degrees and 

certificates), but bachelor’s degrees account for at least ten percent 

of undergraduate awards. 

40 - Associate’s Colleges: These institutions offer associate’s 

degrees and certificate programs but, with few exceptions, award 

no baccalaureate degrees. 

Specialized Institutions - These institutions offer degrees ranging 

from the bachelor’s to the doctorate, and typically award a majority 

of degrees in a single field. The list includes only institutions that 

are listed as separate campuses in the Higher Education Directory. 

Specialized institutions include: 

51 - Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related 

institutions: 

These institutions primarily offer religious instruction or train 

members of the clergy. 

52 - Medical schools and medical centers: These institutions award 

most of their professional degrees in medicine. In some instances, 

IPEDS 
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Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

they include other health professions programs, such as dentistry, 

pharmacy, or nursing. 

53 - Other separate health profession schools: These institutions 

award most of their degrees in such fields as chiropractic, nursing, 

pharmacy, or podiatry. 

54 - Schools of engineering and technology: These institutions 

award most of their bachelor’s or graduate degrees in technical 

fields of study. 

55 - Schools of business and management: These institutions award 

most of their bachelor’s or graduate degrees in business or 

business-related programs. 

56 - Schools of art, music, and design: These institutions award 

most of their bachelor’s or graduate degrees in art, music, design, 

architecture, or some combination of such fields. 

57 - Schools of law: These institutions award most of their degrees 

in law. 

58 - Teachers colleges: These institutions award most of their 

bachelor’s or graduate degrees in education or education-related 

fields. 

59 - Other specialized institutions: Institutions in this category 

include graduate centers, maritime academies, military institutes, 

and institutions that do not fit any other classification category. 

60 - Tribal Colleges and Universities: These colleges are, with few 

exceptions, tribally controlled and located on reservations. They 

are all members of the American Indian Higher Education 

Consortium. 

NOTES ON DEFINITIONS 

1. Doctoral degrees are as defined in the Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS) of the U.S. Department of 

Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This 

includes the Ph.D. in any field as well as other doctoral-level 

degrees such as the Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical 

Science, and Doctor of Public Health. It excludes doctoral-level 

degrees defined as first-professional degrees in IPEDS. For more 

information, see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds. 

2. Distinct disciplines are determined by the 4-digit series of the 

Classification of Instructional Programs published by NCES. For 

more information, see 

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.aps?pubid=91396

3. Liberal arts fields include the following fields (as listed in the 

Classification of Instructional Programs): 

English language and literature/letters; foreign languages and 

literatures; biological sciences/life sciences; mathematics; 

philosophy and religion; physical sciences; psychology; social 

sciences and history; visual and performing arts; area, ethnic, and 

cultural studies; liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and 

humanities; and multi/interdisciplinary studies. 

4. This group includes community, junior, and technical colleges. 

-2 - Not applicable 

-3 - Not available 
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Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

LOCALE 2 numeric Locale codes - Degree of Urbanization 

1 - Large city - a central city of a CMSA or MSA with the city 

having a population greater than or equal to 250,000. 

2 - Mid-size city - a central city of a CMSA or MSA, with the city 

having a population less than 250,000. 

3 - Urban fringe of large city - any incorporated place, CDP, or 

non-place territory within a CMSA or MSA of a large city and 

defined as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

4 - Urban fringe of mid-size city - any incorporated place, CDP, or 

non-place territory within a CMSA or MSA of a large city of a 

mid-size city and defined as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

5 - Large town - an incorporated place or CDP with a population 

greater than or equal to 25,000 and located outside a CMSA or 

MSA. 

6 - Small town - an incorporated place or CDP with a population 

less than 25,000 and greater than or equal to 2,500 and located 

outside a CMSA or MSA. 

7 - Rural - any incorporated place, CDP, or non-place territory 

designated as rural by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

9 - Not assigned 

-3 - Not available 

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OPENPUBL 2 numeric Institution open to the general public 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

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DATSRC 1 character Data source code - the media source used for returning data: 

1 - Internet/Web 

7 - Other, telephone 

N - not returned 

Derived

STATUS 1 character Response status code 

A code identifying the response status of the institution 

1 - Respondent 

3 - Nonrespondent to data and screening questions, not imputed 

4 - Nonrespondent, imputed 

5 - Nonrespondent to data (screening questions reported, out-of- 

 scope), not imputed 

6 - Nonrespondent to data (screening questions reported, in-scope), 

not imputed 

Derived

EDITST 1 character Release status given to NCES 

1 - Record edited with no edit or critical flags 

2 - Record edited with critical edit flags, analyst accept 

3 - Record edited with critical edit flags remaining, NCES override 

4 - Record is on hold 

5 - Record failed the edits 

0 - not edited 

Derived

EDITDATE 8 character Most recent date edited (MMDDYYYY) Derived

IMPUTE 1 character Impute indicator 

1 - at least one part is imputed 

0 - not imputed 

Derived

IMPDATE 8 character Most recent date imputed (MMDDYYYY) Derived
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Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

PARTAFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for line item 1. The flag indicates if imputation 

was done for all, some, or no variables in this part of the survey. 

Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

*partaflag1 will never be 2 because there is only one line item 

in this part. 

Derived

PARTBFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for line items 2-7, both columns. The flag 

indicates if imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in 

this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTBFLAG2 1 character Imputation flag for fringe benefits, line items 8a and 8b. The flag 

indicates if imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in 

this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTCFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for the outer column of line items 10, 13, and 15-

21. The flag indicates if imputation was done for all, some , or no 

variables in this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings 

are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Note: There is no part flag for line item 9 because this item will 

always be the same as line item 7, which has a part flag.

Derived

PARTCFLAG2 1 character Imputation flag for the inner column of line items 11, 12, and 14. 

The flag indicates if imputation was done for all, some, or no 

variables in this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings 

are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTDFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for columns 1 and 2 of line items 22 and 24-26. 

The flag indicates if imputation was done for all, some, or no 

variables in this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings 

are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

PARTDFLAG2 1 character Imputation flag for columns 1 and 2 of line item 23. The flag 

indicates if imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in 

this part of the survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTEFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for line items 27-33. The flag indicates if 

imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in this part of the 

survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTEFLAG2 1 character Imputation flag for line items 34a and 34b. The flag indicates if 

imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in this part of the 

survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTEFLAG3 1 character Imputation flag for line items 35 and 36. The flag indicates if 

imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in this part of the 

survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

PARTFFLAG1 1 character Imputation flag for line items 37-39. The flag indicates if 

imputation was done for all, some, or no variables in this part of the 

survey. Possible values and meanings are: 

1 - Total non-respondent for this part 

2 - Partial non-respondent for this part 

0 - Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent to this part 

Derived

NCESDATE 8 character Date the imputations were run by ESMPD at Census. The value of 

this variable should not change after the imputed file leaves 

ESMPD. 

(MMDDYYYY) 

Derived

FTEUSED 8 numeric IPEDS Fall Collection full-time equivalent student enrollment 

based on Digest of Education Statistics formula 

IPEDS 

FTEFLAG 1 character Flag to indicate FTE is estimated. 

1 - Estimated 

blank - Not estimated 

Derived

ELGCOLL 1 character Institution has an organized collection of printed or other materials 

 or a combination thereof 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N – No response 

Survey 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

ELGSTAFF 1 character Institution has a staff trained to provide and interpret such 

materials as required to meet the informational, cultural, 

 recreational, or educational needs of clientele 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

ELGSCHED 1 character Institution has an established schedule in which services of the 

staff are available to clientele 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

ELGPHYS 1 character Institution has the physical facilities necessary to support such 

a collection, staff, and schedule 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

FINSUPP 1 character Institution provide financial support to another library 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

blank - nonresponse 

Survey 

CYPARCH 1 character Current year parent/child indicator 

1 - Parent (Combined data respondent; record contains data 

 for more 

 than one institution) 

2 - Child (Data reported on another institution’s record) 

N - No response 

Survey 

UNITIDX 6 character The UNITID of the institution where the data are recorded if the 

CY PARCH code is equal to 2. 

-2 - Not applicable 

Survey 

LIBSHAR1 6 character Shared library, 1st UNITID Survey 

LIBNAME1 50 character Name of institution library is shared with Survey 

LIBSHAR2 6 character Shared library, 2nd UNITID Survey 

LIBNAME2 50 character Name of institution library is shared with Survey 

LIBSHAR3 6 character Shared library, 3rd UNITID Survey 

LIBNAME3 50 character Name of institution library is shared with Survey 

XBRANCHES 1 character Statusflag 

A - Analyst adjusted a reported value 

C - Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 

I - Imputation for a cell that previously was a 

 nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 

N - Original data field was blank 

P - Imputation for a cell that previously was a 

 nonreponse, using prior year data 

R - Original data value was reported 

S - Not applicable, not imputed 

T - Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 

Z - Implied reported zero value 

H - Data suppressed 

Survey 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

BRANCHES 6 numeric Number of branch and independent libraries (exclude main or 

central library) 

Survey 

XSTLIBS 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STLIBS 9,2 numeric Librarians Survey 

XSTOTHPRO 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STOTHPRO 9,2 numeric Other professional staff Survey 

XSTLIBPRO 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STLIBPRO 9,2 numeric Total librarians and other professional staff 

(sum lines 02 and 03, col. 1) 

Survey 

XSTOTH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STOTH 9,2 numeric All other paid staff (except student assistants) Survey 

XSTASST 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STASST 9,2 numeric Student assistants from all funding sources Survey 

XSTTOT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

STTOT 9,2 numeric Total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff 

(sum lines 04 through 06, col.1) 

Survey 

XSWLIBPRO 1 character Statusflag Survey 

SWLIBPRO 12 numeric Salaries and wages–librarians and other professional staff Survey 

XSWOTH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

SWOTH 12 numeric Salaries and wages–all other paid staff 

(except student assistants) 

Survey 

XSWASST 1 character Statusflag Survey 

SWASST 12 numeric Salaries and wages–student assistants from all funding sources Survey 

XSWTOT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

SWTOT 12 numeric Total salaries and wages for total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff 

(sum lines 04 through 06, col. 2) 

Survey 

XFRINGEYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

FRINGEYN 1 character Are employee fringe benefits paid from the library budget 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

blank - nonresponse 

Survey 

XFRINGE 1 character Statusflag Survey 

FRINGE 12 numeric Employee fringe benefits (if paid from the library budget) Survey 

XEXBKS 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXBKS 12 numeric Books, serial backfiles and other materials (one-time purchases) Survey 

XEXELBKS 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXELBKS 12 numeric Electronic Survey 

XEXAUD 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXAUD 12 numeric Audiovisual Survey 

XEXCUSER 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXCUSER 12 numeric Current serial subscriptions (ongoing commitments) Survey 

XEXELSER 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXELSER 12 numeric Electronic serials Survey 

XEXDEL 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXDEL 12 numeric Document deliver/interlibrary loan Survey 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

XEXPRES 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXPRES 12 numeric Preservation Survey 

XEXOTHIR 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXOTHIR 12 numeric Other expenditures for information resources Survey 

XEXCOMP 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXCOMP 12 numeric Computer hardware and software (include maintenance) Survey 

XEXBIB 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXBIB 12 numeric Bibliographic utilities, networks and consortia Survey 

XEXOTH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXOTH 12 numeric All other operating expenditures Survey 

XEXTOT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

EXTOT 12 numeric Total expenditures (sum lines 09, 10, 12, 15 through 20) Survey 

XCOLBKSA 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLBKSA 12 numeric Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials 

(include government documents) - added 

Survey 

XCOLEBKSA 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLEBKSA 12 numeric E-Books - added Survey 

XCOLMICRA 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLMICRA 12 numeric Microforms - added Survey 

XCOLAUDA 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLAUDA 12 numeric Audiovisual materials - added Survey 

XCOLSERA 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLSERA 12 numeric Current serial subscriptions - added Survey 

XCOLBKSH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLBKSH 12 numeric Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials 

 (include government documents) - held 

Survey 

XCOLEBKSH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLEBKSH 12 numeric E-Books - held Survey 

XCOLMICRH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLMICRH 12 numeric Microforms - held Survey 

XCOLAUDH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLAUDH 12 numeric Audiovisual materials - held Survey 

XCOLSERH 1 character Statusflag Survey 

COLSERH 12 numeric Current serial subscriptions – held Survey 

XILPRET 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILPRET 12 numeric Returnable Survey 

XILPNON 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILPNON 12 numeric Non-returnable Survey 

XILPTOT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILPTOT 12 numeric Total provided (sum lines 27 and 28) Survey 

XILRRET 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILRRET 12 numeric Returnable Survey 

XILRNON 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILRNON 12 numeric Non-returnable Survey 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

XILRTOT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ILRTOT 12 numeric Total received (sum lines 30 and 31) Survey 

XDOCDEL 1 character Statusflag Survey 

DOCDEL 12 numeric Documents delivered from commercial services Survey 

XCRGEN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CRGEN 12 numeric General circulation transactions Survey 

XCRRSV 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CRRSV 12 numeric Reserve circulation transactions Survey 

XPRESEN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

PRESEN 12 numeric Number of presentations Survey 

XATTEND 1 character Statusflag Survey 

ATTEND 12 numeric Total attendance at all presentations Survey 

XHOURS 1 character Statusflag Survey 

HOURS 8 numeric Hours open in a typical week Survey 

XGATECT 1 character Statusflag Survey 

GATECT 12 numeric Gate count in a typical week Survey 

XREFTRANS 1 character Statusflag Survey 

REFTRANS 12 numeric Reference transactions in a typical week Survey 

XDOCDIGYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

DOCDIGYN 1 character Documents digitized by the library staff 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XLIBREFYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

LIBREFYN 1 character Library reference service by e-mail or the Web 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XTECHYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

TECHYN 1 character Technology to assist patrons with disabilities 

(e.g., TDD, specially equipped work stations) 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XTHESYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

THESYN 1 character Electronic theses and dissertations produced by your students 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XCNSUBYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 
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Variable Name Field 

Width 

Field 

Type 

Data Element Description Source 

CNSUBYN 1 character Does your state have one or more state subsidized library 

consortium that provides access to electronic resources? 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XCNPARTYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CNPARTYN 1 character Does your library participate in the consortium? 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 

XCNFULLYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CNFULLYN 1 character Is the cost of your library’s participation fully funded by the state? 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

S - Skip, no participation 

Survey 

XCNPRTLYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CNPRTLYN 1 character Is the cost of your library’s participation partially funded by 

 the state? 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

F - Full participation 

N - No response 

S - Skip, no participation 

Survey 

XCNOTHRYN 1 character Statusflag Survey 

CNOTHRYN 1 character Does your library participate in any other consortia for access 

to electronic resources? 

1 - Yes 

2 - No 

N - No response 

Survey 
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The survey instrument includes a list of changes from the 2000 administration of ALS, 

detailed instructions and definitions, as well as the questionnaire itself. 
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2002 ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

Changes from the 2000 form 

Part B – Library Staff, Fall 2002 

• Added new column (2) “Salaries and wages”—library expenditures for staff

• previously in Part C. 

• Number of full- time equivalents (FTEs) —becomes column (1). 

• Contributed services staff dropped for 2002. 

• Fringe benefits added to part B. 

Part C – Library Expenditures, Fiscal Year 2002 

• Change in the wording for the Note at top of page: “Do not report the same 

• expenditures more than once” is removed. New wording: “See instructions for 

• exclusions and definitions.” 

• Breakout of staff salaries and wages expenditures moved to Part B. 

• Total salaries and wages line added to library expenditures. 

• Books, serial backfiles, and other materials (one-time purchases) line 10, becomes 

• a total line. 

• Electronic and Audiovisual lines become subsets of the total line 10. 

• Current serial subscriptions (ongoing commitments) line 13, becomes a total line. 

• Electronic serials line becomes a subset of total line 13. 

• Changed “Other materials” to “Other expenditures for information resources.” 

• Furniture and equipment line is dropped and is included in “all other operating 

• expenditures,” line 20. 

• Fringe benefits lines moved to part B. 

Part D – Collections, Fiscal Year 2002 

• Paper-volumes changed to “Books, serial backfiles, and other paper materials 

• (include government documents).” 

• Dropped line for Paper–titles 

• Added line for E-Books 
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• Sequence of the next two lines “Current serial subscriptions” and “Audiovisual 

materials” is reversed. 

Part E – Library Services, Fiscal Year 2002 

• Divided circulation into general and reserve by having two lines as follows: 

Line 34a - “General circulation transaction,” dropped reserve collection. 

Line 34b - “Reserve circulation transactions.” 

Part G – Electronic Services 

• Parts G1 and G2 are combined to make one Part G. 

• Part G simplified by asking only for a yes/no response to one question “Does your library 

provide the following?” 

• Dropped all but the three items listed below and added one new line: 

Documents digitized by the library staff 

Library reference service by e-mail or on the Web 

Technology to assist patrons with disabilities (e.g., TDD, specially equipped work 

stations) 

Electronic theses and dissertations – new line added 

Part G2 

• Combined with G1.
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04/26/02 Revised 10/15/02 

 ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY

 

Instructions

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS - 

Please respond to each item in this survey in the place provided. If the appropriate answer for an 

item is zero or none, use "0." If you do not collect data for an item, provide your best estimate. 

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY ITEMS BLANK. If an item is left blank, NCES will 

estimate a value using the average for institutions with similar characteristics. Include data for 

the main or central library and all branch and independent libraries that were open all or part of 

fiscal year 2002. 

LIBRARY - An entity that provides all of the following: 

1. An organized collection of printed or other materials or a combination thereof 

2. A staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the informational, 

cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele 

3. An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele 

4. The physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff, and schedule. 

This includes libraries that are part of learning resource centers. 

PERIOD OF REPORT - Report information for the following time periods as specified in each 

section: 

1. Fiscal year 2002 - Any 12-month period between June 1, 2001 and September 30, 2002

which corresponds to your institution's fiscal year (for Parts A, B, C, D, and E). 

2. Typical week, Fall 2002 - A typical week is one that is neither unusually busy nor unusually 

slow. Avoid vacation periods for key staff or days when unusual events are taking place on the 

campus or in the library. Choose a week in which the library is open its regular hours. Include 

any seven consecutive calendar days (for Part F). 

3. Fall 2002 - The period during the fall of 2002 when the survey form is being completed (for 

Parts B, F, and G). 

PART A - NUMBER OF PUBLIC SERVICE OUTLETS, FISCAL YEAR 2002 

Branch and independent libraries (line 01) - Report the number of branch and independent 

libraries at your institution that were open all or part of fiscal year 2002. EXCLUDE THE MAIN 

OR CENTRAL LIBRARY. Branch and independent libraries are defined as auxiliary library 
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service outlets with quarters separate from the central library of an institution, which have a basic 

collection of books and other materials, a regular staffing level, and an established schedule. 

Branch and independent libraries are administered either by the central library or, as in the case 

of some libraries (such as law, medical, etc.), through the administrative structure of other units 

within the university. Departmental study/reading rooms are not included. Include data for all 

branch and independent libraries on the campus. Include libraries on branch campuses (i.e., 

located in another community) if those campuses are registered under the same NCES UNITID 

number as the main campus. 
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PART B - LIBRARY STAFF, FALL 2002 AND SALARIES/WAGES, FY 2002 

Column (1), Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees (lines 02-07) - Report the number of filled 

or temporarily vacant FTE positions during Fall 2002 paid from funds under library control. To 

compute FTEs of part-time employees and student assistants, take the TOTAL number of hours 

worked per week by part-time employees IN EACH CATEGORY and divide it by the number of 

hours CONSIDERED BY THE REPORTING LIBRARY TO BE A FULL-TIME WORK 

WEEK (e.g., 60 hours per week of part-time work divided by 40 hours per full-time week equals 

1.50 FTE). Data should be reported to two decimal places. 

Do NOT report contributed services staff, such as members of religious orders, whose services 

are valued by bookkeeping entries rather than by full cash transactions. DO NOT include 

volunteers. 

Column (2), Salaries and wages (lines 04-07) - Report expenditures in FY 2002 for full-time 

and part-time salaries and wages before deductions. Exclude employee fringe benefits provided 

by your institution for all regular library staff that may be reported on line 08b. Include salaries 

and wages from all sources paid to students serving on an hourly basis, if available (e.g., College 

Work Study Program). Exclude maintenance and custodial staff, volunteers, and contributed 

services staff. 

Librarians (line 02) - Report the total FTE of staff whose duties require professional education 

(the master's degree or its equivalent) in the theoretical and scientific aspects of librarianship. 

Other professional staff (line 03) - Report the total FTE of staff whose duties require education 

and/or training in related fields (e.g., academic disciplines, archives, media, computing). 

Total librarians and other professional staff (line 04) - Report the sum of lines 02 and 03, 

column 1. 

All other paid staff (except student assistants) (line 05) - Report the total FTE of all other 

library staff who are paid annual salaries or hourly wages except students paid hourly, who are 

reported on line 06. Include technical and clerical staff, but exclude maintenance and custodial 

staff, volunteers, and contributed services staff. 

Student assistants from all funding sources (line 06) - Report the total FTE of student 

assistants, employed on an hourly basis whose wages are paid from funds under library control 

or from a budget other than the library budget, including College Work Study Program. Exclude

maintenance and custodial staff, volunteers, and contributed services staff. 

Total FTE staff (line 07) - Report the sum of lines 04 through 06, columns 1 and 2. 

Employee fringe benefits (line 08a) — If benefits are paid from the library budget, select “Y” 

and report the amount in line 08b. If benefits are not paid from the library budget, select “N” and 

skip to Part C, line 10. 

(line 08b) - If benefits are paid from the library budget, report the amount here. 
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PART C – LIBRARY EXPENDITURES, FISCAL YEAR 2002 

Total salaries and wages (line 09) – This line will automatically be filled in from the total 

Salaries and Wages Expenditures line 07, column 2, in Part B.

Expenditures on information resources and operations (lines 10-21) - Report funds expended 

by the library in fiscal year 2002 (regardless of when received) from its regular budget and from 

all other sources; e.g., research grants, special projects, gifts and endowments, and fees for 

services. If items in this section are not paid from the library budget but can be easily identified 

in other parts of the institution's budget, report them here. Expenditures should be reported for 

the 12-month period that corresponds to your library's fiscal year between the calendar period 

June 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. All expenditures should be reported in whole dollars in the 

most appropriate category to provide an unduplicated count of expenditures. Exclude

expenditures for new buildings and building renovation. 

Information resources (lines 10-17) -

Books, serial backfiles, and other materials (one time purchases) (line 10) - Report 

expenditures for published materials in all formats except current serial subscriptions. 

Electronic (line 11) - Report expenditures that are not current serials (i.e. are non-subscription, 

one-time, or monographic in nature) for software and machine-readable materials considered part 

of the collections. Examples include periodical backfiles, literature collections, one-time costs 

for JSTOR membership, etc. These expenditures have already been reported as part of line 10 

above. Therefore, line 11 is not added into Total Expenditures on line 21. 

Audiovisual (line 12) – Report expenditures for all library materials that are displayed by visual 

projection or magnification or through sound reproduction, or both, including graphic materials, 

audio materials, motion pictures, video materials, and special visual materials such as threedimensional materials. These expenditures have already been reported as part of line 10 above. 

Therefore, line 12 is not added into Total Expenditures on line 21. 

Current serial subscriptions (ongoing commitments) (line 13) - Report expenditures for 

current subscriptions to serials in all formats. These are publications issued in successive parts, 

usually at regular intervals, and, as a rule, intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include 

periodicals, newspapers, annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.), memoirs, proceedings, and 

transactions of societies. 

Electronic serials (line 14) – Report subscription expenditures (or those which are expected to 

be ongoing commitments) for serial publications whose primary format is electronic. Examples 

include paid subscriptions for electronic journals and indexes/abstracts available via the Internet, 

CD-ROM serials, and annual access fees for resources purchased on a “one-time” basis, such as 

literature collections, JSTOR membership, etc. These expenditures have already been reported 

as part of line 13. Therefore, line 14 is not added into Total Expenditures on line 21. 

Other Information Resources (lines 15-17) - 

Document delivery/interlibrary loan (line 15) - Report expenditures for document delivery and 
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interlibrary loan services. Include fees paid for photocopies, costs of facsimile transmission, 

royalties and access fees paid to provide document delivery or interlibrary loan. Include fees paid 

to bibliographic utilities if the portion paid for interlibrary loan can be separately counted. Do not 

count expenditures related to transactions between the main or central library and any libraries 

reported in Part A, transactions between libraries reported in Part A, or expenditures for on 

campus delivery. 

Preservation (line 16) - Report expenditures associated with maintaining library and archival 

materials for use either in their original physical form or in some other usable way. This includes 

but is not limited to binding and rebinding, materials conservation, deacidification, lamination, 

and restoration. Do not include staff salaries and wages. 

Other expenditures for information resources (line 17) – Report any other collection 

expenditures not already included on lines 9, 12, 14, and 15, such as expenditures for 

cartographic materials and manuscripts. Include copyright fees and fees for database searches, 

e.g. (DIALOG, Lexis-Nexis). 

Operating Expenditures (lines 18-20) - 

Computer hardware and software (line 18) - Report expenditures from the library budget for 

computer hardware and software used to support library operations, whether purchased or leased, 

mainframe or microcomputer. Include expenditures for maintenance. Include the expenditure for 

equipment used to run information service products when that expenditure can be separated from 

the price of the product. Exclude expenditures reported on line 14. 

Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia (line 19) - Report expenditures for services 

provided by national, regional, and local bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia. 

Exclude expenditures already reported on lines 11, 14, and 15. 

All other operating expenditures (line 20) - Report all other expenditures not already reported 

on lines 09 through 18 except employee fringe benefits that are reported on line 08b. Exclude

expenditures for new buildings and building renovations. Include all expenditures for furniture 

and equipment except computer hardware, which should be reported on line 18. Include any 

related maintenance costs. 

Total Expenditures (line 21) - Report the sum of lines 09, 10, 13, 15 through 20. 

PART D - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2002

NOTE - This section of the survey collects data on selected types of material. It does not cover 

all materials. 

Column (1), Total number added during fiscal year - Report the gross number of each 

category added. Do not subtract the number withdrawn. 

Column (2), Total number held at end of fiscal year - Report the total number of each 

category held at end of fiscal year. To get this figure, take the total number held at the end of the 

previous fiscal year, add the number added during the fiscal year just ended and subtract the 
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number withdrawn during that period. 

Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials (include government documents) (line 22) 

– Report the number of volumes using the ANSI/NISO Z39.7-1995 definition for volume, which 

is as follows: A single physical unit of any printed, typewritten, handwritten, mimeographed, or 

processed work, distinguished from other units by a separate binding, encasement, portfolio, or 

other clear distinction, which has been catalogued, classified, and made ready for use, and 

which is typically the unit used to charge circulation transactions. 

Include duplicates and bound volumes of periodicals. For purposes of this questionnaire, 

unclassified bound serials arranged in alphabetical order are considered classified. Exclude 

microfilms, maps, nonprint materials, and uncataloged items. Include Government document 

volumes that are accessible through the library’s catalogs regardless of whether they are 

separately shelved. “Classified” includes documents arranged by Superintendent of Documents, 

CODOC, or similar numbers. “Cataloged” includes documents for which records are provided 

by the library or downloaded from other sources into the library’s card or online catalogs. 

Documents should, to the extent possible, be counted as they would if they were in bound 

volumes (e.g., 12 issues of an annual serial would be one or two volumes). Title and piece 

counts should not be considered the same as volume counts. If a volume count has not been 

kept, it may be estimated through sampling a representative group of title records and 

determining the corresponding number of volumes, then extrapolating to the rest of the 

collection. As an alternative, an estimate may be made using the following formulae: 52 

document pieces per foot, 10 “traditional” volumes per foot. 

E-Books (line 23) – Report the number of electronic monographs that have been purchased by 

your library and are accessible through the library’s catalog. Do not include e-books that belong 

to a consortium. 

Microforms (line 24) – Report units of all photographic reproduction of textual, tabular, or 

graphic materials reduced in size so that they can be used only with magnification. Examples of 

microforms are roll microfilm, microcard, microfiche, and ultrafiche. 

Audiovisual Materials (line 25) – Report units of all library materials that are displayed by 

visual projection or magnification or through sound reproduction, or both, including graphic 

materials, audio materials, motion pictures, video materials, and special visual materials such as 

three-dimensional materials. 

Current serial subscriptions (line 26) – Report the total number of subscriptions in all formats. 

If the subscription comes in both paper and electronic form, count it twice. Count electronic 

subscriptions if they are received as part of the subscription to a print serial, if they are managed 

as independent, individual subscriptions, and if they are received as part of publisher’s package 

(e.g., Project MUSE, Academic IDEAL). Do not count the titles included in full-text article 

databases such as Lexis-Nexis, ABI/INFORM. Include paper and microfilm government 

documents issued serially if they are accessible through the library’s catalog. 

PART E - LIBRARY SERVICES, FISCAL YEAR 2002

Interlibrary loans (lines 27-32) - On lines 27, 28, and 29, report the number of filled requests 
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for material provided to other libraries. On lines 30, 31, and 32, report the number of filled 

requests for material received from other libraries. Do not include transactions between the main 

or central library and any libraries reported in Part A or transactions between libraries reported in 

Part A. 

Returnables (lines 27 and 30) - Report materials that the supplier/lending library expects to 

have returned. Examples of returnables include books, dissertations and theses, microfilm reels, 

sound recordings, and audiovisual material. 

Non-returnables (lines 28 and 31) - Report materials that the supplier/lending library does not 

expect to have returned. Examples of non-returnables include photocopies or facsimiles, ficheto-fiche copies, print copies from microfilm, electronic full-text documents, and gratis print 

copies of unpublished reports and/or departmental working papers. 

Total loans (lines 30 and 33) - Sum lines 27 and 28 for line 29, and sum lines 30 and 31 for line 

32. 

Documents delivered from commercial services (line 33) - Report the number of documents 

from commercial document delivery services received by your users. Count all transactions for 

which the library pays even if library staff is not involved in the transaction. Include documents 

received by regular or express mail, by fax, or in electronic form. 

General circulation transactions (line 34a) - Report the number of items lent from the general 

collection. Include both initial transactions and renewals. 

Reserve circulation transactions (line 34b) – Report reserve transactions of all types. Include 

both initial transactions and renewals. 

Information services to groups (lines 35 and 36) - Report the total number of presentations 

(line 35) and the total number of persons attending or served by those presentations (line 36). 

Information services to groups are presentations at which a staff member or person invited by a 

staff member provides information intended for a number of persons and planned in advance. 

These services may be either bibliographic instruction or library use presentations, or cultural, 

recreational, or educational presentations. Presentations both on and off the library premises 

should be included, as long as they are sponsored by the library. Do not include meetings 

sponsored by other groups using library meeting rooms. 

PART F - LIBRARY SERVICES - TYPICAL WEEK, FALL 2002

Collect data during a typical week in the fall. A typical week is one that is neither unusually busy 

nor unusually slow. Avoid vacation periods for key staff or days when unusual events are taking 

place on the campus or in the library. Choose a week in which the library is open its regular 

hours. Include any seven consecutive calendar days. If waiting for a typical week in Fall 2002 

will delay this form, please use typical week data from the preceding fiscal year. If you have data 

for the entire year, divide by the number of weeks that the library was open. 

Hours open in a typical week (line 37) - Report an unduplicated count of hours open in a 

typical week for both main library and branches reported in Part A using the following method. 
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If a library is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, it should report 40 hours per 

week. If several of its branches are also open during those hours, the figure remains 40 hours per 

week. Should Branch A also be open one evening from 7:00 to 9:00, the total hours during which 

users can find service becomes 42. If Branch B is open the same hours on the same evening, the 

total remains 42, but if it is open two hours on another evening, or from 5:00 to 7:00 on the 

evening when Branch A is open later, the total becomes 44 hours during which users can find 

service. 

Gate count in a typical week (line 38) - Report the number of persons who physically enter 

library facilities in a typical week. It is understood that a single person may be counted more than 

once. 

Reference transactions in a typical week (line 39) - Report the total number of reference 

transactions in a typical week. A reference transaction is an information contact that involves the 

knowledge, use, commendation, interpretation, or instruction in the use of one or more 

information sources by a member of the library staff. Information sources include printed and 

non-printed materials, machine-readable databases (including assistance with computer 

searching), the Web, catalogs and other holdings records, and, through communication or 

referral, other libraries and institutions, and persons both inside and outside the library. Include 

transactions in person, by phone, by e-mail, by the Web, and count transactions that take place at 

the reference desk, as well as elsewhere. Include information and referral services. If a contact 

includes both reference and directional services, it should be reported as one reference 

transaction. When a staff member utilizes information gained from a previous use of information 

sources to answer a question, report as a reference transaction, even if the source is not consulted 

again during this transaction. Duration should not be an element in determining whether a 

transaction is a reference transaction. 

Do not report directional transactions here. A directional transaction is an information contact 

which facilitates the use of the library in which the contact occurs and which does NOT involve 

the knowledge, use, recommendation, interpretation, or instruction in the use of any information 

sources other than those which describe the library; such as schedules, floor plans, handbooks, 

and policy statements. Examples of directional transactions include giving instruction in 

locating, within the library, staff, library users, or physical features, etc., and giving assistance of 

a nonbibliographic nature with machines. 

PART G - ELECTRONIC SERVICES

This section requests information about the electronic services provided by the library. The 

questions require a "yes" or "no" response. 

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04/26/02 

Revised 10/15/02 

ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

SURVEY ELIGIBILITY 

Please answer the following questions to determine if you need to complete this survey: 

a. Do you have an organized collection of printed or other materials or a 

combination thereof? Yes/No 

b. Do you have a staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required 

to meet the informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele? Yes/No 

c. Do you have an established schedule in which services of the staff are available 

to clientele? Yes/No 

d. Does the library have the physical facilities necessary to support such a 

collection, staff, and schedule? Yes/No 

(This question will popup if any of the 4 questions above are answered no.) 

e. Do you provide financial support to another library? Yes/No 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART A – NUMBER OF PUBLIC SERVICE OUTLETS, FY 2002 

 

Line 

No. Item Number 

01 Branch and independent libraries – Exclude main or central library ______________ 
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PART B – LIBRARY STAFF, FALL 2002 AND SALARIES/WAGES, FY 2002 

(Exclude maintenance and custodial staff, volunteers and contributed services staff) 

Note: Report FTE data to two decimals. 

 FALL 2002 FY 2002 

Line Number of full-time Salaries and wages 

No. Staff equivalents (FTEs) (whole dollars only) 

 (1) (2) 

02 Librarians _________________ 

 

03 Other professional staff _________________ 

04 Total librarians and other professional staff 

(sum lines 02 and 03, col. 1) _________________ $_________________ 

05 All other paid staff (except student assistants) _________________ $_________________ 

06 Student assistants from all funding sources _________________ $_________________ 

07 Total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff 

 (sum lines 04 through 06, cols. 1 & 2) _________________ $_________________ 

08a Are employee fringe benefits paid from the library budget? 

 If no, select “N” and skip to Part C, line 10 _____(Yes/No) 

 

08b Employee fringe benefits (if paid from library budget) $ _______________ 

 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART C - LIBRARY EXPENDITURES, FY 2002 

Note: See instructions for exclusions and definitions. 

Line Amount 

No. (whole dollars only)

09 Total salaries and wages (same as line 07, col. 2): $_______________ 

Information resources: 

10 Books, serial backfiles and other materials (one-time purchases) $_______________ 

11 Electronic $_______________ 

12 Audiovisual $_______________ 

13 Current serial subscriptions (ongoing commitments) $_______________ 

14 Electronic serials $_______________ 

Other information resources: 

15 Document delivery/interlibrary loan $_______________ 

16 Preservation $ _______________ 

17 Other expenditures for information resources $ _______________ 

Operating expenditures: 

18 Computer hardware and software (include maintenance) $ _______________ 

19 Bibliographic utilities, networks and consortia $ _______________ 

20 All other operating expenditures $ _______________ 

21 TOTAL EXPENDITURES (Sum lines 09, 10, 13, 15 through 20) $ _______________ 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART D – LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, FY 2002 

 Added during the Held at end of 

Line Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 

No. Collections (1) (2) 

22 Books, serial backfiles and other paper 

materials (include government documents) _______________ ____________ 

23 E-Books _______________ ____________ 

24 Microforms _______________ ____________ 

25 Audiovisual materials _______________ ____________ 

26 Current serial subscriptions _______________ ____________ 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART E – LIBRARY SERVICES, FY 2002 

Note: See instructions for exclusions and definitions. 

Line 

No. Services Number 

 Interlibrary loans provided to other libraries: 

27 Returnable _________ 

28 Non-returnable _________ 

29 Total provided (sum lines 27 and 28) _________ 

Interlibrary loans received from other libraries: 

30 Returnable _________ 

31 Non-returnable _________ 

32 Total received (sum lines 30 and 31) _________ 

33 Documents delivered from commercial services _________ 

34a General circulation transactions _________ 

34b Reserve circulation transactions _________ 

Information services to groups: 

35 Number of presentations _________ 

36 Total attendance at all presentations _________ 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART F – LIBRARY SERVICES, TYPICAL WEEK, FALL 2002 

Note: See instructions for exclusions and definitions. 

Line Number in a 

No. Services typical week 

37 Hours open in a typical week __________ 

38 Gate count in a typical week __________ 

39 Reference transactions in a typical week __________ 

 
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ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY 

PART G – ELECTRONIC SERVICES 

Please respond to each item by selecting “Y” or “N”. If answering for more than one library, select “Y”, if at 

least one has the service. 

Line 

No. Services Yes/No 

 Does your library provide the following? 

40 Documents digitized by the library staff ____ 

41 Library reference service by e-mail or the Web ____ 

 

42 Technology to assist patrons with disabilities (e.g., TDD, specially equipped 

work stations) ____ 

43 Electronic theses and dissertations produced by your students ____ 

Consortial services: 

44 Does your state have one or more state subsidized library consortium that 

provides access to electronic resources? If no, select “N” and skip to line 48. ____ 

45 Does your library participate in the consortium? If no, select “N” and 

skip to line 48. ____ 

46 Is the cost of your library’s participation fully funded by the state? If yes, select 

“Y” and skip to line 48. ____ 

47 Is the cost of your library’s participation partially funded by the state? ____ 

48 Does your library participate in any other consortia for access to electronic resources? ____ 
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This section has not been included in the initial release of this document. It will be added 

when the ALS 2000 survey data has been released.
Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by variable order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

ACT ACT ACT Status of institution

ADDR ADDR ADDR Street address or post office box

AFFIL AFFIL No Matching Variable Affiliation of institution

ASSOCDEG ASSOCDEG No Matching Variable Total # of associate deg frm Completions

ATTEND LE40 ATTEND Total attendance at all presentations

BACHDEG BACHDEG No Matching Variable Total # of bachelors deg frm Completions

BRANCHES LA1 BRANCHES Number of branch & independent libraries

CARNEGIE CARNEGIE CARNEGIE Carnegie Classification Code

CIRTRANS LE38 No Matching Variable Circulation transactions

CITY CITY CITY City location of institution

CNFULLYN LG63 CNFULLYN Cost of participation fully funded-state

CNOTHRYN LG65 CNOTHRYN Participate in other consortia-elec res

CNPARTYN LG62 CNPARTYN Library particpates in the consortium

CNPRTLYN LG64 CNPRTLYN Participation partially funded by state

CNSUBYN LG61 CNSUBYN Subsidized consortium-access to elec res

COLAUDA LD30_1 COLAUDA Audiovisual materials - units added

COLAUDH LD30_2 COLAUDH Audiovisual materials - units held

COLBKPTA LD27_1 No Matching Variable Books - paper - titles added

COLBKPTH LD27_2 No Matching Variable Books - paper - titles held

COLBKSA LD26_1 COLBKSA Books - paper - volumes added

COLBKSH LD26_2 COLBKSH Books - paper - volumes held

COLMICRA LD28_1 COLMICRA Books - microform - units added

COLMICRH LD28_2 COLMICRH Books - microform - units held

COLSERA LD29_1 COLSERA Current serial subscriptions added

COLSERH LD29_2 COLSERH Current serial subscriptions held

COMPUTERYN LG57 No Matching Variable Computers for patron use in library

CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL Control of institution

CUPAMICR LC14 No Matching Variable Exp-Current serials-paper & microforms

CYPARCH PARCH_L CYPARCH Parent/child indicator

DATEFLAG DATE_L No Matching Variable Item status flag

DATSRC SRC_L DATSRC Medium used to collect data

DEGGRANT DEGGRANT DEGGRANT Degree granting status of institution

DISTEDSRVYN LG60B No Matching Variable Services to distance education students

DISTEDYN LG60A No Matching Variable Institution has distance ed students

DOCDEL LE37 DOCDEL Docs delivered from commercial services

DOCDIGCMPYN LG48_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) else on cmpus

DOCDIGOCOYN LG48_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) off cmpus-oth

DOCDIGOCPYN LG48_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) off cmpus-prm

DOCDIGYN LG48_1 DOCDIGYN Acc elec files(not ctlg) w/in lib

DOCTDEG DOCTDEG No Matching Variable Total # of doctors deg frm Completions

DUNS DUNS DUNS Dunn & Bradstreet identification number

EDITSTATUS EDIT_L No Matching Variable Edit status of the institution

EIN EIN EIN Employer identification number

ELCATCMPYN LG44_2 No Matching Variable Access-elec catalg elsewhere on campus

ELCATOCOYN LG44_4 No Matching Variable Access-elec catalog off campus-others

ELCATOCPYN LG44_3 No Matching Variable Acc-elec catalg off campus-prmary client

ELCATYN LG44_1 No Matching Variable Access of elec catalog within library

ELCRSCMPYN LG47_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res else on cmp

ELCRSOCOYN LG47_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res off cmp-oth

ELCRSOCPYN LG47_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res off cmp-prm

ELCRSYN LG47_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text course res w/in lib

ELDOCDELCMPYN LG54_2 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct else on cmp

ELDOCDELOCOYN LG54_4 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct off cmp-oth

ELDOCDELOCPYN LG54_3 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct off cmp-prm

ELDOCDELYN LG54_1 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct w/in lib

ELGCOLL ORGCOLL ELGCOLL Has organized collection of materials

ELGPHYS PHYSFAC ELGPHYS Has physical facilities for collection

ELGSCHED ESTABSCH ELGSCHED Institution has established schedule

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ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

ELGSTAFF TRNSTAFF ELGSTAFF Institution has trained staff

ELINDCMPYN LG45_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool else on cmp

ELINDOCOYN LG45_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool off cmp-oth

ELINDOCPYN LG45_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool off cmp-prmry

ELINDYN LG45_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tools w/in lib

ELPERCMPYN LG46_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. else on cmp

ELPEROCOYN LG46_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. off cmp-oth

ELPEROCPYN LG46_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. off cmp-prm

ELPERYN LG46_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text periodical w/in lib

EXAUD LC16 EXAUD Expenditures for audiovisual materials

EXBIB LC22 EXBIB Biblio utilities, networks, consortia

EXCOMP LC21 EXCOMP Expend-Computer hardware and software

EXDEL LC17 EXDEL Expend-Document deliv/Interlibrary loan

EXELBKS LC13 EXELBKS Expenditures-Books-electronic

EXELSER LC15 EXELSER Expenditures-Current serials-electronic

EXFUREQP LC20 No Matching Variable Expenditures for furniture & equipment

EXOTHIR LC19 EXOTHIR Expenditures for other materials

EXOTH2000 LC23 No Matching Variable All other operating expenditures

EXPRES LC18 EXPRES Expenditures for Preservation

EXTOT LC24 EXTOT Total expenditures (sum LC9-LC23)

EXTOT2000 F2B02 No Matching Variable Total expenses 2000

EXTOT2000B F3B02 No Matching Variable Total expenses 2000

EXTOTE_G2000 B123 No Matching Variable Total E&G expenditures 2000

FINSUPP FINSUPRT FINSUPP Provides financial support to another

FIPS FIPS FIPS FIPS state code

FORM FORM_L No Matching Variable Survey form

FPOFFER FPOFFER FPOFFER First-professional offering

FRINGE LC25B FRINGE Expenditures-Employee fringe benefits

FRINGEYN LC25A FRINGEYN Employee fringe benefits (paid fr lib)

FTGS9899 FTGRAD No Matching Variable Full-time graduate students 1998-99

FTUS9899 FTUNDER No Matching Variable Full-time undergraduate students 1998-99

GATECT LF42 GATECT Gate count in a typical week

GROFFER GROFFER GROFFER Graduate offering

HBCU HBCU HBCU Historically Black College or University

HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR Highest degree offered

HLOFFER HLOFFER HLOFFER Highest level of offering

HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL Institution has hospital

HOURS LF41 HOURS Hours open in a typical week

ICLEVEL ICLEVEL ICLEVEL Level of institution

ILPNON LE32 ILPNON Interlib loans to othr lib-non-return

ILPRET LE31 ILPRET Interlib loans to othr lib-returnable

ILPTOT LE33 ILPTOT Interlib loans to othr lib-total

ILRNON LE35 ILRNON Interlib loans from othr lib-non-return

ILRRET LE34 ILRRET Interlib loans from othr lib-returnable

ILRTOT LE36 ILRTOT Interlib loans from othr lib-total

IMPUTE IMPUTE_L IMPUTE Impute status of the institution

INETCMPYN LG49_2 No Matching Variable Internet access elsewhere on campus

INETOCOYN LG49_4 No Matching Variable Internet access off campus-other

INETOCPYN LG49_3 No Matching Variable Internet access off campus-primary

INETYN LG49_1 No Matching Variable Internet access w/in library

INSINETCMPYN LG53_2 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet else on cmp

INSINETOCOYN LG53_4 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet off cmp-oth

INSINETOCPYN LG53_3 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet off cmp-prm

INSINETYN LG53_1 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet w/in lib

INSTNM INSTNM INSTNM Institution (entity) name

IRPAMICR LC12 No Matching Variable Expenditures-Books-paper and microforms

LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 Name of shared library

LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 Name of shared library

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ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 Name of shared library

LIBREFCMPYN LG50_2 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email else on campus

LIBREFOCOYN LG50_4 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email off campus-othr

LIBREFOCPYN LG50_3 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email off campus-prim

LIBREFYN LG50_1 LIBREFYN Lib ref serv by email w/in library

LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 UNITID for shared library

LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 UNITID for shared library

LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 UNITID for shared library

LOANREQCMPYN LG51_2 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec else on campus

LOANREQOCOYN LG51_4 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec off campus-othr

LOANREQOCPYN LG51_3 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec off campus-prim

LOANREQYN LG51_1 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec w/in library

LOCALE LOCALE LOCALE Degree of Urbanization

MASTDEG MASTDEG No Matching Variable Total # of masters deg frm Completions

MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL Institution grants a medical degree

OBEREG OBEREG OBEREG OBE Region code

OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPE eligibility indicator code

OPEID OPEID OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education ID

OPENPUBL OPENPUBL OPENPUBL Institution open to the general public

PARTAFLAG IMP_LA No Matching Variable Impute status of Part A

PARTBFLAG IMP_LB No Matching Variable Impute status of Part B

PARTCFLAG IMP_LC No Matching Variable Impute status of Part C

PARTDFLAG IMP_LD No Matching Variable Impute status of Part D

PARTEFLAG IMP_LE No Matching Variable Impute status of Part E

PARTFFLAG IMP_LF No Matching Variable Impute status of Part F

PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 Percent Black, non-Hispanic

PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian/Alaskan Native

PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander

PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic

PRESEN LE39 PRESEN Number of presentations

PROFDEG PROFDEG No Matching Variable Total # of first prof deg fr Completions

PTGS9899 PTGRAD No Matching Variable Part-time graduate students 1998-99

PTUS9899 PTUNDER No Matching Variable Part-time undergraduate students 1998-99

REFTRANS LF43 REFTRANS Reference transactions in a typical week

REFUSAL REFU_L No Matching Variable Refusal status of the institution

SATBRCMPYN LG56_2 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-else on cmp

SATBROCOYN LG56_4 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-off cmp-oth

SATBROCPYN LG56_3 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-off cmp-prm

SATBRYN LG56_1 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib w/in lib

SCANNERYN LG59 No Matching Variable Scanning equip for patron use in library

SECTOR SECTOR SECTOR Sector of institution

SOFTWAREYN LG58 No Matching Variable Computer software for patron use in lib

STABBR STABBR STABBR Post Office State abbreviation code

STASST LB7 STASST Student assistants-all funding sources

STATUS STAT_L STATUS Response status of the institution

STCONSRV LB6 No Matching Variable Contributed services staff

STLIBPRO LB4 STLIBPRO Total librarians & OPS (LB2+LB3)

STLIBS LB2 STLIBS Librarians

STOTH LB5 STOTH All other paid staff

STOTHPRO LB3 STOTHPRO Other professional staff

STTOT2000 LB8 No Matching Variable Total FTE staff (SUM(LB4-LB7))

SWASST LC11 SWASST Expenditures for student assistants

SWLIBPRO LC9 SWLIBPRO Expenditures for librarians & OPS

SWOTH LC10 SWOTH Expenditures for all other paid staff

TECHCMPYN LG52_2 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil else on cmp

TECHOCOYN LG52_4 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil off cmp-oth

TECHOCPYN LG52_3 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil off cmp-prm

TECHYN LG52_1 TECHYN Tech to asst patrons w/disabil w/in lib

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ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

TFTFAC11_12M SAA304 No Matching Variable Total FT faculty on 11/12 month contract

TFTFAC9_10M SAA154 No Matching Variable Total FT faculty on 9/10 month contract

TOTENR9899 ENROLL No Matching Variable Total enrollment 1998-99

TRIBAL TRIBAL TRIBAL Tribal college

UGOFFER UGOFFER UGOFFER Undergraduate offering

UNITID UNITID UNITID Identification number

UNITIDX IDX_L UNITIDX UNITID number of parent institution

VDOCONFCMPYN LG55_2 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib else on cmp

VDOCONFOCOYN LG55_4 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib off cmp-oth

VDOCONFOCPYN LG55_3 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib off cmp-prm

VDOCONFYN LG55_1 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib w/in lib

WEBADDR WEBADDR WEBADDR Institution's internet website address

XATTEND XLE40 XATTEND Item status flag for LE40

XBRANCHES XLA1 XBRANCHES Item status flag for LA1

XCIRTRANS XLE38 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LE38

XCOLAUDA XLD30_1 XCOLAUDA Item status flag for LD30_1

XCOLAUDH XLD30_2 XCOLAUDH Item status flag for LD30_2

XCOLBKPTA XLD27_1 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LD27_1

XCOLBKPTH XLD27_2 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LD27_2

XCOLBKSA XLD26_1 XCOLBKSA Item status flag for LD26_1

XCOLBKSH XLD26_2 XCOLBKSH Item status flag for LD26_2

XCOLMICRA XLD28_1 XCOLMICRA Item status flag for LD28_1

XCOLMICRH XLD28_2 XCOLMICRH Item status flag for LD28_2

XCOLSERA XLD29_1 XCOLSERA Item status flag for LD29_1

XCOLSERH XLD29_2 XCOLSERH Item status flag for LD29_2

XCUPAMICR XLC14 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC14

XDOCDEL XLE37 XDOCDEL Item status flag for LE37

XEXAUD XLC16 XEXAUD Item status flag for LC16

XEXBIB XLC22 XEXBIB Item status flag for LC22

XEXCOMP XLC21 XEXCOMP Item status flag for LC21

XEXDEL XLC17 XEXDEL Item status flag for LC17

XEXELBKS XLC13 XEXELBKS Item status flag for LC13

XEXELSER XLC15 XEXELSER Item status flag for LC15

XEXFUREQP XLC20 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC20

XEXOTHIR XLC19 XEXOTHIR Item status flag for LC19

XEXOTH2000 XLC23 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC23

XEXPRES XLC18 XEXPRES Item status flag for LC18

XEXTOT XLC24 XEXTOT Item status flag for LC24

XEXTOT2000 XF2B02 No Matching Variable Status flag for F2B02

XEXTOT2000B XF3B02 No Matching Variable Status flag for F3B02

XEXTOTE_G2000 XB123 No Matching Variable Status flag for B123

XFRINGE XLC25B XFRINGE Item status flag for LC25B

XGATECT XLF42 XGATECT Item status flag for LF42

XHOURS XLF41 XHOURS Item status flag for LF41

XILPNON XLE32 XILPNON Item status flag for LE32

XILPRET XLE31 XILPRET Item status flag for LE31

XILPTOT XLE33 XILPTOT Item status flag for LE33

XILRNON XLE35 XILRNON Item status flag for LE35

XILRRET XLE34 XILRRET Item status flag for LE34

XILRTOT XLE36 XILRTOT Item status flag for LE36

XIRPAMICR XLC12 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC12

XPRESEN XLE39 XPRESEN Item status flag for LE39

XREFTRANS XLF43 XREFTRANS Item status flag for LF43

XSTASST XLB7 XSTASST Item status flag for LB7

XSTCONSRV XLB6 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LB6

XSTLIBPRO XLB4 XSTLIBPRO Item status flag for LB4

XSTLIBS XLB2 XSTLIBS Item status flag for LB2

XSTOTH XLB5 XSTOTH Item status flag for LB5

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ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

XSTOTHPRO XLB3 XSTOTHPRO Item status flag for LB3

XSTTOT2000 XLB8 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LB8

XSWASST XLC11 XSWASST Item status flag for LC11

XSWLIBPRO XLC9 XSWLIBPRO Item status flag for LC9

XSWOTH XLC10 XSWOTH Item status flag for LC10

XTFTFAC11_12M XSAA304 No Matching Variable Item status flag

XTFTFAC9_10M XSAA154 No Matching Variable Item status flag

ZIP ZIP ZIP Zip + four

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by file order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

UNITID UNITID UNITID Identification number

INSTNM INSTNM INSTNM Institution (entity) name

ADDR ADDR ADDR Street address or post office box

CITY CITY CITY City location of institution

STABBR STABBR STABBR Post Office State abbreviation code

ZIP ZIP ZIP Zip + four

FIPS FIPS FIPS FIPS state code

OBEREG OBEREG OBEREG OBE Region code

EIN EIN EIN Employer identification number

DUNS DUNS DUNS Dunn & Bradstreet identification number

OPEID OPEID OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education ID

OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPE eligibility indicator code

WEBADDR WEBADDR WEBADDR Institution's internet website address

SECTOR SECTOR SECTOR Sector of institution

ICLEVEL ICLEVEL ICLEVEL Level of institution

CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL Control of institution

AFFIL AFFIL No Matching Variable Affiliation of institution

HLOFFER HLOFFER HLOFFER Highest level of offering

UGOFFER UGOFFER UGOFFER Undergraduate offering

GROFFER GROFFER GROFFER Graduate offering

FPOFFER FPOFFER FPOFFER First-professional offering

HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR Highest degree offered

DEGGRANT DEGGRANT DEGGRANT Degree granting status of institution

PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 Percent Black, non-Hispanic

PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian/Alaskan Native

PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander

PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic

HBCU HBCU HBCU Historically Black College or University

HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL Institution has hospital

MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL Institution grants a medical degree

TRIBAL TRIBAL TRIBAL Tribal college

CARNEGIE CARNEGIE CARNEGIE Carnegie Classification Code

LOCALE LOCALE LOCALE Degree of Urbanization

OPENPUBL OPENPUBL OPENPUBL Institution open to the general public

ASSOCDEG ASSOCDEG No Matching Variable Total # of associate deg frm Completions

BACHDEG BACHDEG No Matching Variable Total # of bachelors deg frm Completions

MASTDEG MASTDEG No Matching Variable Total # of masters deg frm Completions

DOCTDEG DOCTDEG No Matching Variable Total # of doctors deg frm Completions

PROFDEG PROFDEG No Matching Variable Total # of first prof deg fr Completions

ACT ACT ACT Status of institution

FORM FORM_L No Matching Variable Survey form

STATUS STAT_L STATUS Response status of the institution

EDITSTATUS EDIT_L No Matching Variable Edit status of the institution

IMPUTE IMPUTE_L IMPUTE Impute status of the institution

DATEFLAG DATE_L No Matching Variable Item status flag

CYPARCH PARCH_L CYPARCH Parent/child indicator

UNITIDX IDX_L UNITIDX UNITID number of parent institution

DATSRC SRC_L DATSRC Medium used to collect data

REFUSAL REFU_L No Matching Variable Refusal status of the institution

PARTAFLAG IMP_LA No Matching Variable Impute status of Part A

PARTBFLAG IMP_LB No Matching Variable Impute status of Part B

PARTCFLAG IMP_LC No Matching Variable Impute status of Part C

PARTDFLAG IMP_LD No Matching Variable Impute status of Part D

PARTEFLAG IMP_LE No Matching Variable Impute status of Part E

PARTFFLAG IMP_LF No Matching Variable Impute status of Part F

LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 UNITID for shared library

LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 Name of shared library

LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 UNITID for shared library

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by file order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 Name of shared library

LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 UNITID for shared library

LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 Name of shared library

ELGCOLL ORGCOLL ELGCOLL Has organized collection of materials

ELGSTAFF TRNSTAFF ELGSTAFF Institution has trained staff

ELGSCHED ESTABSCH ELGSCHED Institution has established schedule

ELGPHYS PHYSFAC ELGPHYS Has physical facilities for collection

FINSUPP FINSUPRT FINSUPP Provides financial support to another

XBRANCHES XLA1 XBRANCHES Item status flag for LA1

BRANCHES LA1 BRANCHES Number of branch & independent libraries

XSTLIBS XLB2 XSTLIBS Item status flag for LB2

STLIBS LB2 STLIBS Librarians

XSTOTHPRO XLB3 XSTOTHPRO Item status flag for LB3

STOTHPRO LB3 STOTHPRO Other professional staff

XSTLIBPRO XLB4 XSTLIBPRO Item status flag for LB4

STLIBPRO LB4 STLIBPRO Total librarians & OPS (LB2+LB3)

XSTOTH XLB5 XSTOTH Item status flag for LB5

STOTH LB5 STOTH All other paid staff

XSTCONSRV XLB6 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LB6

STCONSRV LB6 No Matching Variable Contributed services staff

XSTASST XLB7 XSTASST Item status flag for LB7

STASST LB7 STASST Student assistants-all funding sources

XSTTOT2000 XLB8 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LB8

STTOT2000 LB8 No Matching Variable Total FTE staff (SUM(LB4-LB7))

XSWLIBPRO XLC9 XSWLIBPRO Item status flag for LC9

SWLIBPRO LC9 SWLIBPRO Expenditures for librarians & OPS

XSWOTH XLC10 XSWOTH Item status flag for LC10

SWOTH LC10 SWOTH Expenditures for all other paid staff

XSWASST XLC11 XSWASST Item status flag for LC11

SWASST LC11 SWASST Expenditures for student assistants

XIRPAMICR XLC12 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC12

IRPAMICR LC12 No Matching Variable Expenditures-Books-paper and microforms

XEXELBKS XLC13 XEXELBKS Item status flag for LC13

EXELBKS LC13 EXELBKS Expenditures-Books-electronic

XCUPAMICR XLC14 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC14

CUPAMICR LC14 No Matching Variable Exp-Current serials-paper & microforms

XEXELSER XLC15 XEXELSER Item status flag for LC15

EXELSER LC15 EXELSER Expenditures-Current serials-electronic

XEXAUD XLC16 XEXAUD Item status flag for LC16

EXAUD LC16 EXAUD Expenditures for audiovisual materials

XEXDEL XLC17 XEXDEL Item status flag for LC17

EXDEL LC17 EXDEL Expend-Document deliv/Interlibrary loan

XEXPRES XLC18 XEXPRES Item status flag for LC18

EXPRES LC18 EXPRES Expenditures for Preservation

XEXOTHIR XLC19 XEXOTHIR Item status flag for LC19

EXOTHIR LC19 EXOTHIR Expenditures for other materials

XEXFUREQP XLC20 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC20

EXFUREQP LC20 No Matching Variable Expenditures for furniture & equipment

XEXCOMP XLC21 XEXCOMP Item status flag for LC21

EXCOMP LC21 EXCOMP Expend-Computer hardware and software

XEXBIB XLC22 XEXBIB Item status flag for LC22

EXBIB LC22 EXBIB Biblio utilities, networks, consortia

XEXOTH2000 XLC23 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LC23

EXOTH2000 LC23 No Matching Variable All other operating expenditures

XEXTOT XLC24 XEXTOT Item status flag for LC24

EXTOT LC24 EXTOT Total expenditures (sum LC9-LC23)

FRINGEYN LC25A FRINGEYN Employee fringe benefits (paid fr lib)

XFRINGE XLC25B XFRINGE Item status flag for LC25B

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by file order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

FRINGE LC25B FRINGE Expenditures-Employee fringe benefits

XCOLBKSA XLD26_1 XCOLBKSA Item status flag for LD26_1

COLBKSA LD26_1 COLBKSA Books - paper - volumes added

XCOLBKSH XLD26_2 XCOLBKSH Item status flag for LD26_2

COLBKSH LD26_2 COLBKSH Books - paper - volumes held

XCOLBKPTA XLD27_1 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LD27_1

COLBKPTA LD27_1 No Matching Variable Books - paper - titles added

XCOLBKPTH XLD27_2 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LD27_2

COLBKPTH LD27_2 No Matching Variable Books - paper - titles held

XCOLMICRA XLD28_1 XCOLMICRA Item status flag for LD28_1

COLMICRA LD28_1 COLMICRA Books - microform - units added

XCOLMICRH XLD28_2 XCOLMICRH Item status flag for LD28_2

COLMICRH LD28_2 COLMICRH Books - microform - units held

XCOLSERA XLD29_1 XCOLSERA Item status flag for LD29_1

COLSERA LD29_1 COLSERA Current serial subscriptions added

XCOLSERH XLD29_2 XCOLSERH Item status flag for LD29_2

COLSERH LD29_2 COLSERH Current serial subscriptions held

XCOLAUDA XLD30_1 XCOLAUDA Item status flag for LD30_1

COLAUDA LD30_1 COLAUDA Audiovisual materials - units added

XCOLAUDH XLD30_2 XCOLAUDH Item status flag for LD30_2

COLAUDH LD30_2 COLAUDH Audiovisual materials - units held

XILPRET XLE31 XILPRET Item status flag for LE31

ILPRET LE31 ILPRET Interlib loans to othr lib-returnable

XILPNON XLE32 XILPNON Item status flag for LE32

ILPNON LE32 ILPNON Interlib loans to othr lib-non-return

XILPTOT XLE33 XILPTOT Item status flag for LE33

ILPTOT LE33 ILPTOT Interlib loans to othr lib-total

XILRRET XLE34 XILRRET Item status flag for LE34

ILRRET LE34 ILRRET Interlib loans from othr lib-returnable

XILRNON XLE35 XILRNON Item status flag for LE35

ILRNON LE35 ILRNON Interlib loans from othr lib-non-return

XILRTOT XLE36 XILRTOT Item status flag for LE36

ILRTOT LE36 ILRTOT Interlib loans from othr lib-total

XDOCDEL XLE37 XDOCDEL Item status flag for LE37

DOCDEL LE37 DOCDEL Docs delivered from commercial services

XCIRTRANS XLE38 No Matching Variable Item status flag for LE38

CIRTRANS LE38 No Matching Variable Circulation transactions

XPRESEN XLE39 XPRESEN Item status flag for LE39

PRESEN LE39 PRESEN Number of presentations

XATTEND XLE40 XATTEND Item status flag for LE40

ATTEND LE40 ATTEND Total attendance at all presentations

XHOURS XLF41 XHOURS Item status flag for LF41

HOURS LF41 HOURS Hours open in a typical week

XGATECT XLF42 XGATECT Item status flag for LF42

GATECT LF42 GATECT Gate count in a typical week

XREFTRANS XLF43 XREFTRANS Item status flag for LF43

REFTRANS LF43 REFTRANS Reference transactions in a typical week

ELCATYN LG44_1 No Matching Variable Access of elec catalog within library

ELCATCMPYN LG44_2 No Matching Variable Access-elec catalg elsewhere on campus

ELCATOCPYN LG44_3 No Matching Variable Acc-elec catalg off campus-prmary client

ELCATOCOYN LG44_4 No Matching Variable Access-elec catalog off campus-others

ELINDYN LG45_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tools w/in lib

ELINDCMPYN LG45_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool else on cmp

ELINDOCPYN LG45_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool off cmp-prmry

ELINDOCOYN LG45_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec index & ref tool off cmp-oth

ELPERYN LG46_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text periodical w/in lib

ELPERCMPYN LG46_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. else on cmp

ELPEROCPYN LG46_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. off cmp-prm

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by file order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

ELPEROCOYN LG46_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text period. off cmp-oth

ELCRSYN LG47_1 No Matching Variable Acc elec full text course res w/in lib

ELCRSCMPYN LG47_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res else on cmp

ELCRSOCPYN LG47_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res off cmp-prm

ELCRSOCOYN LG47_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec fl txt course res off cmp-oth

DOCDIGYN LG48_1 DOCDIGYN Acc elec files(not ctlg) w/in lib

DOCDIGCMPYN LG48_2 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) else on cmpus

DOCDIGOCPYN LG48_3 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) off cmpus-prm

DOCDIGOCOYN LG48_4 No Matching Variable Acc elec files(not ctlg) off cmpus-oth

INETYN LG49_1 No Matching Variable Internet access w/in library

INETCMPYN LG49_2 No Matching Variable Internet access elsewhere on campus

INETOCPYN LG49_3 No Matching Variable Internet access off campus-primary

INETOCOYN LG49_4 No Matching Variable Internet access off campus-other

LIBREFYN LG50_1 LIBREFYN Lib ref serv by email w/in library

LIBREFCMPYN LG50_2 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email else on campus

LIBREFOCPYN LG50_3 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email off campus-prim

LIBREFOCOYN LG50_4 No Matching Variable Lib ref serv by email off campus-othr

LOANREQYN LG51_1 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec w/in library

LOANREQCMPYN LG51_2 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec else on campus

LOANREQOCPYN LG51_3 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec off campus-prim

LOANREQOCOYN LG51_4 No Matching Variable Interlib loan req elec off campus-othr

TECHYN LG52_1 TECHYN Tech to asst patrons w/disabil w/in lib

TECHCMPYN LG52_2 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil else on cmp

TECHOCPYN LG52_3 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil off cmp-prm

TECHOCOYN LG52_4 No Matching Variable Tech to asst ptrns w/disabil off cmp-oth

INSINETYN LG53_1 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet w/in lib

INSINETCMPYN LG53_2 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet else on cmp

INSINETOCPYN LG53_3 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet off cmp-prm

INSINETOCOYN LG53_4 No Matching Variable Instr by lib stf-internet off cmp-oth

ELDOCDELYN LG54_1 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct w/in lib

ELDOCDELCMPYN LG54_2 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct else on cmp

ELDOCDELOCPYN LG54_3 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct off cmp-prm

ELDOCDELOCOYN LG54_4 No Matching Variable Elec doc deliv-lib to acct off cmp-oth

VDOCONFYN LG55_1 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib w/in lib

VDOCONFCMPYN LG55_2 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib else on cmp

VDOCONFOCPYN LG55_3 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib off cmp-prm

VDOCONFOCOYN LG55_4 No Matching Variable Video/desktop conf for lib off cmp-oth

SATBRYN LG56_1 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib w/in lib

SATBRCMPYN LG56_2 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-else on cmp

SATBROCPYN LG56_3 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-off cmp-prm

SATBROCOYN LG56_4 No Matching Variable Satellite broadcast for lib-off cmp-oth

COMPUTERYN LG57 No Matching Variable Computers for patron use in library

SOFTWAREYN LG58 No Matching Variable Computer software for patron use in lib

SCANNERYN LG59 No Matching Variable Scanning equip for patron use in library

DISTEDYN LG60A No Matching Variable Institution has distance ed students

DISTEDSRVYN LG60B No Matching Variable Services to distance education students

CNSUBYN LG61 CNSUBYN Subsidized consortium-access to elec res

CNPARTYN LG62 CNPARTYN Library particpates in the consortium

CNFULLYN LG63 CNFULLYN Cost of participation fully funded-state

CNPRTLYN LG64 CNPRTLYN Participation partially funded by state

CNOTHRYN LG65 CNOTHRYN Participate in other consortia-elec res

FTUS9899 FTUNDER No Matching Variable Full-time undergraduate students 1998-99

FTGS9899 FTGRAD No Matching Variable Full-time graduate students 1998-99

PTUS9899 PTUNDER No Matching Variable Part-time undergraduate students 1998-99

PTGS9899 PTGRAD No Matching Variable Part-time graduate students 1998-99

TOTENR9899 ENROLL No Matching Variable Total enrollment 1998-99

XTFTFAC9_10M XSAA154 No Matching Variable Item status flag

TFTFAC9_10M SAA154 No Matching Variable Total FT faculty on 9/10 month contract

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2000 to 2002, by file order

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE LABEL

XTFTFAC11_12M XSAA304 No Matching Variable Item status flag

TFTFAC11_12M SAA304 No Matching Variable Total FT faculty on 11/12 month contract

XEXTOTE_G2000 XB123 No Matching Variable Status flag for B123

EXTOTE_G2000 B123 No Matching Variable Total E&G expenditures 2000

EXTOT2000 F2B02 No Matching Variable Total expenses 2000

XEXTOT2000 XF2B02 No Matching Variable Status flag for F2B02

EXTOT2000B F3B02 No Matching Variable Total expenses 2000

XEXTOT2000B XF3B02 No Matching Variable Status flag for F3B02

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by var order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

ACT ACT ACT Status of the Institution

ADDR ADDR ADDR Institution Address

ATTEND ATTEND LE40 Total Attendance at Presentations

BRANCHES BRANCHES LA1 Number of Branch and Independent Libraries

CARNEGIE CARNEGIE CARNEGIE Carnegie Classification Code

CITY CITY CITY Institution City

CNFULLYN CNFULLYN LG63 Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State

CNOTHRYN CNOTHRYN LG65 Library Participate in any Other Consortia

CNPARTYN CNPARTYN LG62 Participate in Consortium

CNPRTLYN CNPRTLYN LG64 Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State

CNSUBYN CNSUBYN LG61 State have Subsidized Library Consortium

COLAUDA COLAUDA LD30_1 Collections - Audiovisual - Added

COLAUDH COLAUDH LD30_2 Collections - Audiovisual - Held

COLBKSA COLBKSA LD26_1 Collections - Books - Added

COLBKSH COLBKSH LD26_2 Collections - Books - Held

COLEBKSA No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Collections - E Books - Added

COLEBKSH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Collections - E Books - Held

COLMICRA COLMICRA LD28_1 Collections - Microforms - Added

COLMICRH COLMICRH LD28_2 Collections - Microforms - Held

COLSERA COLSERA LD29_1 Collections - Serial Subscription - Added

COLSERH COLSERH LD29_2 Collections - Serial Subscriptions Held

CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL Control of Institution

CRGEN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable General Circulation Transactions

CRRSV No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Reserve Circulation Transactions

CYPARCH CYPARCH PARCH_L Current Year Parent/Child Indicator

DATSRC DATSRC SRC_L Data Source Code - Media Source Used for Returning Data

DEGGRANT DEGGRANT DEGGRANT Degree Granting Status

DOCDEL DOCDEL LE37 Documents Delivered from Commercial Services

DOCDIGYN DOCDIGYN LG48_1 Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff

DUNS DUNS DUNS Dunn and Bradstreet Id Number

EDITDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Most Recent Edit Date

EDITST No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Release Status Give to NCES

EIN EIN EIN Employer Id Number

ELGCOLL ELGCOLL ORGCOLL Institution has an Eligible Collection

ELGPHYS ELGPHYS PHYSFAC Institution has physical Library Facility

ELGSCHED ELGSCHED ESTABSCH Institution has an Established Schedule

ELGSTAFF ELGSTAFF TRNSTAFF Institution has Eligible Staff

EXAUD EXAUD LC16 Expenditure - Audio visual

EXBIB EXBIB LC22 Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities

EXBKS No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - Books

EXCOMP EXCOMP LC21 Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software

EXCUSER No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - Serial Subscription

EXDEL EXDEL LC17 Expenditure - Document Deliver

EXELBKS EXELBKS LC13 Expenditure - Electronic Books

EXELSER EXELSER LC15 Expenditure - Electronic serials

EXOTH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure

EXOTHIR EXOTHIR LC19 Expenditure - Other Information Resources

EXPRES EXPRES LC18 Expenditure - Preservation

EXTOT EXTOT LC24 Expenditure - Total

FINSUPP FINSUPP FINSUPRT Provide Financial Support to Another Library

FIPS FIPS FIPS FIPS state code

FPOFFER FPOFFER FPOFFER First Professional Offering

FRINGE FRINGE LC25B Fringe Benefit

FRINGEYN FRINGEYN LC25A Are Fringe Benefit paid from Library Budget

FTEFLAG No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Full-Time Equivalent Estimated or Not

FTEUSED No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Full-time Equivalent

GATECT GATECT LF42 Gate Count in a Typical Week

GROFFER GROFFER GROFFER Graduate Offering

HBCU HBCU HBCU Historically Black College/University

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by var order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR Highest Degree Offered

HLOFFER HLOFFER HLOFFER Highest Level of Education Offering

HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL Institution has Hospital

HOURS HOURS LF41 Hours Open in a Typical Week

ICLEVEL ICLEVEL ICLEVEL Level of Institution

ILPNON ILPNON LE32 Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable

ILPRET ILPRET LE31 Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable

ILPTOT ILPTOT LE33 Inter Library Loans Provided Total

ILRNON ILRNON LE35 Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable

ILRRET ILRRET LE34 Inter Library Loans Received Returnable

ILRTOT ILRTOT LE36 Inter Library Loans Received Total

IMPDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Most Recent Impute Date

IMPUTE IMPUTE IMPUTE_L Impute Indicator

INSTNM INSTNM INSTNM Institution Name

LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 Name of 1st Institution Library is Shared With

LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 Name of 2nd Institution Library is Shared With

LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 Name of 3rd Institution Library is Shared With

LIBREFYN LIBREFYN LG50_1 Does Library Provide Reference Service by Email or Web

LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 Shared Library, 1st Unit Id

LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 Shared Library, 2nd Unit Id

LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 Shared Library, 3rd Unit Id

LOCALE LOCALE LOCALE Locale Code - Degree of Urbanization

MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL Institution Grants Medical Degree

NCESDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Date Imputations Run by ESMPD

OBEREG OBEREG OBEREG OBE Region Code

OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPE Eligibility Indicator

OPEID OPEID OPEID Office of Post Sec Education Id Num for Title IV Participant

OPENPUBL OPENPUBL OPENPUBL Institution Open to the General Public

PARTAFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Item 1

PARTBFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 2-7

PARTBFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 8a,8b

PARTCFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 10,13,15-21

PARTCFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 11,12,14

PARTDFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 22,24-26

PARTDFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Item 23

PARTEFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 27-33

PARTEFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 34a,34b

PARTEFLAG3 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 35,36

PARTFFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 37-39

PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll

PRESEN PRESEN LE39 Number of Presentations

REFTRANS REFTRANS LF43 Reference Transactions in a Typical Week

SECTOR SECTOR SECTOR Sector of Institution

STABBR STABBR STABBR State Abbreviation Code

STASST STASST LB7 Student Assistants

STATUS STATUS STAT_L Response Status Code

STLIBPRO STLIBPRO LB4 Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff

STLIBS STLIBS LB2 Staff - Librarians

STOTH STOTH LB5 All Other Paid Staff

STOTHPRO STOTHPRO LB3 Staff - Other Professional Staff

SWASST SWASST LC11 Salary & Wage - Student Assistant

SWLIBPRO SWLIBPRO LC9 Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff

SWOTH SWOTH LC10 Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff

SWTOT No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent

TECHYN TECHYN LG52_1 Technology to Assist the Disabled

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Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by var order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

THESYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Electronic Theses Produced by Students

TRIBAL TRIBAL TRIBAL Tribal College

UGOFFER UGOFFER UGOFFER Undergraduate Offering

UNITID UNITID UNITID Unit Id Number for the Institution

UNITIDX UNITIDX IDX_L If Child, Parent Institution Unit Id

WEBADDR WEBADDR WEBADDR Institutions Web Address

XATTEND XATTEND XLE40 Status Flag - Attendance at Presentations

XBRANCHES XBRANCHES XLA1 Status Flag - Branch

XCNFULLYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State

XCNOTHRYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Library Participate in Any Other Consortia

XCNPARTYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Participate in Consortium

XCNPRTLYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State

XCNSUBYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - State have Subsidized Library Consortium

XCOLAUDA XCOLAUDA XLD30_1 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Added

XCOLAUDH XCOLAUDH XLD30_2 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Held

XCOLBKSA XCOLBKSA XLD26_1 Status Flag - Collections Books Added

XCOLBKSH XCOLBKSH XLD26_2 Status Flag - Collections Books Held

XCOLEBKSA No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Collections EBooks Added

XCOLEBKSH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Collections E Books Held

XCOLMICRA XCOLMICRA XLD28_1 Status Flag - Collections Microforms Added

XCOLMICRH XCOLMICRH XLD28_2 Status Flag - Collections Microforms Held

XCOLSERA XCOLSERA XLD29_1 Status Flag - Collections Serial Added

XCOLSERH XCOLSERH XLD29_2 Status Flag - Collections Serial Held

XCRGEN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Genneral Circulation Transactions

XCRRSV No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Reserve Circulation Transactions

XDOCDEL XDOCDEL XLE37 Status Flag - Documents Delivered from Commercial Services

XDOCDIGYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff

XEXAUD XEXAUD XLC16 Status Flag - Expenditure Audio Visual

XEXBIB XEXBIB XLC22 Status Flag - Expenditure Bibliograhic

XEXBKS No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure Books

XEXCOMP XEXCOMP XLC21 Status Flag - Expenditure Computer

XEXCUSER No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure Serial Subscription

XEXDEL XEXDEL XLC17 Status Flag - Expenditure Document Deliver

XEXELBKS XEXELBKS XLC13 Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Books

XEXELSER XEXELSER XLC15 Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Serials

XEXOTH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure All Other Operating Expenditure

XEXOTHIR XEXOTHIR XLC19 Status Flag - Expenditure Other Information Resources

XEXPRES XEXPRES XLC18 Status Flag - Expenditure Preservation

XEXTOT XEXTOT XLC24 Status Flag - Expenditure Total

XFRINGE XFRINGE XLC25B Status Flag - Fringe Benefit

XFRINGEYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Fringe Benefit Paid from Library Budget Y/N

XGATECT XGATECT XLF42 Status Flag - Gate Count in a Typical Week

XHOURS XHOURS XLF41 Status Flag - Hours Open in a Typical Week

XILPNON XILPNON XLE32 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable

XILPRET XILPRET XLE31 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable

XILPTOT XILPTOT XLE33 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Total

XILRNON XILRNON XLE35 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable

XILRRET XILRRET XLE34 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Returnable

XILRTOT XILRTOT XLE36 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Total

XLIBREFYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Library Provide Reference Service by Email

XPRESEN XPRESEN XLE39 Status Flag - Number of Presentations

XREFTRANS XREFTRANS XLF43 Status Flag - Reference Transactions in a Typical Week

XSTASST XSTASST XLB7 Status Flag - Student Assistants

XSTLIBPRO XSTLIBPRO XLB4 Status Flag - Librarians and Other Professional Staff

XSTLIBS XSTLIBS XLB2 Status Flag - Librarians

XSTOTH XSTOTH XLB5 Status Flag - Other Paid Staff

XSTOTHPRO XSTOTHPRO XLB3 Status Flag - Other Professional Staff

XSWASST XSWASST XLC11 Status Flag - Salary Student Assistant

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by var order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

XSWLIBPRO XSWLIBPRO XLC9 Status Flag - Salary Librarian and Other Professional Staff

XSWOTH XSWOTH XLC10 Status Flag - Other Paid Staff

XSWTOT No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Total Salary & Wage Full-Time Equivalent

XTECHYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Technology to Assist the Disabled

XTHESYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Electronic Theses Produced by Students

ZIP ZIP ZIP Postal Zip code PLUS 4

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by file order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

UNITID UNITID UNITID Unit Id Number for the Institution

INSTNM INSTNM INSTNM Institution Name

ADDR ADDR ADDR Institution Address

CITY CITY CITY Institution City

STABBR STABBR STABBR State Abbreviation Code

ZIP ZIP ZIP Postal Zip code PLUS 4

FIPS FIPS FIPS FIPS state code

ACT ACT ACT Status of the Institution

OBEREG OBEREG OBEREG OBE Region Code

EIN EIN EIN Employer Id Number

DUNS DUNS DUNS Dunn and Bradstreet Id Number

OPEID OPEID OPEID Office of Post Sec Education Id Num for Title IV Participant

OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPEFLAG OPE Eligibility Indicator

WEBADDR WEBADDR WEBADDR Institutions Web Address

SECTOR SECTOR SECTOR Sector of Institution

ICLEVEL ICLEVEL ICLEVEL Level of Institution

CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL Control of Institution

HLOFFER HLOFFER HLOFFER Highest Level of Education Offering

UGOFFER UGOFFER UGOFFER Undergraduate Offering

GROFFER GROFFER GROFFER Graduate Offering

FPOFFER FPOFFER FPOFFER First Professional Offering

HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR HDEGOFFR Highest Degree Offered

DEGGRANT DEGGRANT DEGGRANT Degree Granting Status

PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 PCTMIN1 Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll

PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll

HBCU HBCU HBCU Historically Black College/University

HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL Institution has Hospital

MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL Institution Grants Medical Degree

TRIBAL TRIBAL TRIBAL Tribal College

CARNEGIE CARNEGIE CARNEGIE Carnegie Classification Code

LOCALE LOCALE LOCALE Locale Code - Degree of Urbanization

OPENPUBL OPENPUBL OPENPUBL Institution Open to the General Public

DATSRC DATSRC SRC_L Data Source Code - Media Source Used for Returning Data

STATUS STATUS STAT_L Response Status Code

EDITST No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Release Status Give to NCES

EDITDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Most Recent Edit Date

IMPUTE IMPUTE IMPUTE_L Impute Indicator

IMPDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Most Recent Impute Date

PARTAFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Item 1

PARTBFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 2-7

PARTBFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 8a,8b

PARTCFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 10,13,15-21

PARTCFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 11,12,14

PARTDFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 22,24-26

PARTDFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Item 23

PARTEFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 27-33

PARTEFLAG2 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 34a,34b

PARTEFLAG3 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 35,36

PARTFFLAG1 No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Imp Flag for Line Items 37-39

NCESDATE No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Date Imputations Run by ESMPD

FTEUSED No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Full-time Equivalent

FTEFLAG No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Full-Time Equivalent Estimated or Not

ELGCOLL ELGCOLL ORGCOLL Institution has an Eligible Collection

ELGSTAFF ELGSTAFF TRNSTAFF Institution has Eligible Staff

ELGSCHED ELGSCHED ESTABSCH Institution has an Established Schedule

ELGPHYS ELGPHYS PHYSFAC Institution has physical Library Facility

FINSUPP FINSUPP FINSUPRT Provide Financial Support to Another Library

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by file order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

CYPARCH CYPARCH PARCH_L Current Year Parent/Child Indicator

UNITIDX UNITIDX IDX_L If Child, Parent Institution Unit Id

LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 LIBSHAR1 Shared Library, 1st Unit Id

LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 LIBNAME1 Name of 1st Institution Library is Shared With

LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 LIBSHAR2 Shared Library, 2nd Unit Id

LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 LIBNAME2 Name of 2nd Institution Library is Shared With

LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 LIBSHAR3 Shared Library, 3rd Unit Id

LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 LIBNAME3 Name of 3rd Institution Library is Shared With

XBRANCHES XBRANCHES XLA1 Status Flag - Branch

BRANCHES BRANCHES LA1 Number of Branch and Independent Libraries

XSTLIBS XSTLIBS XLB2 Status Flag - Librarians

STLIBS STLIBS LB2 Staff - Librarians

XSTOTHPRO XSTOTHPRO XLB3 Status Flag - Other Professional Staff

STOTHPRO STOTHPRO LB3 Staff - Other Professional Staff

XSTLIBPRO XSTLIBPRO XLB4 Status Flag - Librarians and Other Professional Staff

STLIBPRO STLIBPRO LB4 Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff

XSTOTH XSTOTH XLB5 Status Flag - Other Paid Staff

STOTH STOTH LB5 All Other Paid Staff

XSTASST XSTASST XLB7 Status Flag - Student Assistants

STASST STASST LB7 Student Assistants

XSWLIBPRO XSWLIBPRO XLC9 Status Flag - Salary Librarian and Other Professional Staff

SWLIBPRO SWLIBPRO LC9 Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff

XSWOTH XSWOTH XLC10 Status Flag - Other Paid Staff

SWOTH SWOTH LC10 Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff

XSWASST XSWASST XLC11 Status Flag - Salary Student Assistant

SWASST SWASST LC11 Salary & Wage - Student Assistant

XSWTOT No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Total Salary & Wage Full-Time Equivalent

SWTOT No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent

XFRINGEYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Fringe Benefit Paid from Library Budget Y/N

FRINGEYN FRINGEYN LC25A Are Fringe Benefit paid from Library Budget

XFRINGE XFRINGE XLC25B Status Flag - Fringe Benefit

FRINGE FRINGE LC25B Fringe Benefit

XEXBKS No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure Books

EXBKS No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - Books

XEXELBKS XEXELBKS XLC13 Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Books

EXELBKS EXELBKS LC13 Expenditure - Electronic Books

XEXAUD XEXAUD XLC16 Status Flag - Expenditure Audio Visual

EXAUD EXAUD LC16 Expenditure - Audio visual

XEXCUSER No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure Serial Subscription

EXCUSER No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - Serial Subscription

XEXELSER XEXELSER XLC15 Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Serials

EXELSER EXELSER LC15 Expenditure - Electronic serials

XEXDEL XEXDEL XLC17 Status Flag - Expenditure Document Deliver

EXDEL EXDEL LC17 Expenditure - Document Deliver

XEXPRES XEXPRES XLC18 Status Flag - Expenditure Preservation

EXPRES EXPRES LC18 Expenditure - Preservation

XEXOTHIR XEXOTHIR XLC19 Status Flag - Expenditure Other Information Resources

EXOTHIR EXOTHIR LC19 Expenditure - Other Information Resources

XEXCOMP XEXCOMP XLC21 Status Flag - Expenditure Computer

EXCOMP EXCOMP LC21 Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software

XEXBIB XEXBIB XLC22 Status Flag - Expenditure Bibliograhic

EXBIB EXBIB LC22 Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities

XEXOTH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Expenditure All Other Operating Expenditure

EXOTH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure

XEXTOT XEXTOT XLC24 Status Flag - Expenditure Total

EXTOT EXTOT LC24 Expenditure - Total

XCOLBKSA XCOLBKSA XLD26_1 Status Flag - Collections Books Added

COLBKSA COLBKSA LD26_1 Collections - Books - Added

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by file order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

XCOLEBKSA No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Collections EBooks Added

COLEBKSA No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Collections - E Books - Added

XCOLMICRA XCOLMICRA XLD28_1 Status Flag - Collections Microforms Added

COLMICRA COLMICRA LD28_1 Collections - Microforms - Added

XCOLAUDA XCOLAUDA XLD30_1 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Added

COLAUDA COLAUDA LD30_1 Collections - Audiovisual - Added

XCOLSERA XCOLSERA XLD29_1 Status Flag - Collections Serial Added

COLSERA COLSERA LD29_1 Collections - Serial Subscription - Added

XCOLBKSH XCOLBKSH XLD26_2 Status Flag - Collections Books Held

COLBKSH COLBKSH LD26_2 Collections - Books - Held

XCOLEBKSH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Collections E Books Held

COLEBKSH No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Collections - E Books - Held

XCOLMICRH XCOLMICRH XLD28_2 Status Flag - Collections Microforms Held

COLMICRH COLMICRH LD28_2 Collections - Microforms - Held

XCOLAUDH XCOLAUDH XLD30_2 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Held

COLAUDH COLAUDH LD30_2 Collections - Audiovisual - Held

XCOLSERH XCOLSERH XLD29_2 Status Flag - Collections Serial Held

COLSERH COLSERH LD29_2 Collections - Serial Subscriptions Held

XILPRET XILPRET XLE31 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable

ILPRET ILPRET LE31 Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable

XILPNON XILPNON XLE32 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable

ILPNON ILPNON LE32 Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable

XILPTOT XILPTOT XLE33 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Total

ILPTOT ILPTOT LE33 Inter Library Loans Provided Total

XILRRET XILRRET XLE34 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Returnable

ILRRET ILRRET LE34 Inter Library Loans Received Returnable

XILRNON XILRNON XLE35 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable

ILRNON ILRNON LE35 Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable

XILRTOT XILRTOT XLE36 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Total

ILRTOT ILRTOT LE36 Inter Library Loans Received Total

XDOCDEL XDOCDEL XLE37 Status Flag - Documents Delivered from Commercial Services

DOCDEL DOCDEL LE37 Documents Delivered from Commercial Services

XCRGEN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Genneral Circulation Transactions

CRGEN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable General Circulation Transactions

XCRRSV No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Reserve Circulation Transactions

CRRSV No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Reserve Circulation Transactions

XPRESEN XPRESEN XLE39 Status Flag - Number of Presentations

PRESEN PRESEN LE39 Number of Presentations

XATTEND XATTEND XLE40 Status Flag - Attendance at Presentations

ATTEND ATTEND LE40 Total Attendance at Presentations

XHOURS XHOURS XLF41 Status Flag - Hours Open in a Typical Week

HOURS HOURS LF41 Hours Open in a Typical Week

XGATECT XGATECT XLF42 Status Flag - Gate Count in a Typical Week

GATECT GATECT LF42 Gate Count in a Typical Week

XREFTRANS XREFTRANS XLF43 Status Flag - Reference Transactions in a Typical Week

REFTRANS REFTRANS LF43 Reference Transactions in a Typical Week

XDOCDIGYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff

DOCDIGYN DOCDIGYN LG48_1 Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff

XLIBREFYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Library Provide Reference Service by Email

LIBREFYN LIBREFYN LG50_1 Does Library Provide Reference Service by Email or Web

XTECHYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Technology to Assist the Disabled

TECHYN TECHYN LG52_1 Technology to Assist the Disabled

XTHESYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Electronic Theses Produced by Students

THESYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Electronic Theses Produced by Students

XCNSUBYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - State have Subsidized Library Consortium

CNSUBYN CNSUBYN LG61 State have Subsidized Library Consortium

XCNPARTYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Participate in Consortium

CNPARTYN CNPARTYN LG62 Participate in Consortium

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from 2002 to 2000, by file order

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME

ALS 2000 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 EDTAB NAME ALS 2002 VARIABLE LABEL

XCNFULLYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State

CNFULLYN CNFULLYN LG63 Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State

XCNPRTLYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State

CNPRTLYN CNPRTLYN LG64 Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State

XCNOTHRYN No Matching Variable No Matching Variable Status Flag - Library Participate in Any Other Consortia

CNOTHRYN CNOTHRYN LG65 Library Participate in any Other Consortia

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Appendix D—Crosswalks

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002

ALS crosswalk from a single to multiple variables

ALS 2002 VARIABLE DESCRIPTION

ALS 2002 VARIABLE 

NAME ALS 2000 VARIABLE NAME

ALS 2000 EDTAB 

NAME

Total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff - Col. 1 STTOT STTOT2000-STCONSRV LB08-LB06

Total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff - Col. 2 SWTOT SWLIBPRO+SWOTH+SWASST LC09+LC10+LC11

Books, serial backfiles and other materials EXBKS IRPAMICR+EXELBKS+EXAUD LC12+LC13+LC16

Current serial subscriptions EXCUSER CUPAMICR+EXELSER LC14+LC15

All other operating expenditures EXOTH EXFUREQP+EXOTH2000 LC20+LC23

General circulation / Reserve circulation CRGEN+CRRSV CIRTRANS LE38

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Appendix E—Edits and Imputations 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

E-1

This appendix, which describes the edits and imputations for the Academic Libraries data 

file 2002, was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. The first section describes the edits 

and the second section includes information on the overall imputation process, followed 

by a detailed description of the imputation process based on documentation provided by 

Joanna Fane McLaughlin, U.S. Census Bureau, dated April 8, 2004. The imputation 

process is described in five subsections: 

I. 2002 Academic Libraries ‘Z’ Corrections—the adjustments made for implied 

zeros. 

II. 2002 Academic Libraries Base Methodology—the computations of the 

medians and ratios used to make the imputations. 

III. 2002 Academic Libraries Imputation Methodology—the imputations made 

using the medians and ratios derived in part II. 

IV. Post-Imputation Steps—summaries and conclusions. 

V. 2002 Problems and Recommendations 
Appendix E—Edits and Imputations 

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Edits 

The web based data collection application features selected internal consistency edit 

checks as well as selected range and summation checks. Edit checks provide warnings as 

the data are being entered into the web application and an edit/error report after the data 

have been entered. The types of edit checks are listed below: 

• Summations—reported totals are compared with the sums of the constituent data 

items. If they are not equal, an error message is generated. 

• Relational edit checks—the program compares responses entered in one section of 

the questionnaire with responses entered in another section of the questionnaire 

for consistency. For example, if a librarian reports that books and bound serials 

were added during the fiscal year, the program would look for some expenditure 

to be reported for books and bound serials. If the former is reported without the 

latter, an error message is generated. Another example is that the number of 

volumes of print materials added during the fiscal year cannot exceed the total 

number of volumes held at the end of the fiscal year. 

• Range check—an error message is generated if responses are above or below expected 

amounts. For example, if the average salary of librarians is reported as less than $20,000 

or greater than $100,000, an error message is generated. If the reported hours of service 

are greater than 168 hours per week, an error message is generated. 

After the data were received by NCES from every state, the data files were merged and 

general edits were performed. Some examples of general edits follow: 

• Current year/prior year comparisons—current year data must fall within the range of 50 

to 150 percent of data for the prior reporting period. 

• Ratios—the ratio of one item to another exceeds a limit, such as the ratio of salaries and 

wages to staff exceeds an upper limit and is not reasonable for that position. 

• Item comparison—one item should not exceed another, such as books added during the 

year should not exceed books held at the end of the year. 
Appendix E—Edits and Imputations 

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Imputations 

After editing, missing data remains. Imputation is a process of filling missing data with 

reasonable values in order to have a complete data set. 

For estimation, facilities were grouped into 27 imputation cells. The imputation cells were 

determined based on sector and full-time enrollment (FTE). The sector categories used are (1) 

public, 4-year or above; (2) private non-profit, 4-year or above; (3) private for profit, 4-year or 

above; (4) public, 2-year; (5) private non-profit, 2-year; and (6) private for profit, 2-year. 

The use of FTE to determine imputation cells was not employed in the past. The procedure of 

using medians instead of means for imputation also represents a change from past survey 

cycles. While research indicates that the effect of the change in imputation procedure was not 

large, caution should be exercised in making comparisons with 2000 or earlier reports. 

No Electronic Services items in Part G were imputed because the questions are yes/no questions.

Imputation Decision Tree 

If a value was missing, and prior year (FY 2000) data were available, and the prior year value was 

not expected to change, then the missing value was filled with the prior year value. For example, 

number of reported Branches and independent libraries (Part A, line item 1) is likely to remain 

constant from year to year, so the prior year value was brought forward. 

If a value was missing, and prior year data were available, and the current year value was 

expected to change from the prior year, then the missing value was filled with the prior year value 

multiplied by the median growth rate within the imputation cell. For example, this method was 

used to impute the number of Full-time librarians (Part B, line item 2, column 1). 

If a value was missing, and prior year data were unavailable, then data were imputed using the 

current year median cell distribution ratio. For example, imputed E-books Added (Part D line 

item 23, column 1) using the value E-books Held (Part D, line item 23. column 2) multiplied by 

the media cell distribution ratio of E-books Added to E-books Held. 

If current year data were missing, and prevented a current year median cell distribution ratio from 

being applied, then the current year cell median was applied to complete the imputation. For 

example, if we were unable to impute E-books Added using a current year median cell 

distribution ratio because E books Held was missing, then we imputed E-books Added with the 

current year cell median. 

For Fiscal Year 2002, the items General and Reserve Circulation were reported separately, as 

they were in 1998, but in 2000 the items were reported combined as one item. For 

General and Reserve Circulation transactions in 2002 (Part E, line items 34a and 34b, 

respectively), if a value was missing and 1998 data were available, then the missing value was 

filled with the 1998 value multiplied by the median cell growth rate. If 1998 data were not 

available, the total circulation was determined using the prior year (2000) value multiplied by the 

median growth rate within the imputation cell, then the individual values were determined using 

the median cell distribution ratio.
Appendix E—Edits and Imputations 

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Post Imputation Adjustments

After imputation, if the sum of the detail values did not equal the total, then the detail items 

were raked to the total. 

After imputation, if a total was missing or known to need adjustment, then the total was 

readjusted to equal the sum of its detail items. 

I. 2002 Academic Libraries ‘Z’ Corrections 

This remainder of this document 1

describes the imputation steps after the data were 

edited. Steps conducted prior to imputation entailed setting ‘Z’ status flags and 

generating an imputation base. ‘Z’ status flags corrected for unreported zeros. The 

imputation base was generated based on qualifying respondent institutions which 

were used to impute for non-response. The methodology followed is described below. 

The statistical software used was Base SAS Version 8.2. 

A. Introduction 

Most respondents who completed forms, even those completing the survey 

correctly, left cells blank when they had no data that met the requirements to be in 

a cell. For all practical purposes, in most cases, these blank cells should be 

considered reported zeros. However, they were often reported with a value of ‘N’ 

for non-response. The ‘Z’ program corrected this problem. It changed the status 

code from ‘N’ to ‘Z’ if it was determined that the value should have been 

considered a reported zero. Implied zeros were determined by conducting additive 

checks and examining ALS 2000 imputed data. 

B. Determining if an Item Should be Zero with Status Flag ‘Z’ 

1. Records Not Processed 

Institutions that reported any of the following were not checked for implied 

zeros in any part of the survey [the variable naming convention approved by 

the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is used here for 

simplicity]: 

• CKIN = ‘08,’ ‘09,’ ‘10,’ ‘11,’ ‘15,’ or ‘99,’ 

• OPEFLAG = 3, 5, or 6, 

• DEGGRANT = 2, -1, 

• ACT = ‘O,’ ‘M,’ ‘D,’ or ‘C,’ or 

• SECTOR = 0, 7, 8, or 9. 

(Note the technical point: Quotation marks indicate a character 

variable. No quotation marks indicate a numeric variable.) 

 

1

 This report on imputations was prepared by Joanna Fane McLaughlin, U.S. Census Bureau, April 4, 2004. 
Appendix E—Edits and Imputations 

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2. Part A—Number of Public Service Outlets, Fiscal Year 2002 

If branches were 0[N], where 0 is the value of the data item with its status flag 

given in brackets, and branches for ALS 2000 were 0[I], 0[N], or missing, 

then the status flag for branches was changed to ‘Z.’ 

Definitions of items included in the criteria for exclusion from the ‘Z’ program, base and 

imputation. 

Item Definition 

ACT — Status of the institution A—Institution active and not an add 

C—Merged with another institution 

D—Institution is out of business 

H—Areas search on hold pending 

verification 

I—Inactive 

M—Closed during the current year 

N—Added during the current year 

O—Not within the scope of the universe 

P—Potential add 

Q—Potential restore 

R—Restored to the current universe 

S—Split into more than one institution 

U—Duplicate; UNITID previously 

assigned 

W—Out-of-scope, potential add 

X—Potential restore not within scope of 

IPEDS 

Z—Universe III, out-of scope 

CKIN — Current check-in action on the 

data base 

01—Data received on Internet 

(FTP/WWW) 

02—Data received on Internet 

(resubmission) 

07—Data reported (parent) 

08—Data reported by parent-child 

(combined) 

09—Delete (closed) 

11—Not applicable (answered “No” to at 

least one of the screening questions) 

15—Refusal 

99—Initialization 

CYPARCH — Current year parent/child 

indicator 

1—Parent (Contains data for more than one 

institution) 

2—Child (Data reported on another 

institution’s record) 

blank—Not applicable 
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Item Definition 

DEGGRANT — Degree granting status 1—Yes 

 2—No 

-1—Missing 

FIPS — FIPS state code Two digit state codes assigned by National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) 

LIBFAC — Library facilities at institution 

(from the IC file) 

1—Have own library 

2—Do not have own library but support a 

shared library with other institution(s) 

3—Neither of the above 

MAILSEC — Sector of institution at start 

of survey 

See Sector Codes 

OPEFLAG — OPE eligibility indicator 1—Institution participates in Title IV 

federal financial aid programs 

2—Branch campus of a main campus that 

participates in Title IV 

3—Deferment only, limited participation 

4—New participant (became eligible 

during the Fall collection-IPEDS) 

5—Not currently participating in Title IV, 

has an OPE ID number 

6—Not participating in Title IV, does not 

have an OPE ID number 

PYPARCH — Prior year parent/child 

indicator 

1-Parent (Contains data for more than one 

institution) 

2—Child (Data reported on another 

institution’s record) 

blank—Not applicable 

PYSTATUS — Prior year response status 

code of institution 

1—Respondent 

3—Nonrespondent to data and screening 

questions, not imputed 

4—Nonrespondent, imputed

5—Nonrespondent to data (screening 

questions reported, out-of-scope), not 

imputed 

6—Nonrespondent to data (screening 

questions reported, in-scope), not imputed 
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Item Definition 

SECTOR — Sector of institution (based on 

response to IC survey) 

0—Administrative unit only (central, 

system, or corporate office) 

1—Public, 4+ years 

2—Private, nonprofit, 4+ years 

3—Private, for profit, 4+ years 

4—Public, 2-year 

5—Private, nonprofit, 2-year 

6—Private, for profit, 2-year 

7—Public, less than 2-year 

8—Private, nonprofit, less than 2-year 

9—Private, for profit, less than 2-year 

STATUS — Response status code of 

institution 

1—Respondent 

3—Nonrespondent to data and screening 

questions, not imputed 

4—Nonrespondent, imputed

5—Nonrespondent to data (screening 

questions reported, out-of-scope), not 

imputed 

6—Nonrespondent to data (screening 

questions reported, in-scope), not imputed 

Item status flags A—Analyst adjusted reported value 

C—Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 

I—Imputed using a method other than prior 

year data 

N—Not reported 

P—Imputed using prior year data 

R—Reported 

S—Used in the “Z” program as a 

temporary flag, changed back to ‘N’ or 

changed to ‘Z’ after further examination of 

the data 

T—Total replaced with the sum of its detail 

Z—Implied reported zero value 

H—Data suppressed 

3. Part B—Library Staff, Fall 2002

If total number of full-time staff did not have a status flag of ‘T’ and the sum 

of the detail equaled the total sum, then the detail items were checked. If a 

detail item was 0[N], then its status flag was temporarily changed to ‘S.’ (This 

was new in ALS 2002. Based on the corresponding salaries and wages data, it 

was determined if the ‘S’ should be changed to ‘Z’ or changed back to ‘N.’) 

The same procedure was followed for total salaries and wages and its detail 

items. 
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If neither total had a status flag of ‘N’ and the detail items in a given row were 

both assigned a status flag of ‘S,’ then each ‘S’ flag was changed to ‘Z.’ If 

neither total had a status flag of ‘T’ and one of the detail items in a given row 

was a reported zero and the other item not reported, then the not reported item 

was assigned a status flag of ‘Z.’ 

When the total number of full-time staff did not have a status flag of ‘T,’ total 

librarians and other professional staff in column 1 equaled the sum of its detail 

and was reported or already assigned a status flag of ‘Z,’ and number of 

librarians was 0[N], then the status flag for number of librarians was changed 

to ‘Z.’ Likewise, if the number of other professional staff was 0[N] and the 

previous criteria were met, then its status flag was changed to ‘Z.’ 

Finally, any remaining ‘S’ status flags were changed back to ‘N’ and the 

corresponding column total status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 

4. Parts C & D Combined—Library Expenditures, Fiscal Year 2002 and 

Library Collections, Fiscal Year 2002, Respectively

If total expenditures was 0[N], then Parts C and D did not go through implied 

zero checks. Otherwise, Part C and D went through the implied checks 

detailed below. (Parts C and D went through the checks simultaneously, 

because some expenditure and collection items are comparable.) 

If total expenditures did not have a ‘T’ status flag but the total equaled the 

sum of the detail items, and if books, serial backfiles and other material 

expenditures was 0[N], then its status flag was changed to ‘S.’ Likewise for 

current serial subscription expenditures. The other detail items were also 

checked when total expenditures did not have a ‘T’ status flag if the total 

equaled the sum of the detail, and if any of these items was 0[N], its status 

flag was changed to ‘Z.’ 

If books, serial backfiles and other materials equaled the sum of its detail 

items and was reported, and if electronic material expenditures was 0[N], then 

the status flag for electronic material expenditures was changed to ‘Z.’ The 

same steps applied to audiovisual material expenditures. 

If total expenditures did not have a ‘T’ status flag, current serial subscription 

expenditures was a reported zero and electronic serial subscription 

expenditures was 0[N], then the status flag for electronic serial subscription 

expenditures was changed to ‘Z.’ 

If books, serial backfiles and other material expenditures was 0[S] and the 

sum of its detail items was greater than zero, then its status flag was changed 

back to ‘N’ and the total expenditures status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 
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If current serial subscription expenditures was 0[S] and electronic serial 

subscription expenditures was greater than zero, then the status flag for 

current serial subscription expenditures was changed back to ‘N’ and the total 

expenditures status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 

If books, serial backfiles and other materials added was 0[N] and books, serial 

backfiles, and other material expenditures was a reported or implied zero, then 

the status flag for books, serial backfiles and other materials added was 

changed to ‘Z.’ Similarly, the status flag for audiovisual materials added or 

electronic materials added was changed to ‘Z’ if it was originally 0[N] and its 

corresponding expenditure in Part C was a reported or implied zero. 

If microform materials added was 0[N], but microform materials held was a 

reported zero, then the added status flag was changed to ‘Z.’ If current serial 

subscription materials added was 0[N], but current serial subscription 

materials held was a reported zero, then the added status flag was changed to 

‘Z.’ 

For the following three sets of items, if materials added was 0[N], materials 

held was a reported zero, and the corresponding expenditure in Part C was 

0[N], 0[S] or had a value greater than zero, then the materials held status flag 

was changed to ‘N’: 1) books, serial backfiles and other paper material 

expenditures, added, and held; 2) audiovisual material expenditures, added, 

and held; 3) e-book material expenditures, added, and held. 

If books, serial backfiles and other paper material expenditures was 0[S], the 

sum of its detail was zero, the corresponding added or held item in Part D was 

a reported or an implied zero, then the expenditures status flag was changed to 

‘Z,’ and if a detail item was 0[N], its status flag was changed to ‘Z.’ If books, 

serial backfiles and other paper material expenditures was 0[S] and its 

corresponding added item was greater than zero or 0[N], then the expenditure 

status flag was changed back to ‘N’ and the total expenditures status flag was 

changed to ‘T.’ 

If current serial subscription expenditures was 0[S], electronic serial 

subscription expenditures was zero, then corresponding added or held item in 

Part D was a reported or implied zero, then the expenditure status flag was 

changed to ‘Z,’ and if electronic serial subscription expenditures was 0[N], its 

status flag was changed to ‘Z.’ If current serial subscription expenditures was 

0[S] and its corresponding added item was greater than zero or 0[N], then the 

expenditure status flag was changed back to ‘N’ and the total expenditures 

status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 

If audiovisual material expenditures was 0[N] and audiovisual materials added 

or held was a reported zero, then the status flag for audiovisual material 

expenditures was changed to ‘Z.’ 
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Total expenditures still with a value greater than zero and a status flag of ‘T’ 

was changed to 0[T]. (The total was resummed after imputation.) 

5. Part E—Library Services, Fiscal Year 2002

If the total interlibrary loans provided to other libraries equaled the sum of its 

detail and was reported, and returnable loans provided was 0[N], then the 

status flag for returnable loans provided was changed to ‘Z.’ Likewise, if total 

interlibrary loans provided to other libraries equaled the sum of its detail and 

was reported, and non-returnable loans provided was 0[N], then the status flag 

for non-returnable loans provided was changed to ‘Z.’ 

If the total interlibrary loans received from other libraries equaled the sum of 

its detail and was reported, and returnable loans received was 0[N], then the 

status flag for returnable loans received was changed to ‘Z.’ Likewise, if total 

interlibrary loans provided to other libraries equaled the sum of its detail and 

was reported, and non-returnable loans received was 0[N], then the status flag 

for non-returnable loans received was changed to ‘Z.’ 

If attendance was a reported zero and number of presentations was 0[N], then 

the status flag for number of presentations was changed to ‘Z.’ If number of 

presentations was a reported zero and attendance was 0[N], then the status 

flag for attendance was changed to ‘Z.’ 

6. Part F—Library Services, Typical Week, Fall 2002 

No ‘Z’s applied to this part for ALS 2002. 

II. 2002 Academic Libraries Base Methodology 

A. Introduction

Current year (2002) and prior year (2000) data were used to create 

medians and ratios for the data elements that were used to make the 

imputations. Inclusion in the base required participation in the specific 

sections of the survey as shown below. The survey is divided into eleven 

groups based on items that are similar in nature. For example, Group 11 is 

Part F of the survey consisting of questions 37-39 on the survey form. 

Questions 37-39 are about library services provided in a typical week. 

Imputation is performed for these groups by generating a separate imputation 

base for each of the groups based on cells formed for sector and FTE 

enrollment categories (27 cells described below). The imputation groups are 

as follows: 
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Imputation Groups 

Group 01: Part A, line item 1 [No base generated]; 

Group 02: Part B, line items 2-7, both columns; 

Group 03: Part B, line items 8a and 8b; 

Group 04: Part C, column 2, line items 10, 13, and 15-21; 

Group 05: Part C, column 1, line items 11, 12, and 14; 

Group 06: Part D, line items 22 and 24-26, both columns; 

Group 07: Part D, line item 23, both columns; 

Group 08: Part E, line items 27-33; 

Group 09: Part E, line items 34a and 34b; 

Group 10: Part E, line items 35 and 36; and 

Group 11: Part F, line items 37-39. 

(Part G of the survey does not go through imputation, and, therefore, it is not 

part of the list above.)

B. Generating the Base 

1. Forming Imputation Cells 

The survey instrument sections and questions is the basis for dividing the 

universe of institutions into eleven imputation groups, which may not be 

mutually exclusive. Institutions are aggregated into imputation cells based on 

full-time enrollment and institution sector. (FTE was retrieved from IPEDS 

data. This methodology was new for ALS 2002 imputations.) Requirements 

were that there were 15 respondent institutions per cell and at least a 75 

percent response rate per cell. The cells are given in the table below. 

Imputation Cell Sector Full-time enrollment (FTE) 

A 1 < 5,000 and => 0 

B 1 < 10,000 and => 5,000 

C 1 < 15,000 and => 10,000 

D 1 < 20,000 and => 15,000 

E 1 => 20,000 

F 2 < 500 and => 0 

G 2 < 1,000 and => 500 

H 2 < 1,500 and => 1,000 

I 2 < 2,000 and => 1,500 

J 2 < 2,500 and => 2,000 

K 2 < 3,000 and => 2,500 

L 2 < 3,500 and => 3,000 
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Imputation Cell Sector Full-time enrollment (FTE) 

M 2 < 5,000 and => 3,500 

N 2 < 10,000 and => 5,000 

O 2 => 10,000 

P 3 < 500 and => 0 

Q 3 => 500 

R 4 < 1,000 and => 0 

S 4 < 2,000 and => 1,000 

T 4 < 3,000 and => 2,000 

U 4 < 4,000 and => 3,000 

V 4 < 5,000 and => 4,000 

W 4 < 7,500 and => 5,000 

X 4 < 10,000 and => 7,500 

Y 4 => 10,000 

Z 5 or 6 < 500 and => 0 

1 5 or 6 => 500 

If an institution was missing FTE data, but needed imputing, then 

Governments Divisions (GOVS) estimated FTE based on auxiliary data. 

2. Relationship between Imputation Groups and Imputation Cells 

The imputation groups are formed on the basis of survey questions relevant to 

a segment of library activity (e.g., Library Services), as described above in 

paragraph 1. When imputations are required, information derived from 

parallel responding institutions (based on sector and size) in the relevant 

imputation cells, is used for the imputations. 

3. Institutions Not Eligible to be in the Base 

Only in-scope institutions reporting valid values for the data elements in an 

imputation group were used to compute medians and ratios (the base) for that 

imputation group. It is possible for an institution’s data to have been used in 

one imputation group but not another, depending on which particular items it 

did or did not report. Generally, institutions that merged, split, submitted 

combined forms, changed sectors or forms since the prior year, or did not 

submit a full report for either the current year or prior year were excluded. 

Specifically, institutions were excluded from the base that met any of these 

conditions: 

• For a given imputation group, there was at least one status flag of “not 

reported” in either the current or prior year. A variable was considered 
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“not reported” when its status flag is ‘N,’’P,’’I,’ or ‘T,’ 

• CKIN = ‘08,’ ‘09,’ ‘10,’ ‘11,’ ‘15,’ or ‘99,’ 

• OPEFLAG = 3, 5, or 6, 

• DEGGRANT = 2 or –1, 

• ACT = ‘A,’ ‘N,’ ‘P,’ ‘Q,’ ‘R,’ or ‘S,’ 

• ACT = ‘O,’ ‘M,’ ‘D,’ or ‘C,’ 

• FIPS > ‘56,’SECTOR = 0, 7, 8, or 9, 

• SECTOR= MAILSEC, 

• CYPARCH = ‘1’ or ‘2,’ 

• PYPARCH = ‘1’ or ‘2,’ 

• STATUS = ‘1’ or PYSTATUS = ‘1,’ or 

• STATUS = ‘3,’ ‘5,’ or ‘6.’ 

C. Computation of Group Medians, Group Median Growth Rates, and Group 

Median Distribution Ratios 

Growth rates were calculated in the following way. If both prior and current year 

values were zero, then the growth rate was one. If only one of the prior year or 

current year values was zero, then the growth rate was excluded. Otherwise, the 

growth rate was the ratio of current to prior year. The final growth rate used for 

imputation was the cell median growth rate. 

Current year distribution ratios were calculated when the value in the denominator 

was not zero. If the denominator was zero, the ratio was excluded. The final ratio 

used for imputation was the cell median of the distribution ratios. 

 Medians were also generated for current and prior year items in an imputation 

cell, unless the item was missing. If the item was missing, it was excluded before 

the median was generated. 

1. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 01 

No medians were calculated for this imputation group.

2. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 02 

(Note that ‘column 1’ refers to full-time equivalent employees, and ‘column 

2’ refers to salaries and wages.) 

Current and prior year medians were generated for all items in this group. 

Median growth rates were generated for the following data items: 

• Librarians 

• Other professional staff 

• All other paid staff (column 1) 

• Student assistants from all funding sources (column 1) 
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The following median distribution ratios were generated: 

• Librarians/Total librarians and other professional staff (column 1) 

• Other professional staff/Total librarians and other professional staff 

(column 1) 

• Total librarians and other professional staff (column 1)/Total full-time 

equivalent staff (column 1) 

• All other paid staff (column 1)/Total full-time equivalent staff (column 

1) 

• Student assistants from all funding sources (column 1)/Total full-time 

equivalent staff (column 1) 

• Total librarians and other professional staff (column 2)/Total full-time 

equivalent staff (column 2) 

• All other paid staff (column 2)/Total full-time equivalent staff (column 

2) 

• Student assistants from all funding sources (column 2)/Total full-time 

equivalent staff (column 2)

• Total librarians and other professional staff (column 2)/Total librarians 

and other professional staff (column 1) 

• All other paid staff (column 2)/All other paid staff (column 1) 

• Student assistants from all funding sources (column 2)/Student 

assistants from all funding sources (column 1)

3. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 03 

(Note that ‘column 2’ refers to salaries and wages.) 

Current year medians were generated for employee fringe benefits and total 

full-time equivalent staff (column 2) of Imputation Group 02. If employee 

fringe benefits was zero, then it was excluded as a possible median value. No

median growth rates were generated for this group. 

The following median distribution ratio was generated: 

• Employee fringe benefits/Total full-time equivalent staff (column 2) of 

Imputation Group 02 

4. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 04 

Current and prior year medians were generated for all items in this 

imputation group. 

Median growth rates were generated for all the data items in this imputation 

group. 

There were no median distribution ratios generated for this group. 
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5. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 05 

Current and prior year medians were generated for all items in this group 

and two current year items in Imputation Group 04: 

• Books, serial backfiles and other material expenditures 

• Current serial subscription expenditures 

Median growth rates were generated for the data items in this group. 

The following median distribution ratios were generated: 

• Electronic material expenditures/Books, serial backfiles and other 

material expenditures 

• Audiovisual material expenditures/Books, serial backfiles and other 

material expenditures 

• Electronic serial subscription expenditures/Current serial subscription 

expenditures 

6. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 06 

Current and prior year medians were generated for the following items in 

this imputation group: 

• Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials added 

• Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials held 

• Microforms added 

• Microforms held 

• Audiovisual materials added 

• Audiovisual materials held 

Current year medians and no prior year medians were generated for the 

following items in this imputation group: 

• Current serial subscriptions added 

• Current serial subscriptions held 

Median growth rates were generated for the following data items: 

• Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials held 

• Microforms held 

• Audiovisual materials held 

The following median distribution ratios were generated: 

• Books, serial backfiles, and other paper materials added/Books, serial 

backfiles, and other paper materials held 

• Microforms added/Microforms held 

• Audiovisual materials added/Audiovisual materials held 

• Current serial subscriptions added/Current serial subscriptions held 

• Books, serial backfiles, and other paper materials held/Books serial 
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backfiles and other material expenditures 

• Audiovisual materials held/Audiovisual material expenditures 

• Current serial subscriptions held/Current serial subscription 

expenditures

7. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 07 

Current year medians were generated for the following items: 

• E-Books added 

• E-Books held 

No median growth rates were generated for this group. 

The following median distribution ratio was generated: 

• E-Books added/E-Books held

8. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 08 

Current year and prior year medians were generated for all data items in 

this group. 

Median growth rates were generated for all the data items in this group. 

The following median distribution ratios were generated: 

• Returnable interlibrary loans provided to other libraries/Total 

interlibrary loans provided to other libraries

• Returnable interlibrary loans received from other libraries/Total 

interlibrary loans received from other libraries 

9. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 09 

Current year medians were generated for the following data items: 

• General circulation transactions 

• Reserve circulation transactions 

• The sum of general and reserve circulation transactions 

The Prior year median was generated for the following data item: 

• The sum of general circulation transactions 

1998 ALS medians were generated for the following data items: 

• General circulation transactions 

• Reserve circulation transactions

• The sum of general and reserve circulation transactions

(The use of data dating back more than one survey cycle was new for 

the 2002 ALS. See section III for further discussion of this technique.) 
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The current year median growth rate was generated for the following data 

item: 

• The sum of general and reserve circulation transactions 

The following median distribution ratios were generated: 

• General circulation transactions/The sum of general and reserve 

circulation transactions

• 1998 ALS General circulation transactions/The 1998 sum of general 

and reserve circulation transactions

10. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 10 

Current year and prior year medians were generated for all of the data 

items in this group. 

Median growth rates were generated for all of the data items in this group.

The following median distribution ratio was generated: 

• Number of presentations/Total attendance at all presentations

11. Base Calculations for Imputation Group 11 

Current year and prior year medians were generated for all of the data 

items in this group. 

Median growth rates were generated for all of the data items in this group.

The following median distribution ratio was generated: 

• Gate count in a typical week/Hours open in a typical week 

• Reference transactions in a typical week/Hours open in a typical week

III. 2002 Academic Libraries Imputation Methodology 

A. Imputation Procedures 

An institution meeting any of the criteria listed below was excluded from the 

imputation procedures: 

• Each data item in the group was “reported” (i.e., had status flag ‘A,’ ‘C,’ ‘R,’ 

or ‘Z’), 

• CKIN = ‘08,’ ‘09,’ ‘10,’ or ‘11,’ 

• OPEFLAG = 3, 5, or 6, 

• DEGGRANT = 2 or –1, 

• ACT = ‘O,’ ‘M,’ ‘D,’ or ‘C,’ 

• SECTOR = 0, 7, 8, or 9, 
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• FIPS > ‘56,’ 

• STATUS = ‘3’ and PYSTATUS = ‘3,’ ‘5,’ or missing, and LIBFAC = 1, 

• STATUS = ‘5,’ or 

• CYPARCH = ‘2.’ 

There were four methods most often used for imputation: 1) Using prior year data 

with a growth factor applied to impute for total non-respondents; 2) Using prior 

year data with a growth factor applied to impute for partial non-respondents; 3) 

Using group medians to impute for total non-respondents; and 4) Using group 

medians to impute for partial non-respondents. At times, some or all of the criteria 

listed below was combined if a method or methods did not apply to an imputation 

group. 

Method 1 was employed if: 

• All of the item status flags for the imputation group were ‘N’ 

OR

• STATUS = ‘3’ or ‘6’ and PYSTATUS = ‘1’ or ‘4.’ 

Method 2 was employed if: 

• STATUS = ‘1’ and PYSTATUS = ‘1’ or ‘4.’ 

Method 3 was employed if: 

• All of the item status flags for the imputation group were ‘N’ 

OR

• STATUS = ‘3’ and PYSTATUS = ‘3,’ ‘5,’ or was missing and LIBFAC = 1 

OR

• STATUS = ‘6’ and PYSTATUS = ‘3,’ ‘5,’ or was missing. 

Method 4 employed if: 

• STATUS = ‘1’ and PYSTATUS = ‘3,’ ‘5,’ or was missing. 

B. Imputation Group 01 

Since there is only one item (branches and independent libraries) in Imputation 

Group 01, the criteria for Methods 1 and 2 were combined. Methods 3 and 4 were 

not applicable. 

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Non-Respondents 

If it was determined that an item needed imputing, then the prior year value 

was carried forward. 

The item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’ 
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C. Imputation Group 02 

The following items were in this imputation group: librarians, other professional 

staff, and, from column 1 (number of full-time equivalents) and column 2 

(salaries and wages), total librarians and other professional staff, all other paid 

staff, student assistants from all funding sources, and total full-time equivalent 

staff. 

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

Column 1 items librarians, other professional staff, all other paid staff, and 

student assistants were each imputed using the item’s prior year value 

multiplied by the cell median growth rate for the item. Total librarians and 

other professional staff was then summed to the total of librarians and other 

professional staff. Column 1 total full-time equivalent staff was summed to 

the total of column 1 items total librarians and other professional staff, all 

other paid staff, and student assistants from all funding sources. 

The salaries and wages items were each set to the value of the corresponding 

imputed column 1 item multiplied by the item’s column 2/column 1 cell 

median ratio, except total full-time equivalent staff salaries and wages, which 

was set to the sum of the other column 2 imputed values. 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

The following procedure was followed for librarians and other professional 

staff. If the status flag was ‘N,’ then the item was imputed using the item’s 

prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate. 

The following procedure was followed for the column 1 items all other paid 

staff and student assistants from all funding sources. If the item’s status flag 

and the corresponding column 2 item’s status flag was ‘N,’ then the column 1 

item was imputed using the item’s prior year value multiplied by the cell 

median growth rate. If the column 2 item status flag was not ‘N,’ then the item 

was imputed as the inverse of the column 2 value multiplied by the item’s 

column 2/column 1 cell median ratio. 

If either of the column 1 totals had status flag ‘N,’ then the item’s value was 

set to the sum of its detail items. 

Each salaries and wages item’s status flag was checked. If it was ‘N,’ then it 

was set to the value of the corresponding column 1 item multiplied by the 

column 2/column 1 cell median ratio, except the salaries and wages total, 
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which, if it had a status flag of ‘N,’ was set to the sum of the other column 2 

imputed values. 

For each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘2,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

If the total full-time equivalent staff total (either column) had a status flag of 

‘T,’ then it was set to the sum of the detail, its status flag remained the same, 

the method was set to ‘2,’ and the impute flag was set to ‘1.’ 

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

Column 1 items librarians, other professional staff, all other paid staff, and 

student assistants were each imputed using the item’s cell median value. Total 

librarians and other professional staff was then summed to the total of 

librarians and other professional staff. Column 1 total full-time equivalent 

staff was summed to the total of column 1 items total librarians and other 

professional staff, all other paid staff, and student assistants from all funding 

sources. 

The salaries and wages items were each set to the value of the corresponding 

imputed column 1 item multiplied by the item’s column 2/column 1 cell 

median ratio, except for total salaries and wages, which was set to the sum of 

the column 2 imputed values. 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

The following procedure was followed for librarians and other professional 

staff. If the status flag was ‘N,’ then the item was imputed using the item’s 

cell median value. 

The following procedure was followed for the column 1 items all other paid 

staff and student assistants from all funding sources. If the item’s status flag 

and the corresponding column 2 item’s status flag was ‘N,’ then column 1was 

set to its cell median value. If the column 2 item status flag was not ‘N,’ then 

the item was imputed as the inverse of its column 2 value multiplied by the 

item’s column 2/column 1 cell median ratio. 

If either of the column 1 totals had status flag ‘N,’ then the column total was 

set to the sum of its detail items. 

Each salaries and wages item’s status flag was checked. If it was ‘N,’ then it 

was set to the value of the corresponding column 1 item multiplied by the 
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item’s column 2/column 1 cell median ratio, except for total salaries and 

wages, which, if it had a status flag of ‘N,’ was set to the sum of the other 

column 2 imputed values. 

For each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘4,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

If the total full-time equivalent staff total (either column) had a status flag of 

‘T,’ then it was set to the sum of the detail, its status flag remained the same, 

the method was set to ‘4,’ and the impute flag was set to ‘1.’ 

5. Additional Steps 

There were four possible additional steps: 

• If the total number of full-time equivalent staff was greater than the sum 

of its detail items, then the detail items were raked to the total. 

• If the total number of full-time equivalent staff was less than the sum of its 

detail items, then the total value became the sum of the details items, and 

its status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 

• If the total full-time equivalent staff salaries and wages was greater than 

the sum of its detail items, then the detail items were raked to the total. 

• If the total full-time equivalent staff salaries and wages was less than the 

sum of its detail items, then the total value became the sum of the details 

items, and its status flag was changed to ‘T.’ 

D. Imputation Group 03 

Employee fringe benefits amount and its corresponding ‘yes’/’no’ item were in 

Imputation Group 03. The criteria for all possible methods were combined. Prior 

year data was not used to impute fringe benefit items. 

1. Group Medians Used to Impute for Non-Respondents 

The employee fringe benefits amount was set to the cell median ratio of fringe 

benefits amount to total staff salaries and wages multiplied by total staff 

salaries and wages, and the ‘yes’/’no’ item was set to ‘1.’ The item status flags 

were set to ‘I,’ the method was set to ‘3,’ and the impute flag was set to ‘1.’

E. Imputation Group 04 

The following expenditure items were in this imputation group: books, serial 

backfiles and other materials, current serial subscriptions, document 

delivery/interlibrary loan, preservation, other expenditures from information 

resources, computer hardware and software, bibliographic utilities, networks, and 

consortia, all other operating expenditures, and total expenditures.
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1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

All items except total expenditures were imputed using the item’s prior year 

value multiplied by the cell median growth rate for the item. Total 

expenditures became the sum of its detail items, including full-time equivalent 

staff salaries and wages. 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

Every item status flag, except total expenditures’ status flag, was checked, and 

if it was ‘N,’ then it was imputed as the item’s prior year value multiplied by 

the cell median growth rate for the item. If its imputation flag was ‘N,’ then 

total expenditures became the sum of its detail items, including full-time 

equivalent staff salaries and wages 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘2,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

If the total expenditures had status flag ‘T,’ then it was set to the sum of the 

detail, its status flag remained the same, the method was set to ‘2,’ and the 

impute flag was set to ‘1.’

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

All items except total expenditures were set to the cell median value. Total 

expenditures was then summed to the total of the other items in this 

imputation group, including full-time equivalent staff salaries and wages. 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

Every item status flag, except total expenditures’ status flag, was checked, and 

if it was ‘N,’ then it was set to the cell median value. If its imputation flag was 

‘N,’ total expenditures was then summed to the total of the other items in this 

imputation group, including full-time equivalent staff salaries and wages. 

In each case above, the item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘4,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 
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If the total expenditures had status flag ‘T,’ then it was set to the sum of the 

detail, its status flag remained the same, the method was set to ‘4,’ and the 

impute flag was set to ‘1.’

5. Additional Steps 

There were two possible additional steps: 

• If total expenditures was greater than the sum of its detail items, then the 

detail items were raked to the total. 

• If total expenditures was not reported and less than the sum of its detail 

items, then the total value became the sum of the details items, and its 

status flag was changed to ‘T.’

F. Imputation Group 05 

The following expenditure items were in this imputation group: electronic 

materials, audiovisual materials, and electronic serial subscriptions. In some 

cases, books, serial backfiles and other material expenditures was used for ratios 

or a comparison value, but it was not imputed with this imputation group.

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

All items were imputed using the item’s prior year value multiplied by the cell 

median growth rate for the item. The item status flags were each set to ‘P,’ the 

method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

If the sum of electronic and audiovisual materials was greater than the value 

of books, serial backfiles and other material expenditures, then electronic 

materials was set to the value of books, serial backfiles and other materials 

multiplied by the cell median ratio electronic materials/books, serial backfiles 

and other material expenditures, and audiovisual materials was set to the value 

of books, serial backfiles and other materials multiplied by the cell median 

ratio audiovisual materials/books, serial backfiles and other material 

expenditures, and the status flag for electronic materials and audiovisual 

materials was each changed to ‘I.’ If electronic serial subscriptions was 

greater than current serial subscriptions, then electronic serial subscriptions 

was set to the value of current serial subscriptions multiplied by the cell 

median ratio electronic serial subscriptions/current serial subscriptions, and 

the status flag for electronic serial subscriptions was changed to ‘I.’ 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item’s status flag was ‘N,’ then the item was imputed using the item’s 

prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate for the item. When 

an item was imputed, the item’s status flags was set to ‘P,’ the method set to 

‘2,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 
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If the sum of electronic and audiovisual materials was greater than the value 

of books, serial backfiles and other material expenditures, then electronic 

materials was set to the value of books, serial backfiles and other materials 

multiplied by the cell median ratio electronic materials/books, serial backfiles 

and other material expenditures, and audiovisual materials was set to the value 

of books, serial backfiles and other materials multiplied by the cell median 

ratio audiovisual materials/books, serial backfiles and other material 

expenditures. The status flag for electronic materials was set to ‘I,’ the status 

flag for audiovisual materials was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘2,’ and the 

impute flag set to ‘1.’ If electronic serial subscriptions was greater than 

current serial subscriptions, then electronic serial subscriptions was set to the 

value of current serial subscriptions multiplied by the cell median ratio 

electronic serial subscriptions/current serial subscriptions. The status flag for 

electronic serial subscriptions was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘2,’ and the 

impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

Electronic materials was set to the value of books, serial backfiles and other 

materials multiplied by the cell median ratio electronic materials/books, serial 

backfiles and other material expenditures. Audiovisual materials was set to the 

value of books, serial backfiles and other materials multiplied by the cell 

median ratio audiovisual materials/books, serial backfiles and other material 

expenditures. Electronic serial subscriptions was set to the value of current 

serial subscriptions multiplied by the cell median ratio electronic serial 

subscriptions/current serial subscriptions.

The item status flags were each set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute 

flag set to ‘1.’ 

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If electronic materials had status flag ‘N,’ then electronic materials was set to 

the value of books, serial backfiles and other materials multiplied by the cell 

median ratio electronic materials/books, serial backfiles and other material 

expenditures. If audiovisual materials had status flag ‘N,’ then audiovisual 

materials was set to the value of books, serial backfiles and other materials 

multiplied by the cell median ratio audiovisual materials/books, serial 

backfiles and other material expenditures. If electronic serial subscriptions had 

status flag ‘N,’ then electronic serial subscriptions was set to the value of 

current serial subscriptions multiplied by the cell median ratio electronic serial 

subscriptions/current serial subscriptions. 

When an item was imputed, the item’s status flags was set to ‘I,’ the method 

set to ‘4,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’
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G. Imputation Group 06 

The following collection items, added and held, were in this imputation group: 

books, serial backfiles and other paper materials, microforms, audiovisual 

materials, and current serial subscriptions. In some cases, the expenditures items 

books, serial backfiles and other materials, audiovisual materials, and current 

serial subscriptions, were used for ratios or a comparison value, but were not 

imputed with this imputation group. 

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

Microforms held was imputed using the prior year value multiplied by the cell 

median growth rate. Microforms added was then imputed as the value of 

microforms held multiplied by the cell median ratio microforms 

added/microforms held. 

Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials held was imputed using the 

prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate. The corresponding 

added item was then imputed as the value of books, serial backfiles and other 

paper materials held multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. 

Audiovisual materials held was imputed using the prior year value multiplied 

by the cell median growth rate. The corresponding added item was then 

imputed as the value of audiovisual materials held multiplied by the cell 

median ratio added/held. 

The item status flags were each set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ and the 

impute flag set to ‘1.’ 

If current serial subscription expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ 

then current serial subscriptions held was set to its cell median. Subscriptions 

added was then set to the imputed value of subscriptions held multiplied by 

the cell median subscriptions ratio added/held. Otherwise, current serial 

subscriptions held was set to the corresponding expenditure item multiplied by 

the current serial subscription cell median ratio held/expenditures. Current 

serial subscriptions added was then set to the corresponding value of items 

held multiplied by the cell median ratio subscriptions added/subscriptions 

held. 

The item status flags for subscriptions added and held were each set to ‘I,’ the 

method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’ 
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2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If microforms held and added each had status flag ‘N,’ then microforms held 

was imputed using the prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth 

rate, and its status flag was set to ‘P.’ If microforms held had status flag ‘N’ 

and microforms added was greater than zero, then microforms held was 

imputed as the value of microforms added divided by the cell median ratio 

microforms added/microforms held, and the item status flag was set to ‘I.’ 

Otherwise, if microforms held had status flag ‘N’ and microforms added was 

zero, then microforms held was imputed as the prior year value of microforms 

held, and its status flag was set to ‘P.’ 

If microforms added had status flag ‘N,’ then added was set to the held value 

multiplied by the cell median ratio of added/held and its status flag was 

changed to ‘I.’ 

If books, serial backfiles and other materials held had status flag ‘N,’ then it 

was imputed as the prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate. 

Its status flag was changed to ‘P.’ If books, serial backfiles and other materials 

added had status flag ‘N’ then it was imputed as the corresponding items held 

item multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. Its status flag was 

changed to ‘I.’ 

If audiovisual materials held had status flag ‘N,’ then it was imputed as the 

prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate. Its status flag was 

changed to ‘P.’ If audiovisual materials added had status flag ‘N’ then it was 

imputed as the corresponding items held item multiplied by the cell median 

ratio added/held. Its status flag was changed to ‘I.’ 

If current serial subscription expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ 

and if current serial subscriptions held had status flag ‘N,’ then current serial 

subscriptions held was set to its cell median. If current serial subscription 

expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ and if current serial 

subscriptions added had status flag ‘N,’ then subscriptions added was then set 

to the imputed value of subscriptions held multiplied by the cell median 

subscriptions ratio added/held. If expenditures was greater than zero and 

added was greater than zero, status flag not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then 

held was set to the value of added multiplied by the inverse of the current 

serial subscription cell median ratio added/held. If added was zero, status flag 

not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then current serial subscriptions was set to 

the value of expenditure multiplied by the cell median ratio held/expenditures. 

If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was greater than zero with status flag not 

‘N,’ then added was set to the corresponding value of items held multiplied by 

the cell median ratio subscriptions added/subscriptions held. If added’s status 

flag was ‘N,’ held was zero with status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to 

zero. If added and held both had status flag ‘N,’ then held was set to 
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expenditures multiplied by the cell median ratio held/expenditures, and added 

was set to the imputed value of held multiplied by the cell median ratio 

added/held. The status flag for current serial subscriptions held was changed 

to ‘I,’ and the status flag for current serial subscriptions added was changed to 

‘I.’ 

In each of the above cases, method was set to ‘2’ and the impute flag was set 

to ‘1.’ 

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

Microforms held was imputed as the item’s cell median. Microforms added 

was then imputed as the cell median of microforms held multiplied by the cell 

median ratio microforms added/microforms held. 

If books, serial subscriptions and other paper material expenditures was zero, 

without status flag ‘N,’ then books, serial subscriptions and other paper 

materials held was set to its cell median. Books, serial subscriptions and other 

paper materials added was then set to the imputed value of books, serial 

subscriptions and other paper materials held multiplied by the cell median 

ratio added/held. Otherwise, books, serial subscriptions and other paper 

materials held was set to the corresponding expenditure item multiplied by the 

books, serial subscriptions and other paper materials cell median ratio 

held/expenditures. Books, serial subscriptions and other paper materials added 

was then set to the corresponding value of items held multiplied by the cell 

median ratio added/held. 

If audiovisual material expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ then 

audiovisual materials held was set to its cell median. Audiovisual materials 

added was then set to the imputed value of audiovisual materials held 

multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. Otherwise, audiovisual 

materials held was set to the corresponding expenditure item multiplied by the 

audiovisual material cell median ratio held/expenditures. Audiovisual 

materials added was then set to the corresponding value of items held 

multiplied by the cell median ratio audiovisual materials added/audiovisual 

materials held. 

If current serial subscription expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ 

then current serial subscriptions held was set to its cell median. Subscriptions 

added was then set to the imputed value of subscriptions held multiplied by 

the cell median subscriptions ratio added/held. Otherwise, current serial 

subscriptions held was set to the corresponding expenditure item multiplied by 

the current serial subscription cell median ratio held/expenditures. Current 

serial subscriptions added was then set to the corresponding value of items 

held multiplied by the cell median ratio subscriptions added/subscriptions 

held. 
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The item status flags were each set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute 

flag set to ‘1.’ 

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If microforms held and added each had status flag ‘N,’ then microforms held 

was imputed using the current year cell median value of microforms held, and 

its status flag was set to ‘I.’ If microforms held had status flag ‘N’ and 

microforms added was greater than zero, then microforms held was imputed 

as the value of microforms added divided by the cell median ratio microforms 

added/microforms held, and its status flag was set to ‘I.’ Otherwise, if 

microforms held had status flag ‘N’ and microforms added was zero, then 

microforms held was imputed as the current year cell median value of 

microforms held, and its status flag was set to ‘I.’ If microforms added had 

status flag ‘N,’ then microforms added was imputed as the value of 

microforms held multiplied by the cell median ratio microforms 

added/microforms held, and its status flag was set to ‘I.’ 

If books, serial subscriptions and other paper material expenditures was zero, 

without status flag ‘N,’ then books, serial subscriptions and other paper 

materials held was set to its cell median. Books, serial subscriptions and other 

paper materials added was then set to the imputed value of books, serial 

subscriptions and other paper materials held multiplied by the cell median 

ratio added/held. If expenditures was greater than zero and added was greater 

than zero, status flag not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then held was set to the 

value of added multiplied by the inverse of the cell median ratio added/held. If 

added was zero, status flag not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then books held 

was set to the value of expenditure multiplied by the cell median ratio 

held/expenditures. If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was greater than zero 

with status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to the corresponding value of 

items held multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. If added’s status 

flag was ‘N,’ held was zero with status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to 

zero. If added and held both had status flag ‘N,’ then held was set to 

expenditures multiplied by the cell median ratio held/expenditures, and added 

was set to the imputed value of held multiplied by the cell median ratio 

added/held. 

If audiovisual material expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ then 

audiovisual materials held was set to its cell median. Audiovisual materials 

added was then set to the imputed value of audiovisual materials held 

multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. If expenditures was greater 

than zero and added was greater than zero, status flag not ‘N,’ and held status 

flag ‘N,’ then held was set to the value of added multiplied by the inverse of 

the audiovisual materials cell median ratio added/held. If added was zero, 

status flag not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then audiovisual materials was set 
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to the value of expenditure multiplied by the cell median ratio 

held/expenditures. If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was greater than zero 

with status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to the corresponding value of 

items held multiplied by the cell median ratio audiovisual materials added/ 

audiovisual materials held. If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was zero with 

status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to zero. If added and held both had 

status flag ‘N,’ then held was set to expenditures multiplied by the cell median 

ratio held/expenditures, and added was set to the imputed value of held 

multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. 

If current serial subscription expenditures was zero without status flag ‘N,’ 

then current serial subscriptions held was set to its cell median. Subscriptions 

added was then set to the imputed value of subscriptions held multiplied by 

the cell median subscriptions ratio added/held. If expenditures was greater 

than zero and added was greater than zero, status flag not ‘N,’ and held status 

flag ‘N,’ then held was set to the value of added multiplied by the inverse of 

the current serial subscription cell median ratio added/held. If added was zero, 

status flag not ‘N,’ and held status flag ‘N,’ then current serial subscriptions 

was set to the value of expenditure multiplied by the cell median ratio 

held/expenditures. If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was greater than zero 

with status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to the corresponding value of 

items held multiplied by the cell median ratio subscriptions 

added/subscriptions held. If added’s status flag was ‘N,’ held was zero with 

status flag not ‘N,’ then added was set to zero. If added and held both had 

status flag ‘N,’ then held was set to expenditures multiplied by the cell median 

ratio held/expenditures, and added was set to the imputed value of held 

multiplied by the cell median ratio added/held. 

The item status flags were each set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘4,’ and the impute 

flag set to ‘1.’ 

H. Imputation Group 07 

The items in this group were e-books added and held during the fiscal year. Since 

we did not use prior year data to impute for this group, the criteria for Methods 1 

and 3 were combined.

1. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

E-books held was imputed first as the value of the cell median. E-books added 

was then imputed as the value of e-books held multiplied by the cell median 

growth rate of e-books added to e-books held. 

Each item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method was set to ‘3,’ and the impute 

flag was set to ‘1.’ 
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2. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

Method 2 was not applicable to this group, so the criteria for Methods 2 and 4 

were combined.

If its status flag was ‘N,’ then e-books held was imputed first as the value of 

the cell median. If its status flag was ‘N,’ e-books added was then imputed as 

the value of e-books held multiplied by the cell median ratio of e-books added 

to e-books held. If added was greater than held, e-books held was set to ebooks added multiplied by the cell median ratio of held to added. 

Each imputed item’s status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method was set to ‘4,’ and 

the impute flag was set to ‘1.’

I. Imputation Group 08 

The following items were in this imputation group: Returnable interlibrary loans 

provided to other libraries, non-returnable interlibrary loans provided to other 

libraries, total interlibrary loans provided to other libraries, returnable interlibrary 

loans received from other libraries, non-returnable interlibrary loans received 

from other libraries, total interlibrary loans received from other libraries, and 

documents delivered from commercial services.

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

All items except total loans provided and total loans received were imputed 

using the item’s prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate for 

the item. Total loans provided was then set to the sum of returnable and nonreturnable loans provided, and total loans received was set to the sum of 

returnable and non-returnable loans received. 

The item status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’ 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item status flag was ‘N,’ that item was imputed using the item’s prior 

year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate for the item. (It was 

checked in the Additional Steps that the sum of the detail equaled the total.) 

If an item was imputed, then its status flags was set to ‘P,’ the method set to 

‘2,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’
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3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

All items except total loans provided and total loans received were imputed 

using the item’s cell median value. Total loans provided was set to the sum of 

returnable and non-returnable loans provided, and total loans received was set 

to the sum of returnable and non-returnable loans received. 

The item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’ 

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item status flag was ‘N,’ that item was imputed using the item’s cell 

median value. (It was checked in the Additional Steps that the sum of the 

detail equaled the total.) 

If an item was imputed, then its status flags was set to ‘I,’ the method set to 

‘4,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

5. Additional Steps 

There were two possible additional steps: 

• If total loans provided was not equal to the sum of returnable and nonreturnable loans provided, then returnable loans provided was set to the 

value of total loans provided multiplied by the cell median ratio returnable 

loans provided/total loans provided. Non-returnable loans provided was 

then set to the difference in total loans provided and returnable loans 

provided. 

• If total loans received was not equal to the sum of returnable and nonreturnable loans received, then returnable loans received was set to the 

value of total loans received multiplied by the cell median ratio returnable 

loans received/total loans received. Non-returnable loans received was 

then set to the difference in total loans received and returnable loans 

received. 

J. Imputation Group 09 

Items in this imputation group were general and reserve circulation transactions. 

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

If the prior year circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ ‘Z,’ or 

‘P,’ the 1998 general circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or 

‘Z’ and 1998 reserve circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or 

‘Z,’ then the temporary item total circulation transactions was set to the prior 
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year value multiplied by the cell median growth rate of the total circulation 

transactions, general circulation was set to the 1998 cell median ratio (defined 

in the section Base Calculations for Imputation Group 09) multiplied by total 

transactions, and reserve circulation was set to quantity one minus the 1998 

cell median ratio multiplied by total transactions. The status flag of general 

and reserve circulation was each changed to ‘P.’ 

If the prior year circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ ‘Z,’ or 

‘P,’ the 1998 general circulation transactions did not have one of the status 

flags ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 reserve circulation transactions did not 

have one of the status flags ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ then the temporary item total 

circulation transactions was set to the prior year value multiplied by the cell 

median growth rate of the total circulation transactions, general circulation 

was set to the current year cell median ratio multiplied by total transactions, 

and reserve circulation was set to quantity one minus the current year cell 

median ratio multiplied by total transactions. The status flag of general and 

reserve circulation was each change to ‘P.’ 

If the prior year circulation transactions had status flag ‘I,’ the 1998 general 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 reserve 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ then general 

circulation was set to the 1998 value multiplied by the cell median growth 

rate, and reserve circulation was set to the 1998 value multiplied by the cell 

median growth rate. The status flag of general and reserve circulation was 

each changed to ‘P.’ 

If the prior year circulation transactions had status flag ‘I,’ the 1998 general 

circulation transactions did not have status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 

reserve circulation transactions did not have status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ 

then general circulation was set to the cell median value, and reserve 

circulation was set to the cell median value. The status flag of general and 

reserve circulation was each changed to ‘I.’ 

The method was set to ‘1’ and the impute flag was set to ‘1.’ 

 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If the prior year total circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ ‘Z,’ 

or ‘P,’ the 1998 general circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ 

or ‘Z’ and 1998 reserve circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ 

or ‘Z,’ then the temporary variable totalcirc was set to the prior year value of 

total circulation transactions multiplied by the cell median growth rate of the 

total circulation transactions. If general circulation transactions had status flag 

‘N,’ then general circulation transactions was set to the 1998 cell median ratio 

multiplied by totalcirc, and its status flag was changed to ‘P.’ If reserve 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘N,’ then reserve circulation 
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transactions was set to the quantity one minus the 1998 cell median ratio 

multiplied by totalcirc, and its status flag was changed to ‘P.’ 

If prior year total circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ ‘Z,’ or 

‘P,’ the 1998 general circulation transactions did not have one of the status 

flags ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 reserve circulation transactions did not 

have one of the status flags ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ then the temporary variable 

totalcirc was set to the prior year value multiplied by the cell median growth 

rate of the total circulation transactions. If general circulation transactions had 

status flag ‘N,’ then general circulation transactions was set to the current year 

cell median ratio multiplied by totalcirc, and its status flag was changed to 

‘P.’ If reserve circulation transactions had status flag ‘N,’ the reserve 

circulation transactions was set to the quantity one minus the current year cell 

median ratio multiplied by totalcirc, and its status flag was changed to ‘P.’ 

If prior year total circulation transactions had status flag ‘I,’ the 1998 general 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 reserve 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ then, if general 

circulation transactions had status flag ‘N,’ then general circulation 

transactions was set to the 1998 value multiplied by the cell median growth 

rate, and its status flag was changed to ‘P.’ Likewise, if reserve circulation 

transactions had status flag ‘N,’ then reserve circulation transactions was set 

to the 1998 value multiplied by the cell median growth rate, and its status flag 

was changed to ‘P.’ 

If prior year total circulation transactions had status flag ‘I,’ the 1998 general 

circulation transactions did not have status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z’ and 1998 

reserve circulation transactions did not have status flag ‘R,’ ‘C,’ ‘A,’ or ‘Z,’ 

then, if general circulation transactions had status flag ‘N,’ then general 

circulation was set to the cell median value, and its status flag was changed to 

‘I.’ Likewise, if reserve circulation transactions had status flag ‘N,’ then 

reserve circulation transactions was set to the cell median value, and its status 

flag was changed to ‘I.’ 

The method was set to ‘2’ and the impute flag was set to ‘1.’ 

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

General circulation transactions was set to the current year cell median value. 

Reserve circulation transactions was set to the current year cell median value. 

The item status flags were each set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute 

flag set to ‘1.’ 
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4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If its status flag was ‘N,’ then general circulation transactions was set to the 

current year cell median value. 

If its status flag was ‘N,’ then reserve circulation transactions was set to the 

current year cell median value. 

The item status flag for each imputed item was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘4,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

K. Imputation Group 10 

The same procedure was followed for both data items (number of presentations 

and total attendance at all presentations) in this group.

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

An item was imputed as its prior year value multiplied by its cell median 

growth rate. 

An item’s status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’ 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item had a status flag of ‘N,’ then it was imputed as its prior year value 

multiplied by its median growth rate. If number of presentations was greater 

than attendance, then attendance was set to the value of presentations 

multiplied by the cell median ratio of attendance to presentations. 

If an item was imputed, then its status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to 

‘2,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

The same procedure was followed for both data items. An item was set to the 

current year cell median value. 

The item’s status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item had a status flag of ‘N,’ then it was imputed as the cell median 

value. If number of presentations was greater than attendance, then attendance 
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was set to the value of presentations multiplied by the cell median ratio of 

attendance to presentations. 

If an item was imputed, then its status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘2,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

L. Imputation Group 11 

The same procedure was followed for all three data items (hours open, gate count, 

and reference transactions in a typical week) in this group. 

1. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

An item was imputed as its prior year value multiplied by its cell median 

growth rate. 

Item status flags were set to ‘P,’ the method set to ‘1,’ and the impute flag set 

to ‘1.’ 

2. Prior Year Data Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item had a status flag of ‘N,’ then it was imputed as its prior year value 

multiplied by its cell median growth rate. 

If an item was imputed, then its status flag was set to ‘P,’ the method set to 

‘2,’ and the impute flag set to ‘1.’

3. Group Medians Used to Impute for Total Non-Respondents 

The same procedure was followed for all three data items. An item was set to 

the current year cell median value. 

The item status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘3,’ and the impute flag 

set to ‘1.’ 

4. Group Medians Used to Impute for Partial Non-Respondents 

If an item had a status flag of ‘N,’ then it was imputed as the current year cell 

median value. 

If an item was imputed, then its status flag was set to ‘I,’ the method set to ‘4,’ 

and the impute flag set to ‘I.’
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5. Additional Steps 

There were four possible additional steps: 

• If the imputed value (the prior year value times a growth factor) of hours 

open in a typical week was greater than 168 with status flag ‘P,’ then we 

re-imputed, this time carrying forward the prior year value of hours open 

without applying a growth factor. 

• If the imputed value of hours open in a typical week was 0[P], then we reimputed. This time hours was set to the cell median of gate count in a 

typical week multiplied by the inverse of the cell median ratio of gate 

count to hours open, and the status flag for gate count was changed to ‘I.’ 

• If the imputed value of gate count in a typical week was 0[P], then we reimputed. This time gate count was set to the cell median of hours open in a 

typical week multiplied by the cell median ratio of gate count to hours 

open, and the status flag for gate count was changed to ‘I.’ 

• If the imputed value of reference transactions in a typical week was 0[P], 

then we re-imputed. This time reference transactions was set to the cell 

median of hours open multiplied by the cell median ratio of reference 

transactions to hours open, and the status flag for reference transactions 

was changed to ‘I.’ 

IV. Post-Imputation Steps 

A. STATUS, IMPDATE and NCESDATE 

The following changes were made after imputations: 

• For all imputed cases, if STATUS was 3, then STATUS was changed to 4 

[i.e., If the institution did not respond to data and screening questions, and was 

not imputed, then the institution’s status was changed to indicate that the 

institution was an imputed nonrespondent.]; 

• If PARCH was 2 and STATUS was 3, then STATUS was set to the UNITIDX 

STATUS [i.e., If the institution’s data were reported on another institution’s 

record, the institution did not respond to data and screening questions, and 

was not imputed, then the institution’s status was changed to the status of the 

institution where the data were reported.]; and 

• IMPDATE and NCESDATE were set to the date and time that the imputations 

were run. [i.e., The imputation date was set for two variables before leaving 

ESMPD.]; 
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B. Generated Output

During the imputation process, the following output was generated: 

• Group medians, median distribution ratios and median growth ratios for each 

imputation cell; 

• A list of units in each imputation base; and 

• A list of units in each imputation group. 

After imputations, the following tables were generated (see appendix G, tables 1-

3): 

• Item Totals and Percentage Change From 2002 File Total Before Imputation 

to 2002 File Total After Imputation; 

• Item Totals and Percentage Change From 2000 File Total After Imputation to 

2002 File Total After Imputation; and 

• Item Totals and Percentage Change From 2000 File Total Before Imputation 

to 2002 File Total Before Imputation. 

The tables can be used to compare overall prior and current year ALS totals for 

survey Parts A-F. 

C. Data Files 

Six files were required for ALS 2002 imputations: 

• The current year master file; 

• The current year, edited data file; 

• The prior year master file; 

• The prior year, imputed data file; and 

• The ALS 1998 imputed file with just unitid’s and the items general and 

reserve circulation transactions. 

An additional file was required when the tables were generated: 

• The prior year, unimputed data file. 

After imputations, the Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division 

(ESMPD) returned the current year, imputed data and the updated current year 

master file to GOVS in Access 2000 database format. The files were formatted 

the same as they were originally received by ESMPD. 

V. 2002 Problems and Recommendations 

As on-line/virtual libraries become more common, research needs to take place that 

addresses the imputation of on-line transactions. 

Appendix F— Response Rate Tables 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

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These tables provide detailed unit response counts. 
Table F-1. Number and percentage of academic libraries responding to each survey item, by level and control of institution: 2002

Total Four-year institutions Less than four-year 

post- Total four-year Highest level of degree

secondary institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's

degree Total Total Total Total Total 

granting res- res- res- res- res- 

institutions Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent p

All institutions 3,568 100.0 2,183 100.0 580 100.0 912 100.0 657 100.0 1,385 100.0 

Responding libraries 3,160 88.6 1,960 89.8 528 91.0 817 89.6 588 89.5 1,200 86.6 

Part B-Library staff

Number of FTEs

Librarians 3,154 88.4 1,959 89.7 528 91.0 817 89.6 587 89.3 1,195 86.3 Other professional staff 3,154 88.4 1,959 89.7 528 91.0 817 89.6 587 89.3 1,195 86.3 Total librarians and 

other professional staff 3,154 88.4 1,959 89.7 528 91.0 817 89.6 587 89.3 1,195 86.3 

All other paid staff 3,152 88.3 1,958 89.7 528 91.0 816 89.5 587 89.3 1,194 86.2 Student assistants 3,150 88.3 1,958 89.7 527 90.9 817 89.6 587 89.3 1,192 86.1 Total FTE staff 3,148 88.2 1,957 89.6 527 90.9 816 89.5 587 89.3 1,191 86.0 

Salaries and Wages

Total librarians and 

other professional staff 3,112 87.2 1,934 88.6 526 90.7 804 88.2 577 87.8 1,178 85.1 

All other paid staff 3,113 87.2 1,931 88.5 526 90.7 799 87.6 579 88.1 1,182 85.3 Student assistants 3,057 85.7 1,906 87.3 517 89.1 791 86.7 571 86.9 1,151 83.1 Total salaries and wages 3,028 84.9 1,887 86.4 516 89.0 779 85.4 565 86.0 1,141 82.4 

Employee fringe benefits 3,121 87.5 1,936 88.7 523 90.2 804 88.2 582 88.6 1,185 85.6 

Part C-Library expenditures

Total salaries and wages 3,028 84.9 1,887 86.4 516 89.0 779 85.4 565 86.0 1,141 82.4 Information resources:Books, serial backfiles and

other materials 3,096 86.8 1,929 88.4 521 89.8 809 88.7 572 87.1 1,167 84.3 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Ed 2,851 79.9 1,763 80.8 475 81.9 744 81.6 518 78.8 1,088 78.6 

Audiovisual 2,894 81.1 1,772 81.2 468 80.7 740 81.1 538 81.9 1,122 81.0 

Current serials 3,091 86.6 1,926 88.2 521 89.8 806 88.4 572 87.1 1,165 84.1 

Electronic serials 2,931 82.1 1,823 83.5 491 84.7 770 84.4 535 81.4 1,108 80.0 

Other information resources:Document delivery/interlibrary loan 3,083 86.4 1,916 87.8 516 89.0 803 88.0 570 86.8 1,167 84.3 Preservation 3,091 86.6 1,923 88.1 517 89.1 807 88.5 572 87.1 1,168 84.3 

information resources 3,087 86.5 1,921 88.0 519 89.5 804 88.2 571 86.9 1,166 84.2 

Operating expenditures:Computer hardware and software 3,089 86.6 1,919 87.9 518 89.3 804 88.2 570 86.8 1,170 84.5 Bibliographic utilities, networks

and consortia 3,090 86.6 1,921 88.0 516 89.0 804 88.2 574 87.4 1,169 84.4 

All other operating expenditures 3,095 86.7 1,926 88.2 519 89.5 807 88.5 573 87.2 1,169 84.4 Total expenditures 2,955 82.8 1,844 84.5 504 86.9 769 84.3 544 82.8 1,111 80.2 

See notes at end of table.

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Table F-1. Number and percentage of academic libraries responding to each survey item, by level and control of institution: 2002—Continued

Total Four-year institutions Less than four-year 

post- Total four-year Highest level of degree

secondary institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's

degree Total Total Total Total Total 

granting res- res- res- res- res- 

institutions Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent 

Part D-Library collections

Books, serial backfiles and other

paper materials, added 3,038 85.1 1,894 86.8 515 88.8 793 87.0 559 85.1 1,144 82.6 

Books, serial backfiles and other

paper materials, eofy 3,063 85.8 1,912 87.6 519 89.5 800 87.7 566 86.1 1,151 83.1 

E-Books, added 2,780 77.9 1,719 78.7 447 77.1 727 79.7 521 79.3 1,061 76.6 E-Books, eofy1 2,047 57.4 1,267 58.0 351 60.5 535 58.7 363 55.3 780 56.3 

Microforms, added 2,935 82.3 1,847 84.6 502 86.6 780 85.5 539 82.0 1,088 78.6 Microforms, eofy 2,933 82.2 1,850 84.7 508 87.6 782 85.7 534 81.3 1,083 78.2 Audiovisual materials, added 3,000 84.1 1,862 85.3 497 85.7 784 86.0 555 84.5 1,138 82.2 Audiovisual materials, eofy 3,025 84.8 1,879 86.1 507 87.4 785 86.1 561 85.4 1,146 82.7 Current serial subscriptions, added 2,955 82.8 1,832 83.9 494 85.2 773 84.8 543 82.6 1,123 81.1 Current serial subscriptions, eofy 2,998 84.0 1,869 85.6 514 88.6 778 85.3 551 83.9 1,129 81.5 

Part E-Library services

Interlibrary loans provided

Returnable 3,000 84.1 1,857 85.1 493 85.0 781 85.6 558 84.9 1,143 82.5 Non-returnable 3,000 84.1 1,857 85.1 493 85.0 781 85.6 558 84.9 1,143 82.5 Total provided 3,062 85.8 1,911 87.5 521 89.8 800 87.7 563 85.7 1,151 83.1 

Interlibrary loans received

Returnable 3,005 84.2 1,856 85.0 493 85.0 783 85.9 555 84.5 1,149 83.0 Non-returnable 3,005 84.2 1,856 85.0 493 85.0 783 85.9 555 84.5 1,149 83.0 Total received 3,071 86.1 1,911 87.5 522 90.0 802 87.9 560 85.2 1,160 83.8 

Documents delivered from

commercial services 2,924 82.0 1,801 82.5 469 80.9 770 84.4 537 81.7 1,123 81.1 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, 2,612 73.2 1,680 77.0 469 80.9 713 78.2 477 72.6 932 67.3 Reserve circulation transactions1 2,595 72.7 1,671 76.5 467 80.5 712 78.1 471 71.7 924 66.7 Number of presentations 3,055 85.6 1,900 87.0 511 88.1 800 87.7 564 85.8 1,155 83.4 Total attendance at all presentations 3,056 85.7 1,901 87.1 512 88.3 800 87.7 564 85.8 1,155 83.4 

Part F-Library services, typical week

Hours open, typical week 3,134 87.8 1,946 89.1 524 90.3 815 89.4 580 88.3 1,188 85.8 

3,009 84.3 1,855 85.0 501 86.4 770 84.4 558 84.9 1,154 83.3 

Reference transactions, typical week 3,055 85.6 1,901 87.1 516 89.0 793 87.0 565 86.0 1,154 83.3 

See notes at end of table.

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Table F-1. Number and percentage of academic libraries responding to each survey item, by level and control of institution: 2002—Continued

Total Four-year institutions Less than four-year 

post- Total four-year Highest level of degree

secondary institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's

degree Total Total Total Total Total 

granting res- res- res- res- res- 

institutions Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent ponding Percent 

Part G-Electronic services

Library services provided:

Documents digitized by 

library staff 3,120 87.4 1,937 88.7 523 90.2 811 88.9 576 87.7 1,183 85.4 

Library reference service by

e-mail or Web 3,122 87.5 1,939 88.8 524 90.3 811 88.9 577 87.8 1,183 85.4 

Technology to assist patrons

with disabilities 3,122 87.5 1,939 88.8 524 90.3 811 88.9 577 87.8 1,183 85.4 

Electronic theses and dissertations

produced by students 3,106 87.1 1,929 88.4 520 89.7 809 88.7 573 87.2 1,177 85.0 

Consortial services:

State has one or more

subsidized programs 3,121 87.5 1,938 88.8 523 90.2 811 88.9 577 87.8 1,183 85.4 

Participates in consortia services

not funded by the state 3,121 87.5 1,938 88.8 524 90.3 811 88.9 576 87.7 1,183 85.4 

Participates in state

subsidized consortia 2,667 100.0 1,671 99.9 458 100.0 710 100.0 481 99.8 996 100.0 

Cost of participation fully funded

by the state 2,384 100.0 1,469 100.0 409 100.0 642 100.0 402 100.0 915 99.9 

Cost of participation partially

funded by the state 1,545 99.9 1,023 99.9 277 100.0 463 99.8 274 100.0 522 100.0 

1 For data where the item response rate is below 70 percent in "E-books, eofy," for total and all categories of level and control; and in "General circulation transactions" and "Reserve cir

"Less than 4-year" and "Private" institutions, see tables 1B, 5A and 5B for the data. Missing data are estimated using imputations as described in the Methodology.NOTE: Caution should be exercised when using data at a level of detail where the response rate was less than 70 percent. EOFY = held at End Of Fiscal Year.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002.

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Table F-2. Number and percentage of non-responding academic libraries, by state, level, and control of institution: 2002

Total Four-year institutions Less than four-year Public 

postsecondary Total four-year Highest level of degree

degree-granting institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's

institutions Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Perc

 Libraries with

 all items imputed 408 11.4 223 10.2 52 9.0 95 10.4 69 10.5 185 13.4 106 

Alabama 2 3.0 1 2.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 6.7 1 3.7 1 Alaska 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Arizona 7 13.5 2 8.0 1 16.7 1 12.5 0 0.0 5 18.5 4 1Arkansas 1 2.2 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0.0 0 California 67 20.0 44 24.3 10 16.7 18 25.0 15 34.9 23 14.9 6 Colorado 13 21.3 8 21.6 1 7.7 1 14.3 6 35.3 5 20.8 1 Connecticut 3 6.8 1 3.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 2 12.5 0 Delaware 2 20.0 2 33.3 1 33.3 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 4District of Columbia 2 13.3 2 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 1 5Florida 12 9.2 4 4.8 0 0.0 2 6.5 2 5.7 8 17.0 0 Georgia 24 22.0 10 17.9 2 13.3 6 21.4 2 15.4 14 26.4 14 2Hawaii 2 11.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 25.0 0 Idaho 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Illinois 19 12.1 11 11.6 8 25.0 2 6.3 0 0.0 8 12.9 6 1Indiana 9 11.1 7 12.5 1 8.3 3 10.3 3 20.0 2 8.0 0 Iowa 10 16.1 7 15.9 0 0.0 2 13.3 5 21.7 3 16.7 2 1Kansas 5 9.1 3 10.7 1 20.0 2 16.7 0 0.0 2 7.4 3 Kentucky 5 8.1 1 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.0 4 13.8 3 1Louisiana 2 5.0 1 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.7 1 7.1 0 Maine 3 10.0 1 5.6 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 16.7 2 1Maryland 5 9.3 4 12.1 1 9.1 3 16.7 0 0.0 1 4.8 1 Massachusetts 9 8.0 9 10.0 1 3.4 6 15.8 1 5.3 0 0.0 0 Michigan 10 10.1 8 11.9 2 14.3 5 18.5 1 4.2 2 6.3 2 Minnesota 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.3 1 Mississippi 8 21.1 6 30.0 1 16.7 1 12.5 4 66.7 2 11.1 2 Missouri 11 11.1 7 9.7 3 20.0 2 7.1 2 7.1 4 14.8 0 Montana 1 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8.3 1 Nebraska 6 16.7 3 13.6 0 0.0 2 16.7 1 16.7 3 21.4 3 2Nevada 1 9.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 New Hampshire 5 22.7 4 23.5 2 50.0 1 16.7 1 14.3 1 20.0 1 1See notes at end of table.

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Table F-2. Number and percentage of non-responding academic libraries, by state, level, and control of institution: 2002—Continued

Total Four-year institutions Less than four-year Public 

 postsecondary Total four-year Highest level of degree

degree-granting institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's

institutions Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Perc

New Jersey 1 2.0 1 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 New Mexico 5 13.9 4 25.0 0 0.0 3 30.0 1 33.3 1 5.0 1 New York 24 9.4 13 7.6 3 6.4 7 8.8 2 5.0 11 13.1 1 North Carolina 1 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.6 0 North Dakota 2 10.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 25.0 2 1Ohio 32 21.8 11 12.8 3 14.3 8 18.6 0 0.0 21 34.4 9 1Oklahoma 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Oregon 1 1.9 1 3.0 0 0.0 1 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 Pennsylvania 28 13.7 15 10.7 6 17.1 5 7.9 4 9.8 13 20.0 3 Rhode Island 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 South Carolina 10 16.4 6 16.2 1 16.7 3 20.0 2 13.3 4 16.7 5 1South Dakota 2 8.7 1 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 1 20.0 1 Tennessee 4 4.9 3 5.2 1 6.3 2 9.5 0 0.0 1 4.2 1 Texas 16 8.8 8 8.5 0 0.0 2 6.1 4 23.5 8 9.1 4 Utah 1 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.0 1 1Vermont 5 21.7 3 14.3 0 0.0 2 16.7 1 14.3 2 100.0 3 5Virginia 8 9.4 1 1.8 0 0.0 1 5.9 0 0.0 7 23.3 4 1Washington 8 11.3 4 11.1 1 14.3 2 9.5 1 12.5 4 11.4 5 1West Virginia 5 17.9 2 9.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 18.2 3 50.0 2 1Wisconsin 10 16.1 3 6.8 1 14.3 1 3.8 1 9.1 7 38.9 7 2Wyoming 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 NOTE: Percentages are derived using table F-3 counts.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002.

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Total postsecondary

degree-granting Total four-year Highest level of degree Less than

institutions institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's four-year P

 Libraries 3,568 2,183 580 912 657 1,385 1Alabama 66 39 11 13 15 27 Alaska 6 5 1 2 21Arizona 52 25 6 8 10 27 Arkansas 46 21 5 8 8 25 California 335 181 60 72 43 154 Colorado 61 37 13 7 17 24 Connecticut 44 28 8 14 5 16 Delaware 10 6 3 3 04District of Columbia 15 15 6 6 2 0 Florida 131 84 17 31 35 47 Georgia 109 56 15 28 13 53 Hawaii 18 10 3 4 3 8 Idaho 13932 44

Illinois 157 95 32 32 30 62 Indiana 81 56 12 29 15 25 Iowa 62 44 6 15 23 18 Kansas 55 28 5 12 11 27 Kentucky 62 33 7 16 10 29 Louisiana 40 26 9 11 6 14 Maine 30 18 3 6 9 12 Maryland 54 33 11 18 4 21 Massachusetts 112 90 29 38 19 22 Michigan 99 67 14 27 24 32 Minnesota 89 46 10 16 18 43 Mississippi 38 20 6 8 6 18 Missouri 99 72 15 28 28 27 Montana 22 10 2 4 4 12 Nebraska 36 22 4 12 6 14 Nevada 11 6 2 1 35New Hampshire 22 17 4 6 7 5 See notes at end of table.Table F-3. Total number of academic libraries, by state, level, and control of institution: 2002

Four-year institutions

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Total postsecondary

degree-granting Total four-year Highest level of degree Less than

institutions institutions Doctor's Master's Bachelor's four-year P

New Jersey 51 31 13 15 3 20 New Mexico 36 16 3 10 3 20 New York 256 172 47 80 40 84 North Carolina 119 56 14 20 22 63 North Dakota 19 11 2 2 7 8 Ohio 147 86 21 43 20 61 Oklahoma 46 29 7 14 8 17 Oregon 53 33 7 18 8 20 Pennsylvania 205 140 35 63 42 65 Rhode Island 13 12 5 4 2 1 South Carolina 61 37 6 15 15 24 South Dakota 23 18 4 10 4 5 Tennessee 82 58 16 21 20 24 Texas 182 94 41 33 18 88 Utah 22 12 3 3 6 10 Vermont 23 21 2 12 7 2 Virginia 85 55 15 17 22 30 Washington 71 36 7 21 8 35 West Virginia 28 22 2 8 11 6 Wisconsin 62 44 7 26 11 18 Wyoming 9 1 1 0 08SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002.Table F-3. Total number of academic libraries, by state, level, and control of institution: 2002—Continued

Four-year institutions

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Appendix G— Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

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This appendix was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The tables in this appendix 

compare the final, imputed data with the reported data and the data from the 2000 survey. 
Appendix G— Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

G-2

Table G-1. Item totals and percentage change from 2002 Reported to 2002 Imputed 

Current year 

variable 2002 Reported 2002 Imputed Percentage change

Records 3,568.00 3,568.00 0.00

BRANCHES 2,728.00 2,949.00 8.10

STLIBS 24,377.13 25,656.51 5.25

STOTHPRO 5,972.94 6,395.85 7.08

STLIBPRO 30,350.07 32,052.36 5.61

SWLIBPRO 1,421,639,488.00 1,504,194,901.00 5.81

STOTH 35,787.13 37,472.50 4.71

SWOTH 961,163,618.00 1,006,741,479.00 4.74

STASST 23,888.72 25,304.55 5.93

SWASST 226,312,092.00 242,467,600.00 7.14

STTOT 90,025.92 94,829.41 5.34

SWTOT 2,610,719,072.00 2,753,403,980.00 5.47

FRINGE 322,588,000.00 341,924,554.00 5.99

EXBKS 608,816,767.00 644,527,449.00 5.87

EXELBKS 41,683,901.00 44,791,711.00 7.46

EXAUD 33,579,962.00 37,040,848.00 10.31

EXCUSER 1,172,264,573.00 1,223,818,397.00 4.40

EXELSER 283,986,388.00 297,657,197.00 4.81

EXDEL 21,868,277.00 22,907,407.00 4.75

See notes at end of table.
Appendix G— Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

G-3

Table G-1. Item totals and percentage change from 2002 Reported to 2002 

 Imputed—Continued 

Current year variable 2002 Reported 2002 Imputed Percentage change

EXPRES 44,062,244.00 46,498,898.00 5.53

EXOTHIR 52,316,024.00 52,975,553.00 1.26

EXCOMP 141,818,838.00 155,568,495.00 9.70

EXBIB 85,768,441.00 92,214,189.00 7.52

EXOTH 402,496,977.00 429,478,285.00 6.70

EXTOT 5,140,135,290.00 5,421,392,653.00 5.47

COLBKSA 23,270,961.00 24,575,696.00 5.61

COLBKSH 905,048,104.00 954,182,359.00 5.43

COLEBKSA 4,167,182.00 6,520,991.00 56.48

COLEBKSH 18,110,309.00 19,499,199.00 7.67

COLMICRA 22,824,923.00 24,443,241.00 7.09

COLMICRH 1,091,329,492.00 1,144,564,739.50 4.88

COLAUDA 3,049,943.00 3,609,605.00 18.35

COLAUDH 78,099,943.00 88,196,516.00 12.93

COLSERA 625,932.00 642,350.00 2.62

COLSERH 7,791,894.00 9,855,958.00 26.49

ILPRET 4,278,657.00 4,891,033.00 14.31

ILPNON 4,354,954.00 4,937,179.00 13.37

ILPTOT 9,273,940.00 9,828,212.00 5.98

ILRRET 3,356,857.00 3,745,535.00 11.58

ILRNON 3,649,904.00 4,098,114.00 12.28

ILRTOT 7,489,271.00 7,843,649.00 4.73

DOCDEL 887,247.00 1,080,450.00 21.78

CRGEN 139,997,458.00 149,225,105.00 6.59

CRRSV 35,320,624.00 39,375,903.00 11.48

PRESEN 414,953.00 452,023.00 8.93

ATTEND 7,353,459.00 7,965,351.00 8.32

HOURS 242,695.00 272,975.00 12.48

GATECT 15,155,081.00 16,926,698.00 11.69

REFTRANS 1,383,600.00 1,508,471.00 9.03

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002.
Appendix G— Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values 

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2002 

G-4

Table G-2. Item totals and percentage change from 2000 Imputed to 2002 Imputed 

Current year variable 2000 Imputed 2002 Imputed Percentage change

Records 3,451.00 3,568.00 3.39

BRANCHES 2,849.00 2,949.00 3.51

STLIBS 24,842.73 25,656.51 3.28

STOTHPRO 5,722.00 6,395.85 11.78

STLIBPRO 30,564.73 32,052.36 4.87

SWLIBPRO 1,319,957,530.00 1,504,194,901.00 13.96

STOTH 37,484.62 37,472.50 -0.03

SWOTH 939,879,822.00 1,006,741,479.00 7.11

STASST 26,291.59 25,304.55 -3.75

SWASST 227,833,975.00 242,467,600.00 6.42

STTOT 94,340.94 94,829.41 0.52

SWTOT 2,487,671,327.00 2,753,403,980.00 10.68

FRINGE 307,994,532.00 341,924,554.00 11.02

EXBKS 610,381,810.00 644,527,449.00 5.59

EXELBKS 33,576,053.00 44,791,711.00 33.40

EXAUD 31,874,164.00 37,040,848.00 16.21

EXCUSER 1,139,664,620.00 1,223,818,397.00 7.38

EXELSER 201,377,265.00 297,657,197.00 47.81

EXDEL 20,404,013.00 22,907,407.00 12.27

EXPRES 43,239,266.00 46,498,898.00 7.54

EXOTHIR 33,559,956.00 52,975,553.00 57.85

EXCOMP 156,691,197.00 155,568,495.00 -0.72

EXBIB 89,393,422.00 92,214,189.00 3.16

EXOTH 387,165,936.00 429,478,285.00 10.93

EXTOT 4,968,171,547.00 5,421,392,653.00 9.12

COLBKSA 24,157,311.00 24,575,696.00 1.73

COLBKSH 902,581,258.00 954,182,359.00 5.72

COLMICRA 34,223,837.00 24,443,241.00 -28.58

COLMICRH 1,100,049,462.00 1,144,564,739.50 4.05

COLAUDA 2,800,624.00 3,609,605.00 28.89

COLAUDH 86,796,546.00 88,196,516.00 1.61

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Current year variable 2000 Imputed 2002 Imputed Percentage change

ILPRET 4,572,633.00 4,891,033.00 6.96

ILPNON 4,841,783.00 4,937,179.00 1.97

ILPTOT 9,414,416.00 9,828,212.00 4.40

ILRRET 3,515,501.00 3,745,535.00 6.54

ILRNON 4,143,050.00 4,098,114.00 -1.08

ILRTOT 7,658,551.00 7,843,649.00 2.42

DOCDEL 1,224,778.00 1,080,450.00 -11.78

CRGENRSV 191,645,720.00 188,601,008.00 -1.59

PRESEN 428,245.00 452,023.00 5.55

ATTEND 7,431,924.00 7,965,351.00 7.18

HOURS 265,190.00 272,975.00 2.94

GATECT 16346061.00 16,926,698.00 3.55

REFTRANS 1,568,893.00 1,508,471.00 -3.85

COLEBKSA — 6,520,991.00 —

COLEBKSH — 19,499,199.00 —

COLSERA — 642,350.00 —

COLSERH — 9,855,958.00 —

— Not available. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 

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Table G-3. Item totals and percentage change from 2000 Reported to 2002 Reported 

Current year variable 2000 Reported 2002 Reported Percentage change

Records 3,451.00 3,568.00 3.39

BRANCHES 2,535.00 2,728.00 7.61

STLIBS 22,838.00 24,377.13 6.74

STOTHPRO 5,242.00 5,972.94 13.94

STLIBPRO 28,171.00 30,350.07 7.74

SWLIBPRO 1,229,700,988.00 1,421,639,488.00 15.61

STOTH 34,742.00 35,787.13 3.01

SWOTH 884,359,382.00 961,163,618.00 8.68

STASST 23,553.00 23,888.72 1.43

SWASST 211,348,074.00 226,312,092.00 7.08

STTOT 87,495.00 90,025.92 2.89

SWTOT 2,325,408,444.00 2,610,719,072.00 12.27

FRINGE 284,733,149.00 322,588,000.00 13.29

EXBKS 561,266,940.00 608,816,767.00 8.47

EXELBKS 30,745,486.00 41,683,901.00 35.58

EXAUD 29,726,158.00 33,579,962.00 12.96

EXCUSER 1070337153.00 1,172,264,573.00 9.52

EXELSER 192,192,333.00 283,986,388.00 47.76

EXDEL 19,078,019.00 21,868,277.00 14.63

EXPRES 41,422,476.00 44,062,244.00 6.37

EXOTHIR 30,716,751.00 52,316,024.00 70.32

EXCOMP 144,852,179.00 141,818,838.00 -2.09

EXBIB 83,822,574.00 85,768,441.00 2.32

EXOTH 340,800,845.00 402,496,977.00 18.10

EXTOT 4,631,794,662.0 5,140,135,290.0 10.98

COLBKSA 22,429,247.00 23,270,961.00 3.75

COLBKSH 848,985,944.00 905,048,104.00 6.60

COLMICRA 31,007,267.00 22824923.00 -26.39

COLMICRH 1,023,909,231.00 1,091,329,492.00 6.58

COLAUDA 2,322,051.00 3,049,943.00 31.35

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Current year variable 2000 Reported 2002 Reported Percentage change

COLAUDH 78,674,894.00 78,099,943.00 -0.73

ILPRET 3,853,986.00 4,278,657.00 11.02

ILPNON 4,113,269.00 4,354,954.00 5.88

ILPTOT 8,731,764.00 9,273,940.00 6.21

ILRRET 3,047,397.00 3,356,857.00 10.15

ILRNON 3,589,987.00 3,649,904.00 1.67

ILRTOT 7,102,419.00 7,489,271.00 5.45

DOCDEL 979,948.00 887,247.00 -9.46

CRGENRSV 177,355,363.00 175,318,082.00 -1.15

PRESEN 385,808.00 414,953.00 7.55

ATTEND 6,735,903.00 7,353,459.00 9.17

HOURS 233,455.00 242,695.00 3.96

GATECT 13,473,325.00 15,155,081.00 12.48

REFTRANS 1,385,422.00 1,383,600.00 -0.13

COLEBKSA — 4,167,182.00 —

COLEBKSH — 181,10,309.00 —

COLSERA — 625,932.00 —

COLSERH — 7,791,894.00 —

— Not available. 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 

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 Carnegie Classification Code  Cumulative Cum CARNEGIE Frequency Percent Frequency P-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Not available 420 10.81 420 15 Doctoral/Research universities - Extensive 150 3.86 570 16 Doctoral/Research universities - Intensive 106 2.73 676 21 Master's Colleges and Universities I 483 12.43 1159 22 Master's (comprehensive) Colleges and Universities II 110 2.83 1269 31 Baccalaureate Colleges - Liberal Arts 216 5.56 1485 32 Baccalaureate Colleges - General 304 7.82 1789 33 Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges 50 1.29 1839 40 Associate's Colleges 1433 36.87 3272 51 Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions 203 5.22 3475 52 Medical schools and medical centers 45 1.16 3520 53 Other separate health profession schools 86 2.21 3606 54 Schools of engineering and technology 55 1.41 3661 55 Schools of business and management 34 0.87 3695 56 Schools of art, music, and design 80 2.06 3775 57 Schools of law 21 0.54 3796 58 Teachers colleges 6 0.15 3802 59 Other specialized institutions 56 1.44 3858 60 Tribal Colleges and Universities 29 0.75 3887 1 Institution City  Cumulative Cumulative CITY Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State  Cumulative Cumulative CNFULLYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 839 21.58 839 21.58 2 No 1546 39.77 2385 61.36 N No response 1218 31.34 3603 92.69 S Skip, no participation 284 7.31 3887 100.00
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 Library Participate in any Other Consortia  Cumulative Cumulative CNOTHRYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2099 54.00 2099 54.00 2 No 1022 26.29 3121 80.29 N No response 766 19.71 3887 100.00  Participate in Consortium  Cumulative Cumulative CNPARTYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 2385 61.36 2385 61.36 2 No 284 7.31 2669 68.66 N No response 1218 31.34 3887 100.00  Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State  Cumulative Cumulative CNPRTLYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 1179 30.33 1179 30.33 2 No 366 9.42 1545 39.75 F Full participation 839 21.58 2384 61.33 N No response 1219 31.36 3603 92.69 S Skip, no participation 284 7.31 3887 100.00  State have Subsidized Library Consortium  Cumulative Cumulative CNSUBYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2668 68.64 2668 68.64 2 No 453 11.65 3121 80.29 N No response 766 19.71 3887 100.00  Collections - Audiovisual - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLAUDA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Collections - Audiovisual - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLAUDH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Books - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLBKSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Books - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLBKSH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - E Books - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLEBKSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - E Books - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLEBKSH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Microforms - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLMICRA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Collections - Microforms - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLMICRH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Serial Subscription - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLSERA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Serial Subscriptions Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLSERH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Control of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  CONTROL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Public 1663 42.78 1663 42.78 2 Private, nonprofit 1571 40.42 3234 83.20 3 Private, for profit 653 16.80 3887 100.00  General Circulation Transactions  Cumulative Cumulative  CRGEN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Reserve Circulation Transactions  Cumulative Cumulative  CRRSV Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Current Year Parent/Child Indicator  Cumulative Cumulative CYPARCH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Parent 77 1.98 77 1.98 2 Child 170 4.37 247 6.35 N No response 3640 93.65 3887 100.00  Data Source Code - Media Source Used for Returning Data  Cumulative Cumulative DATSRC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Internet/Web 3847 98.97 3847 98.97 N Not returned 40 1.03 3887 100.00  Degree Granting Status  Cumulative Cumulative  DEGGRANT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Documents Delivered from Commercial Services  Cumulative Cumulative  DOCDEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff  Cumulative Cumulative DOCDIGYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 893 22.97 893 22.97 2 No 2227 57.29 3120 80.27 N No response 767 19.73 3887 100.00 
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 Dunn and Bradstreet Id Number  Cumulative Cumulative DUNS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 145 3.73 145 3.73 Valid value 3742 96.27 3887 100.00  Most Recent Edit Date  Cumulative Cumulative EDITDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 727 18.70 727 18.70 Valid value 3160 81.30 3887 100.00  Release Status Give to NCES  Cumulative Cumulative EDITST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not edited 727 18.70 727 18.70 1 Record edited with no edit or critical flags 287 7.38 1014 26.09 2 Record edited with critical edit flags, analyst accept 2873 73.91 3887 100.00  Employer Id Number  Cumulative Cumulative EIN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 77 1.98 77 1.98 -1 Not reported 305 7.85 382 9.83 -2 Not applicable 6 0.15 388 9.98 Valid value 3499 90.02 3887 100.00  Institution has an Eligible Collection  Cumulative Cumulative ELGCOLL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3246 83.51 3246 83.51 2 No 53 1.36 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00 
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 Institution has physical Library Facility  Cumulative Cumulative ELGPHYS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3215 82.71 3215 82.71 2 No 84 2.16 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Institution has an Established Schedule  Cumulative Cumulative ELGSCHED Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3195 82.20 3195 82.20 2 No 104 2.68 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Institution has Eligible Staff  Cumulative Cumulative ELGSTAFF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3187 81.99 3187 81.99 2 No 112 2.88 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Audio visual  Cumulative Cumulative  EXAUD Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities  Cumulative Cumulative  EXBIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Expenditure - Books  Cumulative Cumulative  EXBKS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software  Cumulative Cumulative  EXCOMP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Serial Subscription  Cumulative Cumulative  EXCUSER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Document Deliver  Cumulative Cumulative  EXDEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Electronic Books  Cumulative Cumulative  EXELBKS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Electronic serials  Cumulative Cumulative  EXELSER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure  Cumulative Cumulative  EXOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 1169 30.07 1169 30.07 Valid value 2718 69.93 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Other Information Resources  Cumulative Cumulative  EXOTHIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Preservation  Cumulative Cumulative  EXPRES Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Total  Cumulative Cumulative  EXTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Provide Financial Support to Another Library  Cumulative Cumulative FINSUPP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 No 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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FIPS state code  Cumulative Cumulative FIPS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Alabama 75 1.93 75 1.93 02 Alaska 6 0.15 81 2.08 04 Arizona 63 1.62 144 3.70 05 Arkansas 46 1.18 190 4.89 06 California 379 9.75 569 14.64 08 Colorado 70 1.80 639 16.44 09 Connecticut 45 1.16 684 17.60 10 Delaware 10 0.26 694 17.85 11 District of Columbia 16 0.41 710 18.27 12 Florida 150 3.86 860 22.13 13 Georgia 122 3.14 982 25.26 15 Hawaii 20 0.51 1002 25.78 16 Idaho 13 0.33 1015 26.11 17 Illinois 168 4.32 1183 30.43 18 Indiana 88 2.26 1271 32.70 19 Iowa 62 1.60 1333 34.29 20 Kansas 60 1.54 1393 35.84 21 Kentucky 74 1.90 1467 37.74 22 Louisiana 46 1.18 1513 38.92 23 Maine 32 0.82 1545 39.75 24 Maryland 63 1.62 1608 41.37 25 Massachusetts 114 2.93 1722 44.30 26 Michigan 104 2.68 1826 46.98 27 Minnesota 111 2.86 1937 49.83 28 Mississippi 40 1.03 1977 50.86 29 Missouri 109 2.80 2086 53.67 30 Montana 23 0.59 2109 54.26 31 Nebraska 38 0.98 2147 55.24 32 Nevada 13 0.33 2160 55.57 33 New Hampshire 25 0.64 2185 56.21 34 New Jersey 53 1.36 2238 57.58 35 New Mexico 42 1.08 2280 58.66 36 New York 264 6.79 2544 65.45 37 North Carolina 120 3.09 2664 68.54 38 North Dakota 20 0.51 2684 69.05 39 Ohio 160 4.12 2844 73.17 40 Oklahoma 52 1.34 2896 74.50 41 Oregon 56 1.44 2952 75.95 42 Pennsylvania 234 6.02 3186 81.97 44 Rhode Island 13 0.33 3199 82.30 45 South Carolina 62 1.60 3261 83.90 46 South Dakota 26 0.67 3287 84.56 47 Tennessee 86 2.21 3373 86.78 48 Texas 188 4.84 3561 91.61 49 Utah 24 0.62 3585 92.23 50 Vermont 27 0.69 3612 92.93 
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FIPS state code—Continued  Cumulative Cumulative FIPS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Virginia 95 2.44 3707 95.37 53 Washington 76 1.96 3783 97.32 54 West Virginia 31 0.80 3814 98.12 55 Wisconsin 64 1.65 3878 99.77 56 Wyoming 9 0.23 3887 100.00 First Professional Offering  Cumulative Cu FPOFFER Frequency Percent Frequency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 First professional degree or first professional certificate (Post-degree) 515 13.25 515 2 No first professional offering 3372 86.75 3887  Fringe Benefit  Cumulative Cumulative  FRINGE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 2171 55.85 2171 55.85 Valid value 1716 44.15 3887 100.00  Are Fringe Benefit paid from Library Budget  Cumulative Cumulative FRINGEYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 1730 44.51 1730 44.51 2 No 2157 55.49 3887 100.00  IPEDS Fall Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment - Imputation used  Cumulative Cumulative  FTEUSED Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 54 1.39 54 1.39 Valid value 3833 98.61 3887 100.00 
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 Full-Time Equivalent Estimated or Not  Cumulative Cumulative FTEFLAG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not estimated 3837 98.71 3837 98.71 1 Estimated 50 1.29 3887 100.00  Gate Count in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  GATECT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Graduate Offering  Cumulative Cumulative  GROFFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Graduate degree or certificate offered 1645 42.32 1645 42.32 2 No graduate offering 2242 57.68 3887 100.00  Historically Black College/University  Cumulative Cumulative  HBCU Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 101 2.60 139 3.58 2 No 3748 96.42 3887 100.00  Highest Degree Offered  Cumulative Cumulative  HDEGOFFR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 First professional degrees only 35 0.90 35 0.90 10 Doctoral 281 7.23 316 8.13 11 Doctoral and First professional 350 9.00 666 17.13 20 Master's 868 22.33 1534 39.46 21 Master's and First professional 114 2.93 1648 42.40 30 Bachelors 692 17.80 2340 60.20 31 Bachelors and First professional 15 0.39 2355 60.59 40 Associates 1532 39.41 3887 100.00 
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Highest Level of Education Offering   HLOFFER Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Not applicable, first professional only 33 0.85 1 Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of less than one academic year 1 0.03 3 Associate degree 1140 29.33 4 Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of at least two but less than four academic years 391 10.06 5 Bachelor's degree 677 17.42 6 Post baccalaureate certificate 32 0.82 7 Master's degree 775 19.94 8 Post master's certificate 207 5.33 9 Doctoral degree 631 16.23  Institution has Hospital  Cumulative Cumulative  HOSPITAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 88 2.26 126 3.24 2 No 3761 96.76 3887 100.00  Hours Open in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  HOURS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Level of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  ICLEVEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Four or more years (Baccalaureate or higher degree) 2356 60.61 2356 60.61 2 At least 2 but less than 4 years (below the Baccalaureate) 1531 39.39 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPNON Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPRET Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Provided Total  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRNON Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRRET Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Total  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Most Recent Impute Date  Cumulative Cumulative IMPDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 974 25.06 974 25.06 Valid value 2913 74.94 3887 100.00 
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 Impute Indicator  Cumulative Cumulative IMPUTE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not imputed 974 25.06 974 25.06 1 At least one part is imputed 2913 74.94 3887 100.00  Institution Name  Cumulative Cumulative INSTNM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 1st Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 2nd Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 3rd Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Does Library Provide Reference Service by Email or Web  Cumulative Cumulative LIBREFYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2424 62.36 2424 62.36 2 No 698 17.96 3122 80.32 N No response 765 19.68 3887 100.00 
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 Shared Library, 1st Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Shared Library, 2nd Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Shared Library, 3rd Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Locale Code - Degree of Urbanization  Cumulative Cumulative  LOCALE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -3 Not available 112 2.88 112 2.88 1 Large city 870 22.38 982 25.26 2 Mid-size city 991 25.50 1973 50.76 3 Urban fringe of large city 728 18.73 2701 69.49 4 Urban fringe of mid-size city 244 6.28 2945 75.77 5 Large town 131 3.37 3076 79.14 6 Small town 598 15.38 3674 94.52 7 Rural 204 5.25 3878 99.77 9 Not assigned 9 0.23 3887 100.00  Institution Grants Medical Degree  Cumulative Cumulative  MEDICAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 133 3.42 133 3.42 1 Yes 159 4.09 292 7.51 2 No 3595 92.49 3887 100.00 
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 Date Imputations Run by ESMPD  Cumulative Cumulative NCESDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 974 25.06 974 25.06 Valid value 2913 74.94 3887 100.00  OBE Region Code  Cumulative Cumulative  OBEREG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 US Service Schools 5 0.13 5 0.13 1 New England - CT ME MA NH RI VT 255 6.56 260 6.69 2 Mid East - DE DC MD NJ NY PA 637 16.39 897 23.08 3 Great Lakes - IL IN MI OH WI 584 15.02 1481 38.10 4 Plains - IA KS MN MO NE ND SD 426 10.96 1907 49.06 5 Southeast - AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV 947 24.36 2854 73.42 6 Southwest - AZ NM OK TX 345 8.88 3199 82.30 7 Rocky Mountains - CO ID MT UT WY 138 3.55 3337 85.85 8 Far West - AK CA HI NV OR WA 550 14.15 3887 100.00  OPE Eligibility Indicator  Cumulative Cumu OPEFLAG Frequency Percent Frequency Pe------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Institution participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs 3871 99.59 3871 92 Branch campus of a main campus that participates in Title IV 12 0.31 3883 93 Deferment only - limited participation 3 0.08 3886 95 Not currently participating in Title IV, has an OPE ID number 1 0.03 3887 10 Office of Post Sec Education Id Num for Title IV Participant  Cumulative Cumulative OPEID Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Institution Open to the General Public  Cumulative Cumulative  OPENPUBL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Item 1  Cumulative Cumulative PARTAFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3556 91.48 3556 91.48 1 Total non-respondent for this part 331 8.52 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 2-7  Cumulative Cumulative PARTBFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3342 85.98 3342 85.98 1 Total non-respondent for this part 408 10.50 3750 96.48 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 137 3.52 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 8a,8b  Cumulative Cumulative PARTBFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3700 95.19 3700 95.19 1 Total non-respondent for this part 187 4.81 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 10,13,15-21  Cumulative Cumulative PARTCFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3277 84.31 3277 84.31 1 Total non-respondent for this part 423 10.88 3700 95.19 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 187 4.81 3887 100.00 
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 Imp Flag for Line Items 11,12,14  Cumulative Cumulative PARTCFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2937 75.56 2937 75.56 1 Total non-respondent for this part 483 12.43 3420 87.99 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 467 12.01 3887 100.00 Imp Flag for Line Items 22,24-26  Cumulative Cumulative PARTDFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2996 77.08 2996 77.08 1 Total non-respondent for this part 462 11.89 3458 88.96 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 429 11.04 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Item 23  Cumulative Cumulative PARTDFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2321 59.71 2321 59.71 1 Total non-respondent for this part 744 19.14 3065 78.85 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 822 21.15 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 27-33  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3182 81.86 3182 81.86 1 Total non-respondent for this part 481 12.37 3663 94.24 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 224 5.76 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 34a,34b  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2914 74.97 2914 74.97 1 Total non-respondent for this part 442 11.37 3356 86.34 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 531 13.66 3887 100.00 
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 Imp Flag for Line Items 35,36  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3372 86.75 3372 86.75 1 Total non-respondent for this part 510 13.12 3882 99.87 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 5 0.13 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 37-39  Cumulative Cumulative PARTFFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3306 85.05 3306 85.05 1 Total non-respondent for this part 434 11.17 3740 96.22 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 147 3.78 3887 100.00  Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00  Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00  Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00 
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 Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN4 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00 Number of Presentations  Cumulative Cumulative  PRESEN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Reference Transactions in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  REFTRANS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Sector of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  SECTOR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Public, 4-year or above 630 16.21 630 16.21 2 Private nonprofit, 4-year and above 1452 37.36 2082 53.56 3 Private for profit, 4-year and above 274 7.05 2356 60.61 4 Public, 2-year 1033 26.58 3389 87.19 5 Private nonprofit, 2-year 119 3.06 3508 90.25 6 Private for profit, 2-year 379 9.75 3887 100.00 
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State Abbreviation Code  Cumulative Cumulative STABBR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AK Alaska 6 0.15 6 0.15 AL Alabama 75 1.93 81 2.08 AR Arkansas 46 1.18 127 3.27 AZ Arizona 63 1.62 190 4.89 CA California 379 9.75 569 14.64 CO Colorado 70 1.80 639 16.44 CT Connecticut 45 1.16 684 17.60 DC District of Columbia 16 0.41 700 18.01 DE Delaware 10 0.26 710 18.27 FL Florida 150 3.86 860 22.13 GA Georgia 122 3.14 982 25.26 HI Hawaii 20 0.51 1002 25.78 IA Iowa 62 1.60 1064 27.37 ID Idaho 13 0.33 1077 27.71 IL Illinois 168 4.32 1245 32.03 IN Indiana 88 2.26 1333 34.29 KS Kansas 60 1.54 1393 35.84 KY Kentucky 74 1.90 1467 37.74 LA Louisiana 46 1.18 1513 38.92 MA Massachusetts 114 2.93 1627 41.86 MD Maryland 63 1.62 1690 43.48 ME Maine 32 0.82 1722 44.30 MI Michigan 104 2.68 1826 46.98 MN Minnesota 111 2.86 1937 49.83 MO Missouri 109 2.80 2046 52.64 MS Mississippi 40 1.03 2086 53.67 MT Montana 23 0.59 2109 54.26 NC North Carolina 120 3.09 2229 57.34 ND North Dakota 20 0.51 2249 57.86 NE Nebraska 38 0.98 2287 58.84 NH New Hampshire 25 0.64 2312 59.48 NJ New Jersey 53 1.36 2365 60.84 NM New Mexico 42 1.08 2407 61.92 NV Nevada 13 0.33 2420 62.26 NY New York 264 6.79 2684 69.05 OH Ohio 160 4.12 2844 73.17 OK Oklahoma 52 1.34 2896 74.50 OR Oregon 56 1.44 2952 75.95 PA Pennsylvania 234 6.02 3186 81.97 RI Rhode Island 13 0.33 3199 82.30 SC South Carolina 62 1.60 3261 83.90 SD South Dakota 26 0.67 3287 84.56 TN Tennessee 86 2.21 3373 86.78 TX Texas 188 4.84 3561 91.61 UT Utah 24 0.62 3585 92.23 VA Virginia 95 2.44 3680 94.67 
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State Abbreviation Code—Continued  Cumulative Cumulative STABBR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VT Vermont 27 0.69 3707 95.37 WA Washington 76 1.96 3783 97.32 WI Wisconsin 64 1.65 3847 98.97 WV West Virginia 31 0.80 3878 99.77 WY Wyoming 9 0.23 3887 100.00  Student Assistants  Cumulative Cumulative  STASST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 Response Status Code  Cumulative STATUS Frequency Percent Frequency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Respondent 3313 85.23 3313 3 Nonrespondent to data and screening questions, not imputed 8 0.21 3321 4 Nonrespondent, imputed 425 10.93 3746 5 Nonrespondent to data (screening questions reported, out-of-scope), not imputed 141 3.63 3887  Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STLIBPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Staff - Librarians  Cumulative Cumulative  STLIBS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 All Other Paid Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Staff - Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STOTHPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Total Full Time Equivalent Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Student Assistant  Cumulative Cumulative  SWASST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 1704 43.84 1704 43.84 Valid value 2183 56.16 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  SWLIBPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 1240 31.90 1240 31.90 Valid value 2647 68.10 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  SWOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 1515 38.98 1515 38.98 Valid value 2372 61.02 3887 100.00 
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 Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent  Cumulative Cumulative  SWTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 1169 30.07 1169 30.07 Valid value 2718 69.93 3887 100.00  Technology to Assist the Disabled  Cumulative Cumulative TECHYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 1726 44.40 1726 44.40 2 No 1396 35.91 3122 80.32 N No response 765 19.68 3887 100.00  Electronic Theses Produced by Students  Cumulative Cumulative THESYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 214 5.51 214 5.51 2 No 2892 74.40 3106 79.91 N No response 781 20.09 3887 100.00  Tribal College  Cumulative Cumulative  TRIBAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 29 0.75 67 1.72 2 No 3820 98.28 3887 100.00  Undergraduate Offering  Cumulative Cumulative  UGOFFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Undergraduate degree or certificate offered 3647 93.83 3647 93.83 2 No undergraduate offering 240 6.17 3887 100.00 
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 Unit Id Number for the Institution  Cumulative Cumulative UNITID Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  If Child, Parent Institution Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative UNITIDX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3640 93.65 3640 93.65 Valid value 247 6.35 3887 100.00  Institutions Web Address  Cumulative Cumulative WEBADDR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 63 1.62 63 1.62 Valid value 3824 98.38 3887 100.00 
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Status Flag - Attendance at Presentations  XATTEND Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 72 1.85 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 440 11.32 R Original data value was reported 3046 78.36  Status Flag - Branch  XBRANCHES Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 19 0.49 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 1 0.03 N Original data field was blank 56 1.44 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 331 8.52 R Original data value was reported 3135 80.65 Z Implied reported zero value 339 8.72  Status Flag - Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State  XCNFULLYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 2382 61.28 S Not applicable, not imputed 737 18.96  Status Flag - Library Participate in Any Other Consortia  XCNOTHRYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83 
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 Status Flag - Participate in Consortium  XCNPARTYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 12 0.31 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 2656 68.33 S Not applicable, not imputed 453 11.65  Status Flag - Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State  XCNPRTLYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 1542 39.67 S Not applicable, not imputed 1576 40.55  Status Flag - State have Subsidized Library Consortium  XCNSUBYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 3104 79.86  Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Added  XCOLAUDA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 4 0.10 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 10 0.26 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 174 4.48 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 2971 76.43 Z Implied reported zero value 15 0.39 
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 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Held  XCOLAUDH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 14 0.36 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 81 2.08 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 462 11.89 R Original data value was reported 3004 77.28  Status Flag - Collections Books Added  XCOLBKSA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 136 3.50 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 3031 77.98  Status Flag - Collections Books Held  XCOLBKSH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 10 0.26 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 81 2.08 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 424 10.91 R Original data value was reported 3046 78.36  Status Flag - Collections EBooks Added  XCOLEBKSA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 788 20.27 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2669 68.66 Z Implied reported zero value 101 2.60 
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 Status Flag - Collections E Books Held  XCOLEBKSH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 12 0.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 19 0.49 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 1521 39.13 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2016 51.87  Status Flag - Collections Microforms Added  XCOLMICRA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 239 6.15 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 2929 75.35 Z Implied reported zero value 2 0.05  Status Flag - Collections Microforms Held  XCOLMICRH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 94 2.42 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 541 13.92 R Original data value was reported 2924 75.23 
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 Status Flag - Collections Serial Added  XCOLSERA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 22 0.57 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 613 15.77 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2925 75.25  Status Flag - Collections Serial Held  XCOLSERH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 74 1.90 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 570 14.66 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2918 75.07  Status Flag - General Circulation Transactions  XCRGEN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 31 0.80 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 52 1.34 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 128 3.29 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 828 21.30 R Original data value was reported 2529 65.06  Status Flag - Reserve Circulation Transactions  XCRRSV Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 52 1.34 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 42 1.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 145 3.73 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 828 21.30 R Original data value was reported 2501 64.34 
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 Status Flag - Documents Delivered from Commercial Services  XDOCDEL Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 80 2.06 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 564 14.51 R Original data value was reported 2924 75.23  Status Flag - Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff  XDOCDIGYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 18 0.46 N Original data field was blank 767 19.73 R Original data value was reported 3102 79.80  Status Flag - Expenditure Audio Visual  XEXAUD Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 9 0.23 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 87 2.24 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 587 15.10 R Original data value was reported 2851 73.35 Z Implied reported zero value 29 0.75  Status Flag - Expenditure Bibliographic  XEXBIB Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 73 1.88 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 405 10.42 R Original data value was reported 3058 78.67 Z Implied reported zero value 27 0.69 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Books  XEXBKS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 22 0.57 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 402 10.34 R Original data value was reported 3071 79.01 Z Implied reported zero value 1 0.03  Status Flag - Expenditure Computer  XEXCOMP Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 71 1.83 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 408 10.50 R Original data value was reported 3054 78.57 Z Implied reported zero value 31 0.80  Status Flag - Expenditure Serial Subscription  XEXCUSER Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 19 0.49 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 403 10.37 R Original data value was reported 3068 78.93 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Document Deliver  XEXDEL Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 2 0.05 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 410 10.55 R Original data value was reported 3058 78.67 Z Implied reported zero value 21 0.54  Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Books  XEXELBKS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 96 2.47 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 621 15.98 R Original data value was reported 2835 72.94 Z Implied reported zero value 5 0.13  Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Serials  XEXELSER Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 12 0.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 108 2.78 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 529 13.61 R Original data value was reported 2910 74.86 Z Implied reported zero value 1 0.03 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Other  XEXOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 8 0.21 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 H Data suppressed 1169 30.07 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 35 0.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 261 6.71 R Original data value was reported 2080 53.51 Z Implied reported zero value 13 0.33  Status Flag - Expenditure Other Information Resources  XEXOTHIR Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 407 10.47 R Original data value was reported 2983 76.74 Z Implied reported zero value 96 2.47  Status Flag - Expenditure Preservation  XEXPRES Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 403 10.37 R Original data value was reported 3048 78.42 Z Implied reported zero value 43 1.11 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Total  XEXTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 595 15.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 18 0.46 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 60 1.54 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 366 9.42 R Original data value was reported 2342 60.25 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 187 4.81  Status Flag - Fringe Benefit  XFRINGE Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 H Data suppressed 2171 55.85 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 50 1.29 N Original data field was blank 15 0.39 R Original data value was reported 710 18.27 S Not applicable, not imputed 937 24.11  Status Flag - Fringe Benefit Paid from Library Budget Y/N  XFRINGEYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 17 0.44 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 562 14.46 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 187 4.81 R Original data value was reported 3121 80.29  Status Flag - Gate Count in a Typical Week  XGATECT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 17 0.44 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2985 76.79 
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 Status Flag - Hours Open in a Typical Week  XHOURS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 30 0.77 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 66 1.70 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 368 9.47 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable  XILPNON Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 493 12.68 R Original data value was reported 2959 76.13 Z Implied reported zero value 33 0.85  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable  XILPRET Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 493 12.68 R Original data value was reported 2982 76.72 Z Implied reported zero value 10 0.26 
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 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Total  XILPTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 4 0.10 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 431 11.09 R Original data value was reported 3056 78.62  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable  XILRNON Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2969 76.38 Z Implied reported zero value 27 0.69  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Returnable  XILRRET Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2990 76.92 Z Implied reported zero value 6 0.15 
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 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Total  XILRTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 73 1.88 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 424 10.91 R Original data value was reported 3063 78.80  Status Flag - Library Provide Reference Service by Email  XLIBREFYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 3105 79.88  Status Flag - Number of Presentations  XPRESEN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 71 1.83 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 442 11.37 R Original data value was reported 3050 78.47  Status Flag - Reference Transactions in a Typical Week  XREFTRANS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 443 11.40 R Original data value was reported 3047 78.39 
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 Status Flag - Student Assistants  XSTASST Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 32 0.82 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 357 9.18 R Original data value was reported 3112 80.06  Status Flag - Librarians and Other Professional Staff  XSTLIBPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 90 2.32 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3060 78.72  Status Flag - Librarians  XSTLIBS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 30 0.77 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3119 80.24  Status Flag - Other Paid Staff  XSTOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 10 0.26 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 355 9.13 R Original data value was reported 3136 80.68 
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 Status Flag - Other Professional Staff  XSTOTHPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3148 80.99  Status Flag - Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff  XSTTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 258 6.64 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 60 1.54 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 348 8.95 R Original data value was reported 2883 74.17 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 12 0.31  Status Flag - Salary Student Assistant  XSWASST Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 H Data suppressed 1704 43.84 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 8 0.21 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 191 4.91 R Original data value was reported 1652 42.50 
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 Status Flag - Salary Librarian and Other Professional Staff  XSWLIBPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 H Data suppressed 1240 31.90 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 10 0.26 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 220 5.66 R Original data value was reported 2083 53.59  Status Flag - Other Paid Staff  XSWOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 2 0.05 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 H Data suppressed 1515 38.98 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 11 0.28 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 159 4.09 R Original data value was reported 1874 48.21  Status Flag - Total Salary & Wage Full-Time Equivalent  XSWTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 362 9.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 H Data suppressed 1169 30.07 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 30 0.77 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 224 5.76 R Original data value was reported 1706 43.89 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 75 1.93 
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 Status Flag - Technology to Assist the Disabled  XTECHYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 16 0.41 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 3106 79.91  Status Flag - Electronic Theses Produced by Students  XTHESYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 781 20.09 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83  Postal Zip code PLUS 4  Cumulative Cumulative ZIP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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ALS:2002 Public-use file continuous variable statisticsVARIABLE VARIABLE LABEL N MEAN STD DEV ATTEND Total Attendance at Presentations 3,887 2049.28 5468.25 BRANCHES Number of Branch and Independent Libraries 3,887 0.76 2.75 COLAUDA Collections - Audiovisual - Added 3,887 928.64 10192.44 COLAUDH Collections - Audiovisual - Held 3,887 22690.75 169733.98 COLBKSA Collections - Books - Added 3,887 6322.54 17692.08 COLBKSH Collections - Books - Held 3,887 245480.41 737423.77 COLEBKSA Collections - E Books - Added 3,887 1228.64 5014.37 COLEBKSH Collections - E Books - Held 3,887 2654.53 11368.74 COLMICRA Collections - Microforms - Added 3,887 6288.46 21663.58 COLMICRH Collections - Microforms - Held 3,887 294244.40 859047.03 COLSERA Collections - Serial Subscription - Added 3,887 165.26 809.48 COLSERH Collections - Serial Subscriptions - Held 3,887 2535.62 13188.81 CRGEN General Circulation Transactions 3,887 38550.84 124788.32 CRRSV Reserve Circulation Transactions 3,887 10136.64 42184.90 DOCDEL Documents Delivered from Commercial Services 3,887 277.97 4029.78 EXAUD Expenditure - Audio visual 3,887 9529.42 38486.15 EXBIB Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities 3,887 23730.99 57494.15 EXBKS Expenditure - Books 3,887 165896.54 553561.69 EXCOMP Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software 3,887 40080.10 155370.01 EXCUSER Expenditure - Serial Subscription 3,887 314834.62 948858.77 EXDEL Expenditure - Document Deliver 3,887 5894.66 24669.26 EXELBKS Expenditure - Electronic Books 3,887 11523.47 62777.00 EXELSER Expenditure - Electronic serials 3,887 76577.62 250338.79 EXOTH Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure 2,718 144893.34 651875.50 EXOTHIR Expenditure - Other Information Resources 3,887 13628.90 108268.66 EXPRES Expenditure - Preservation 3,887 11962.67 52314.64 EXTOT Expenditure - Total 3,887 1393546.77 4104042.25 FRINGE Fringe Benefit 1,716 171040.59 553797.84 FTEUSED IPEDS Fall Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment - Imputation used 3,833 2927.86 4733.59 GATECT Gate Count in a Typical Week 3,887 4354.69 8316.01 HOURS Hours Open in a Typical Week 3,887 70.23 28.79 ILPNON Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable 3,887 1270.18 5305.39 ILPRET Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable 3,887 1258.31 3647.40 ILPTOT Inter Library Loans Provided Total 3,887 2528.48 8126.69 ILRNON Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable 3,887 1054.31 3085.49 ILRRET Inter Library Loans Received Returnable 3,887 963.61 2774.30 ILRTOT Inter Library Loans Received Total 3,887 2017.92 5380.57 

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VARIABLE VARIABLE LABEL N MEAN STD DEV PRESEN Number of Presentations 3,887 116.29 264.88 PCTMIN1 Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 13.17 18.45 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 1.54 8.01 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 4.00 7.23 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 6.87 11.50 REFTRANS Reference Transactions in a Typical Week 3,887 388.08 1705.61 STASST Student Assistants 3,887 6.51 14.32 STLIBPRO Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff 3,887 8.25 20.76 STLIBS Staff - Librarians 3,887 6.60 15.11 STOTHPRO Staff - Other Professional Staff 3,887 1.65 8.05 STOTH All Other Paid Staff 3,887 9.64 27.29 STTOT Total Full Time Equivalent Staff 3,887 24.40 58.53 SWASST Salary & Wage - Student Assistant 2,183 105451.20 233494.21 SWLIBPRO Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff 2,647 545927.88 1255468.00 SWOTH Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff 2,372 414246.85 996871.75 SWTOT Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent 2,718 892068.01 2268663.46 

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ALS_2002_R.2.A variable frequencies 

The FREQ Procedure  Status of the Institution  Cumulative Cumulative ACT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Active - Institution active and not an add 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Institution Address  Cumulative Cumulative ADDR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 84 2.16 84 2.16 Valid value 3803 97.84 3887 100.00  Total Attendance at Presentations  Cumulative Cumulative  ATTEND Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Number of Branch and Independent Libraries  Cumulative Cumulative  BRANCHES Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Carnegie Classification Code  Cumulative Cum CARNEGIE Frequency Percent Frequency P-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Not available 420 10.81 420 15 Doctoral/Research universities - Extensive 150 3.86 570 16 Doctoral/Research universities - Intensive 106 2.73 676 21 Master's Colleges and Universities I 483 12.43 1159 22 Master's (comprehensive) Colleges and Universities II 110 2.83 1269 31 Baccalaureate Colleges - Liberal Arts 216 5.56 1485 32 Baccalaureate Colleges - General 304 7.82 1789 33 Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges 50 1.29 1839 40 Associate's Colleges 1433 36.87 3272 51 Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions 203 5.22 3475 52 Medical schools and medical centers 45 1.16 3520 53 Other separate health profession schools 86 2.21 3606 54 Schools of engineering and technology 55 1.41 3661 55 Schools of business and management 34 0.87 3695 56 Schools of art, music, and design 80 2.06 3775 57 Schools of law 21 0.54 3796 58 Teachers colleges 6 0.15 3802 59 Other specialized institutions 56 1.44 3858 60 Tribal Colleges and Universities 29 0.75 3887 1 Institution City  Cumulative Cumulative CITY Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State  Cumulative Cumulative CNFULLYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 839 21.58 839 21.58 2 No 1546 39.77 2385 61.36 N No response 1218 31.34 3603 92.69 S Skip, no participation 284 7.31 3887 100.00 
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 Library Participate in any Other Consortia  Cumulative Cumulative CNOTHRYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2099 54.00 2099 54.00 2 No 1022 26.29 3121 80.29 N No response 766 19.71 3887 100.00  Participate in Consortium  Cumulative Cumulative CNPARTYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 2385 61.36 2385 61.36 2 No 284 7.31 2669 68.66 N No response 1218 31.34 3887 100.00  Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State  Cumulative Cumulative CNPRTLYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 1179 30.33 1179 30.33 2 No 366 9.42 1545 39.75 F Full participation 839 21.58 2384 61.33 N No response 1219 31.36 3603 92.69 S Skip, no participation 284 7.31 3887 100.00  State have Subsidized Library Consortium  Cumulative Cumulative CNSUBYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2668 68.64 2668 68.64 2 No 453 11.65 3121 80.29 N No response 766 19.71 3887 100.00  Collections - Audiovisual - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLAUDA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Collections - Audiovisual - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLAUDH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Books - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLBKSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Books - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLBKSH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - E Books - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLEBKSA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - E Books - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLEBKSH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Microforms - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLMICRA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Collections - Microforms - Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLMICRH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Serial Subscription - Added  Cumulative Cumulative  COLSERA Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Collections - Serial Subscriptions Held  Cumulative Cumulative  COLSERH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Control of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  CONTROL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Public 1663 42.78 1663 42.78 2 Private, nonprofit 1571 40.42 3234 83.20 3 Private, for profit 653 16.80 3887 100.00  General Circulation Transactions  Cumulative Cumulative  CRGEN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Reserve Circulation Transactions  Cumulative Cumulative  CRRSV Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Current Year Parent/Child Indicator  Cumulative Cumulative CYPARCH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Parent 77 1.98 77 1.98 2 Child 170 4.37 247 6.35 N No response 3640 93.65 3887 100.00  Data Source Code - Media Source Used for Returning Data  Cumulative Cumulative DATSRC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Internet/Web 3847 98.97 3847 98.97 N Not returned 40 1.03 3887 100.00  Degree Granting Status  Cumulative Cumulative  DEGGRANT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Documents Delivered from Commercial Services  Cumulative Cumulative  DOCDEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff  Cumulative Cumulative DOCDIGYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 893 22.97 893 22.97 2 No 2227 57.29 3120 80.27 N No response 767 19.73 3887 100.00 
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 Dunn and Bradstreet Id Number  Cumulative Cumulative DUNS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 145 3.73 145 3.73 Valid value 3742 96.27 3887 100.00  Most Recent Edit Date  Cumulative Cumulative EDITDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 727 18.70 727 18.70 Valid value 3160 81.30 3887 100.00  Release Status Give to NCES  Cumulative Cumulative EDITST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not edited 727 18.70 727 18.70 1 Record edited with no edit or critical flags 287 7.38 1014 26.09 2 Record edited with critical edit flags, analyst accept 2873 73.91 3887 100.00  Employer Id Number  Cumulative Cumulative EIN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 77 1.98 77 1.98 -1 Not reported 305 7.85 382 9.83 -2 Not applicable 6 0.15 388 9.98 Valid value 3499 90.02 3887 100.00  Institution has an Eligible Collection  Cumulative Cumulative ELGCOLL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3246 83.51 3246 83.51 2 No 53 1.36 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00 
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 Institution has physical Library Facility  Cumulative Cumulative ELGPHYS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3215 82.71 3215 82.71 2 No 84 2.16 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Institution has an Established Schedule  Cumulative Cumulative ELGSCHED Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3195 82.20 3195 82.20 2 No 104 2.68 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Institution has Eligible Staff  Cumulative Cumulative ELGSTAFF Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 3187 81.99 3187 81.99 2 No 112 2.88 3299 84.87 N No response 588 15.13 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Audio visual  Cumulative Cumulative  EXAUD Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities  Cumulative Cumulative  EXBIB Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Expenditure - Books  Cumulative Cumulative  EXBKS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software  Cumulative Cumulative  EXCOMP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Serial Subscription  Cumulative Cumulative  EXCUSER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Document Deliver  Cumulative Cumulative  EXDEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 Expenditure - Electronic Books  Cumulative Cumulative  EXELBKS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Electronic serials  Cumulative Cumulative  EXELSER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure  Cumulative Cumulative  EXOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Other Information Resources  Cumulative Cumulative  EXOTHIR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Preservation  Cumulative Cumulative  EXPRES Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Expenditure - Total  Cumulative Cumulative  EXTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Provide Financial Support to Another Library  Cumulative Cumulative FINSUPP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 No 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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FIPS state code  Cumulative Cumulative FIPS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Alabama 75 1.93 75 1.93 02 Alaska 6 0.15 81 2.08 04 Arizona 63 1.62 144 3.70 05 Arkansas 46 1.18 190 4.89 06 California 379 9.75 569 14.64 08 Colorado 70 1.80 639 16.44 09 Connecticut 45 1.16 684 17.60 10 Delaware 10 0.26 694 17.85 11 District of Columbia 16 0.41 710 18.27 12 Florida 150 3.86 860 22.13 13 Georgia 122 3.14 982 25.26 15 Hawaii 20 0.51 1002 25.78 16 Idaho 13 0.33 1015 26.11 17 Illinois 168 4.32 1183 30.43 18 Indiana 88 2.26 1271 32.70 19 Iowa 62 1.60 1333 34.29 20 Kansas 60 1.54 1393 35.84 21 Kentucky 74 1.90 1467 37.74 22 Louisiana 46 1.18 1513 38.92 23 Maine 32 0.82 1545 39.75 24 Maryland 63 1.62 1608 41.37 25 Massachusetts 114 2.93 1722 44.30 26 Michigan 104 2.68 1826 46.98 27 Minnesota 111 2.86 1937 49.83 28 Mississippi 40 1.03 1977 50.86 29 Missouri 109 2.80 2086 53.67 30 Montana 23 0.59 2109 54.26 31 Nebraska 38 0.98 2147 55.24 32 Nevada 13 0.33 2160 55.57 33 New Hampshire 25 0.64 2185 56.21 34 New Jersey 53 1.36 2238 57.58 35 New Mexico 42 1.08 2280 58.66 36 New York 264 6.79 2544 65.45 37 North Carolina 120 3.09 2664 68.54 38 North Dakota 20 0.51 2684 69.05 39 Ohio 160 4.12 2844 73.17 40 Oklahoma 52 1.34 2896 74.50 41 Oregon 56 1.44 2952 75.95 42 Pennsylvania 234 6.02 3186 81.97 44 Rhode Island 13 0.33 3199 82.30 45 South Carolina 62 1.60 3261 83.90 46 South Dakota 26 0.67 3287 84.56 47 Tennessee 86 2.21 3373 86.78 48 Texas 188 4.84 3561 91.61 49 Utah 24 0.62 3585 92.23 
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FIPS state code—Continued  Cumulative Cumulative FIPS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Vermont 27 0.69 3612 92.93 51 Virginia 95 2.44 3707 95.37 53 Washington 76 1.96 3783 97.32 54 West Virginia 31 0.80 3814 98.12 55 Wisconsin 64 1.65 3878 99.77 56 Wyoming 9 0.23 3887 100.00  First Professional Offering  Cumulative Cu FPOFFER Frequency Percent Frequency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 First professional degree or first professional certificate (Post-degree) 515 13.25 515 2 No first professional offering 3372 86.75 3887  Fringe Benefit  Cumulative Cumulative  FRINGE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Are Fringe Benefit paid from Library Budget  Cumulative Cumulative FRINGEYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 1730 44.51 1730 44.51 2 No 2157 55.49 3887 100.00  IPEDS Fall Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment - Imputation used  Cumulative Cumulative  FTEUSED Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missing numeric value 54 1.39 54 1.39 Valid value 3833 98.61 3887 100.00 
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 Full-Time Equivalent Estimated or Not  Cumulative Cumulative FTEFLAG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not estimated 3837 98.71 3837 98.71 1 Estimated 50 1.29 3887 100.00  Gate Count in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  GATECT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Graduate Offering  Cumulative Cumulative  GROFFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Graduate degree or certificate offered 1645 42.32 1645 42.32 2 No graduate offering 2242 57.68 3887 100.00  Historically Black College/University  Cumulative Cumulative  HBCU Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 101 2.60 139 3.58 2 No 3748 96.42 3887 100.00  Highest Degree Offered  Cumulative Cumulative  HDEGOFFR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 First professional degrees only 35 0.90 35 0.90 10 Doctoral 281 7.23 316 8.13 11 Doctoral and First professional 350 9.00 666 17.13 20 Master's 868 22.33 1534 39.46 21 Master's and First professional 114 2.93 1648 42.40 30 Bachelors 692 17.80 2340 60.20 31 Bachelors and First professional 15 0.39 2355 60.59 40 Associates 1532 39.41 3887 100.00 
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 Highest Level of Education Offering   HLOFFER Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Not applicable, first professional only 33 0.85 1 Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of less than one academic year 1 0.03 3 Associate degree 1140 29.33 4 Postsecondary award, certificate or diploma of at least two but less than four academic years 391 10.06 5 Bachelor's degree 677 17.42 6 Post baccalaureate certificate 32 0.82 7 Master's degree 775 19.94 8 Post master's certificate 207 5.33 9 Doctoral degree 631 16.23  Institution has Hospital  Cumulative Cumulative  HOSPITAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 88 2.26 126 3.24 2 No 3761 96.76 3887 100.00  Hours Open in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  HOURS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Level of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  ICLEVEL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Four or more years (Baccalaureate or higher degree) 2356 60.61 2356 60.61 2 At least 2 but less than 4 years (below the Baccalaureate) 1531 39.39 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPNON Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPRET Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Provided Total  Cumulative Cumulative  ILPTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRNON Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Returnable  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRRET Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Inter Library Loans Received Total  Cumulative Cumulative  ILRTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Most Recent Impute Date  Cumulative Cumulative IMPDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 974 25.06 974 25.06 Valid value 2913 74.94 3887 100.00 
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 Impute Indicator  Cumulative Cumulative IMPUTE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Not imputed 974 25.06 974 25.06 1 At least one part is imputed 2913 74.94 3887 100.00  Institution Name  Cumulative Cumulative INSTNM Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 1st Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 2nd Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Name of 3rd Institution Library is Shared With  Cumulative Cumulative LIBNAME3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Does Library Provide Reference Service by Email or Web  Cumulative Cumulative LIBREFYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 2424 62.36 2424 62.36 2 No 698 17.96 3122 80.32 N No response 765 19.68 3887 100.00 
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 Shared Library, 1st Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Shared Library, 2nd Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Shared Library, 3rd Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative LIBSHAR3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Locale Code - Degree of Urbanization  Cumulative Cumulative  LOCALE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -3 Not available 112 2.88 112 2.88 1 Large city 870 22.38 982 25.26 2 Mid-size city 991 25.50 1973 50.76 3 Urban fringe of large city 728 18.73 2701 69.49 4 Urban fringe of mid-size city 244 6.28 2945 75.77 5 Large town 131 3.37 3076 79.14 6 Small town 598 15.38 3674 94.52 7 Rural 204 5.25 3878 99.77 9 Not assigned 9 0.23 3887 100.00  Institution Grants Medical Degree  Cumulative Cumulative  MEDICAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 133 3.42 133 3.42 1 Yes 159 4.09 292 7.51 2 No 3595 92.49 3887 100.00 
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 Date Imputations Run by ESMPD  Cumulative Cumulative NCESDATE Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 974 25.06 974 25.06 Valid value 2913 74.94 3887 100.00  OBE Region Code  Cumulative Cumulative  OBEREG Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0 US Service Schools 5 0.13 5 0.13 1 New England - CT ME MA NH RI VT 255 6.56 260 6.69 2 Mid East - DE DC MD NJ NY PA 637 16.39 897 23.08 3 Great Lakes - IL IN MI OH WI 584 15.02 1481 38.10 4 Plains - IA KS MN MO NE ND SD 426 10.96 1907 49.06 5 Southeast - AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV 947 24.36 2854 73.42 6 Southwest - AZ NM OK TX 345 8.88 3199 82.30 7 Rocky Mountains - CO ID MT UT WY 138 3.55 3337 85.85 8 Far West - AK CA HI NV OR WA 550 14.15 3887 100.00  OPE Eligibility Indicator  Cumulative Cumu OPEFLAG Frequency Percent Frequency Pe------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Institution participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs 3871 99.59 3871 92 Branch campus of a main campus that participates in Title IV 12 0.31 3883 93 Deferment only - limited participation 3 0.08 3886 95 Not currently participating in Title IV, has an OPE ID number 1 0.03 3887 10 Office of Post Sec Education Id Num for Title IV Participant  Cumulative Cumulative OPEID Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Institution Open to the General Public  Cumulative Cumulative  OPENPUBL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Yes 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Imp Flag for Line Item 1  Cumulative Cumulative PARTAFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3556 91.48 3556 91.48 1 Total non-respondent for this part 331 8.52 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 2-7  Cumulative Cumulative PARTBFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3342 85.98 3342 85.98 1 Total non-respondent for this part 408 10.50 3750 96.48 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 137 3.52 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 8a,8b  Cumulative Cumulative PARTBFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3700 95.19 3700 95.19 1 Total non-respondent for this part 187 4.81 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 10,13,15-21  Cumulative Cumulative PARTCFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3277 84.31 3277 84.31 1 Total non-respondent for this part 423 10.88 3700 95.19 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 187 4.81 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 11,12,14  Cumulative Cumulative PARTCFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2937 75.56 2937 75.56 1 Total non-respondent for this part 483 12.43 3420 87.99 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 467 12.01 3887 100.00 
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 Imp Flag for Line Items 22,24-26  Cumulative Cumulative PARTDFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2996 77.08 2996 77.08 1 Total non-respondent for this part 462 11.89 3458 88.96 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 429 11.04 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Item 23  Cumulative Cumulative PARTDFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2321 59.71 2321 59.71 1 Total non-respondent for this part 744 19.14 3065 78.85 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 822 21.15 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 27-33  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3182 81.86 3182 81.86 1 Total non-respondent for this part 481 12.37 3663 94.24 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 224 5.76 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 34a,34b  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 2914 74.97 2914 74.97 1 Total non-respondent for this part 442 11.37 3356 86.34 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 531 13.66 3887 100.00  Imp Flag for Line Items 35,36  Cumulative Cumulative PARTEFLAG3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3372 86.75 3372 86.75 1 Total non-respondent for this part 510 13.12 3882 99.87 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 5 0.13 3887 100.00 
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 Imp Flag for Line Items 37-39  Cumulative Cumulative PARTFFLAG1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Nothing imputed for this part/total respondent for this part 3306 85.05 3306 85.05 1 Total non-respondent for this part 434 11.17 3740 96.22 2 Partial non-respondent for this part 147 3.78 3887 100.00  Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN1 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00  Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN2 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00  Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN3 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00  Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll  Cumulative Cumulative  PCTMIN4 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 82 2.11 82 2.11 -1 Not reported 97 2.50 179 4.61 Valid value 3708 95.39 3887 100.00 
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 Number of Presentations  Cumulative Cumulative  PRESEN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Reference Transactions in a Typical Week  Cumulative Cumulative  REFTRANS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Sector of Institution  Cumulative Cumulative  SECTOR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Public, 4-year or above 630 16.21 630 16.21 2 Private nonprofit, 4-year and above 1452 37.36 2082 53.56 3 Private for profit, 4-year and above 274 7.05 2356 60.61 4 Public, 2-year 1033 26.58 3389 87.19 5 Private nonprofit, 2-year 119 3.06 3508 90.25 6 Private for profit, 2-year 379 9.75 3887 100.00 
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State Abbreviation Code  Cumulative Cumulative STABBR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AK Alaska 6 0.15 6 0.15 AL Alabama 75 1.93 81 2.08 AR Arkansas 46 1.18 127 3.27 AZ Arizona 63 1.62 190 4.89 CA California 379 9.75 569 14.64 CO Colorado 70 1.80 639 16.44 CT Connecticut 45 1.16 684 17.60 DC District of Columbia 16 0.41 700 18.01 DE Delaware 10 0.26 710 18.27 FL Florida 150 3.86 860 22.13 GA Georgia 122 3.14 982 25.26 HI Hawaii 20 0.51 1002 25.78 IA Iowa 62 1.60 1064 27.37 ID Idaho 13 0.33 1077 27.71 IL Illinois 168 4.32 1245 32.03 IN Indiana 88 2.26 1333 34.29 KS Kansas 60 1.54 1393 35.84 KY Kentucky 74 1.90 1467 37.74 LA Louisiana 46 1.18 1513 38.92 MA Massachusetts 114 2.93 1627 41.86 MD Maryland 63 1.62 1690 43.48 ME Maine 32 0.82 1722 44.30 MI Michigan 104 2.68 1826 46.98 MN Minnesota 111 2.86 1937 49.83 MO Missouri 109 2.80 2046 52.64 MS Mississippi 40 1.03 2086 53.67 MT Montana 23 0.59 2109 54.26 NC North Carolina 120 3.09 2229 57.34 ND North Dakota 20 0.51 2249 57.86 NE Nebraska 38 0.98 2287 58.84 NH New Hampshire 25 0.64 2312 59.48 NJ New Jersey 53 1.36 2365 60.84 NM New Mexico 42 1.08 2407 61.92 NV Nevada 13 0.33 2420 62.26 NY New York 264 6.79 2684 69.05 OH Ohio 160 4.12 2844 73.17 OK Oklahoma 52 1.34 2896 74.50 OR Oregon 56 1.44 2952 75.95 PA Pennsylvania 234 6.02 3186 81.97 RI Rhode Island 13 0.33 3199 82.30 SC South Carolina 62 1.60 3261 83.90 SD South Dakota 26 0.67 3287 84.56 TN Tennessee 86 2.21 3373 86.78 TX Texas 188 4.84 3561 91.61 UT Utah 24 0.62 3585 92.23 
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State Abbreviation Code—Continued  Cumulative Cumulative STABBR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA Virginia 95 2.44 3680 94.67 VT Vermont 27 0.69 3707 95.37 WA Washington 76 1.96 3783 97.32 WI Wisconsin 64 1.65 3847 98.97 WV West Virginia 31 0.80 3878 99.77 WY Wyoming 9 0.23 3887 100.00  Student Assistants  Cumulative Cumulative  STASST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Response Status Code  Cumulative STATUS Frequency Percent Frequency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Respondent 3313 85.23 3313 3 Nonrespondent to data and screening questions, not imputed 8 0.21 3321 4 Nonrespondent, imputed 425 10.93 3746 5 Nonrespondent to data (screening questions reported, out-of-scope), not imputed 141 3.63 3887  Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STLIBPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Staff - Librarians  Cumulative Cumulative  STLIBS Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 All Other Paid Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Staff - Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STOTHPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Total Full Time Equivalent Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  STTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Student Assistant  Cumulative Cumulative  SWASST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  SWLIBPRO Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff  Cumulative Cumulative  SWOTH Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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 Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent  Cumulative Cumulative  SWTOT Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  Technology to Assist the Disabled  Cumulative Cumulative TECHYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 1726 44.40 1726 44.40 2 No 1396 35.91 3122 80.32 N No response 765 19.68 3887 100.00  Electronic Theses Produced by Students  Cumulative Cumulative THESYN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Yes 214 5.51 214 5.51 2 No 2892 74.40 3106 79.91 N No response 781 20.09 3887 100.00  Tribal College  Cumulative Cumulative  TRIBAL Frequency Percent Frequency Percent --------------------------------------------------------------------- -3 Not available 38 0.98 38 0.98 1 Yes 29 0.75 67 1.72 2 No 3820 98.28 3887 100.00  Undergraduate Offering  Cumulative Cumulative  UGOFFER Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Undergraduate degree or certificate offered 3647 93.83 3647 93.83 2 No undergraduate offering 240 6.17 3887 100.00 
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 Unit Id Number for the Institution  Cumulative Cumulative UNITID Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00  If Child, Parent Institution Unit Id  Cumulative Cumulative UNITIDX Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 3640 93.65 3640 93.65 Valid value 247 6.35 3887 100.00  Institutions Web Address  Cumulative Cumulative WEBADDR Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank value 63 1.62 63 1.62 Valid value 3824 98.38 3887 100.00 
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 Status Flag - Attendance at Presentations  XATTEND Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 72 1.85 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 440 11.32 R Original data value was reported 3046 78.36  Status Flag - Branch  XBRANCHES Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 19 0.49 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 1 0.03 N Original data field was blank 56 1.44 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 331 8.52 R Original data value was reported 3135 80.65 Z Implied reported zero value 339 8.72  Status Flag - Consortium Cost Fully Funded by State  XCNFULLYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 2382 61.28 S Not applicable, not imputed 737 18.96  Status Flag - Library Participate in Any Other Consortia  XCNOTHRYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83 
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 Status Flag - Participate in Consortium  XCNPARTYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 12 0.31 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 2656 68.33 S Not applicable, not imputed 453 11.65  Status Flag - Consortium Cost Partially Funded by State  XCNPRTLYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 1542 39.67 S Not applicable, not imputed 1576 40.55  Status Flag - State have Subsidized Library Consortium  XCNSUBYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 766 19.71 R Original data value was reported 3104 79.86  Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Added  XCOLAUDA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 4 0.10 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 10 0.26 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 174 4.48 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 2971 76.43 Z Implied reported zero value 15 0.39 
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 Status Flag - Collections Audiovisual Held  XCOLAUDH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 14 0.36 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 81 2.08 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 462 11.89 R Original data value was reported 3004 77.28  Status Flag - Collections Books Added  XCOLBKSA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 136 3.50 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 3031 77.98  Status Flag - Collections Books Held  XCOLBKSH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 10 0.26 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 81 2.08 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 424 10.91 R Original data value was reported 3046 78.36  Status Flag - Collections EBooks Added  XCOLEBKSA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 788 20.27 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2669 68.66 Z Implied reported zero value 101 2.60 
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 Status Flag - Collections E Books Held  XCOLEBKSH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 12 0.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 19 0.49 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 1521 39.13 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2016 51.87  Status Flag - Collections Microforms Added  XCOLMICRA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 239 6.15 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 394 10.14 R Original data value was reported 2929 75.35 Z Implied reported zero value 2 0.05  Status Flag - Collections Microforms Held  XCOLMICRH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 94 2.42 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 541 13.92 R Original data value was reported 2924 75.23  Status Flag - Collections Serial Added  XCOLSERA Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 22 0.57 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 613 15.77 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2925 75.25 
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 Status Flag - Collections Serial Held  XCOLSERH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 74 1.90 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 570 14.66 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 R Original data value was reported 2918 75.07  Status Flag - General Circulation Transactions  XCRGEN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 31 0.80 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 52 1.34 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 128 3.29 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 828 21.30 R Original data value was reported 2529 65.06  Status Flag - Reserve Circulation Transactions  XCRRSV Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 52 1.34 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 42 1.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 145 3.73 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 828 21.30 R Original data value was reported 2501 64.34  Status Flag - Documents Delivered from Commercial Services  XDOCDEL Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 80 2.06 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 564 14.51 R Original data value was reported 2924 75.23 
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 Status Flag - Does Documents Digitized by Library Staff  XDOCDIGYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 18 0.46 N Original data field was blank 767 19.73 R Original data value was reported 3102 79.80  Status Flag - Expenditure Audio Visual  XEXAUD Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 9 0.23 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 87 2.24 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 587 15.10 R Original data value was reported 2851 73.35 Z Implied reported zero value 29 0.75  Status Flag - Expenditure Bibliographic  XEXBIB Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 73 1.88 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 405 10.42 R Original data value was reported 3058 78.67 Z Implied reported zero value 27 0.69  Status Flag - Expenditure Books  XEXBKS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 22 0.57 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 402 10.34 R Original data value was reported 3071 79.01 Z Implied reported zero value 1 0.03 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Computer  XEXCOMP Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 71 1.83 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 408 10.50 R Original data value was reported 3054 78.57 Z Implied reported zero value 31 0.80  Status Flag - Expenditure Serial Subscription  XEXCUSER Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 19 0.49 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 403 10.37 R Original data value was reported 3068 78.93  Status Flag - Expenditure Document Deliver  XEXDEL Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 2 0.05 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 410 10.55 R Original data value was reported 3058 78.67 Z Implied reported zero value 21 0.54  Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Books  XEXELBKS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 7 0.18 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 96 2.47 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 621 15.98 R Original data value was reported 2835 72.94 Z Implied reported zero value 5 0.13 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Electronic Serials  XEXELSER Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 12 0.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 108 2.78 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 529 13.61 R Original data value was reported 2910 74.86 Z Implied reported zero value 1 0.03  Status Flag - Expenditure Other  XEXOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 8 0.21 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 72 1.85 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 401 10.32 R Original data value was reported 3067 78.90 Z Implied reported zero value 17 0.44  Status Flag - Expenditure Other Information Resources  XEXOTHIR Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 407 10.47 R Original data value was reported 2983 76.74 Z Implied reported zero value 96 2.47 
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 Status Flag - Expenditure Preservation  XEXPRES Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 403 10.37 R Original data value was reported 3048 78.42 Z Implied reported zero value 43 1.11  Status Flag - Expenditure Total  XEXTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 595 15.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 18 0.46 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 60 1.54 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 366 9.42 R Original data value was reported 2342 60.25 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 187 4.81  Status Flag - Fringe Benefit  XFRINGE Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 13 0.33 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 187 4.81 N Original data field was blank 15 0.39 R Original data value was reported 1514 38.95 S Not applicable, not imputed 2157 55.49  Status Flag - Fringe Benefit Paid from Library Budget Y/N  XFRINGEYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 17 0.44 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 562 14.46 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 187 4.81 R Original data value was reported 3121 80.29 
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 Status Flag - Gate Count in a Typical Week  XGATECT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 17 0.44 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2985 76.79  Status Flag - Hours Open in a Typical Week  XHOURS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 30 0.77 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 66 1.70 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 368 9.47 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable  XILPNON Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 493 12.68 R Original data value was reported 2959 76.13 Z Implied reported zero value 33 0.85  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable  XILPRET Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 493 12.68 R Original data value was reported 2982 76.72 Z Implied reported zero value 10 0.26 
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 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Provided Total  XILPTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 4 0.10 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 75 1.93 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 431 11.09 R Original data value was reported 3056 78.62  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable  XILRNON Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2969 76.38 Z Implied reported zero value 27 0.69  Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Returnable  XILRRET Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 8 0.21 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 74 1.90 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 489 12.58 R Original data value was reported 2990 76.92 Z Implied reported zero value 6 0.15 
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 Status Flag - Inter Library Loans Received Total  XILRTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 6 0.15 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 2 0.05 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 73 1.88 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 424 10.91 R Original data value was reported 3063 78.80  Status Flag - Library Provide Reference Service by Email  XLIBREFYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 17 0.44 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 3105 79.88  Status Flag - Number of Presentations  XPRESEN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 1 0.03 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 71 1.83 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 442 11.37 R Original data value was reported 3050 78.47  Status Flag - Reference Transactions in a Typical Week  XREFTRANS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 70 1.80 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 443 11.40 R Original data value was reported 3047 78.39 
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 Status Flag - Student Assistants  XSTASST Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 32 0.82 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 357 9.18 R Original data value was reported 3112 80.06  Status Flag - Librarians and Other Professional Staff  XSTLIBPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 90 2.32 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 4 0.10 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3060 78.72  Status Flag - Librarians  XSTLIBS Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 30 0.77 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 5 0.13 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3119 80.24  Status Flag - Other Paid Staff  XSTOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 10 0.26 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 355 9.13 R Original data value was reported 3136 80.68 
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 Status Flag - Other Professional Staff  XSTOTHPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 3 0.08 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 61 1.57 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 353 9.08 R Original data value was reported 3148 80.99  Status Flag - Total Full-Time Equivalent Staff  XSTTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 258 6.64 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 7 0.18 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 60 1.54 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 348 8.95 R Original data value was reported 2883 74.17 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 12 0.31  Status Flag - Salary Student Assistant  XSWASST Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 10 0.26 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 15 0.39 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 69 1.78 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 442 11.37 R Original data value was reported 3032 78.00  Status Flag - Salary Librarian and Other Professional Staff  XSWLIBPRO Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 12 0.31 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 16 0.41 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 64 1.65 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 392 10.08 R Original data value was reported 3084 79.34 
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 Status Flag - Other Paid Staff  XSWOTH Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 5 0.13 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 14 0.36 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 62 1.60 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 393 10.11 R Original data value was reported 3093 79.57 Z Implied reported zero value 1 0.03  Status Flag - Total Salary & Wage Full-Time Equivalent  XSWTOT Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Analyst adjusted a reported value 493 12.68 C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 6 0.15 I Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using a method other than prior year 60 1.54 N Original data field was blank 319 8.21 P Imputation for a cell that previously was a nonresponse, using prior year data 348 8.95 R Original data value was reported 2529 65.06 T Total replaced with sum of detail during imputation 132 3.40  Status Flag - Technology to Assist the Disabled  XTECHYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 16 0.41 N Original data field was blank 765 19.68 R Original data value was reported 3106 79.91  Status Flag - Electronic Theses Produced by Students  XTHESYN Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C Analyst corrected a cell that was blank 3 0.08 N Original data field was blank 781 20.09 R Original data value was reported 3103 79.83  Postal Zip code PLUS 4  Cumulative Cumulative ZIP Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid value 3887 100.00 3887 100.00 
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ALS:2002 Restricted-use file continuous variable statisticsVARIABLE VARIABLE LABEL N MEAN STD DEV ATTEND Total Attendance at Presentations 3,887 2,049.28 5,468.25 BRANCHES Number of Branch and Independent Libraries 3,887 0.76 2.75 COLAUDA Collections - Audiovisual - Added 3,887 928.64 10,192.44 COLAUDH Collections - Audiovisual - Held 3,887 22,690.75 169,733.98 COLBKSA Collections - Books - Added 3,887 6,322.54 17,692.08 COLBKSH Collections - Books - Held 3,887 245,480.41 737,423.77 COLEBKSA Collections - E Books - Added 3,887 1,228.64 5,014.37 COLEBKSH Collections - E Books - Held 3,887 2,654.53 11,368.74 COLMICRA Collections - Microforms - Added 3,887 6,288.46 21,663.58 COLMICRH Collections - Microforms - Held 3,887 294,244.40 859,047.03 COLSERA Collections - Serial Subscription - Added 3,887 165.26 809.48 COLSERH Collections - Serial Subscriptions Held 3,887 2,535.62 13,188.81 CRGEN General Circulation Transactions 3,887 38,550.84 124,788.32 CRRSV Reserve Circulation Transactions 3,887 10,136.64 42,184.90 DOCDEL Documents Delivered from Commercial Services 3,887 277.97 4,029.78 EXAUD Expenditure - Audio visual 3,887 9,529.42 38,486.15 EXBIB Expenditure - Bibliographic Utilities 3,887 23,730.99 57,494.15 EXBKS Expenditure - Books 3,887 165,896.54 553,561.69 EXCOMP Expenditure - Computer Hardware Software 3,887 40,080.10 155,370.01 EXCUSER Expenditure - Serial Subscription 3,887 314,834.62 948,858.77 EXDEL Expenditure - Document Deliver 3,887 5,894.66 24,669.26 EXELBKS Expenditure - Electronic Books 3,887 11,523.47 62,777.00 EXELSER Expenditure - Electronic serials 3,887 76,577.62 250,338.79 EXOTH Expenditure - All Other Operating Expenditure 3,887 109,156.07 549,055.35 EXOTHIR Expenditure - Other Information Resources 3,887 13,628.90 108,268.66 EXPRES Expenditure - Preservation 3,887 11,962.67 52,314.64 EXTOT Expenditure - Total 3,887 1,393,546.77 4,104,042.25 FRINGE Fringe Benefit 3,887 87,966.18 377,174.11 FTEUSED IPEDS Fall Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment - Imputation used 3,833 2,927.86 4,733.59 GATECT Gate Count in a Typical Week 3,887 4,354.69 8,316.01 HOURS Hours Open in a Typical Week 3,887 70.23 28.79 ILPNON Inter Library Loans Provided Non-returnable 3,887 1,270.18 5,305.39 ILPRET Inter Library Loans Provided Returnable 3,887 1,258.31 3,647.40 ILPTOT Inter Library Loans Provided Total 3,887 2,528.48 8,126.69 ILRNON Inter Library Loans Received Non-returnable 3,887 1,054.31 3,085.49 ILRRET Inter Library Loans Received Returnable 3,887 963.61 2,774.30 ILRTOT Inter Library Loans Received Total 3,887 2,017.92 5,380.57 

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VARIABLE VARIABLE LABEL N MEAN STD DEV PRESEN Number of Presentations 3,887 116.29 264.88 PCTMIN1 Percent Black non-Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 13.17 18.45 PCTMIN2 Percent American Indian 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 1.54 8.01 PCTMIN3 Percent Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 4 7.23 PCTMIN4 Percent Hispanic 2001 Fall Enroll 3,708 6.87 11.5 REFTRANS Reference Transactions in a Typical Week 3,887 388.08 1,705.61 STASST Student Assistants 3,887 6.51 14.32 STLIBPRO Staff - Total Librarians and Other Professional Staff 3,887 8.25 20.76 STLIBS Staff - Librarians 3,887 6.6 15.11 STOTHPRO Staff - Other Professional Staff 3,887 1.65 8.05 STOTH All Other Paid Staff 3,887 9.64 27.29 STTOT Total Full Time Equivalent Staff 3,887 24.4 58.53 SWASST Salary & Wage - Student Assistant 3,887 62,379.11 181,713 SWLIBPRO Salary & Wage - Librarian and Other Professional Staff 3,887 386,980.94 1,061,808.97 SWOTH Salary & Wage - Other Paid Staff 3,887 259,002.18 802,636.73 SWTOT Salary & Wage - Total Full Time Equivalent 3,887 708,362.23 1,963,019.21 

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Appendix I—Planning Document 

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Summary of the 2002 Academic Libraries Planning Document and Subsequent Change 

Order Forms 

With numerous changes to the survey, it has been difficult to control the imputation process. 

When the 2000 process came to an end, we began using Project Management techniques for 

2002 ALS planning. From May 2002–January 2003, Census staff from Governments Division 

(GOVS) and the Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division (ESMPD) met on a 

weekly basis to discuss 2002 survey issues. This is a summary of the decisions affecting 

imputation procedures that are not already described in the documentation, but were made during 

the planning process. 

1. Data Items 

Data item decisions that affect imputation include a revised naming convention, 

determining non-zero items, line item equivalences, and survey part comparability. 

a. Variable Naming Convention 

NCES, GOVS and ESMPD will be using the same variable naming convention 

for all forthcoming ALS work. Every variable status flag will start with an ‘x.’ 

The prefix ‘py’ will be added to a prior year variable when it is referred to in the 

documentation. The following variable name changes have been made: 

FY 2000 (old name) FY 2002 (new name)

ic_libfac libfac 

l_edit edit 

lckin ckin 

limpdat impdate 

lncesdat ncesdate 

l_impute impute 

b. Non-Zero Items 

In FY 2002, the following variables should not have zero values before or after 

imputations (approval was received from Mary Jo Lynch of the American Library 

Association): 

Variable Survey Part, Line No., Column No.*

Total Staff B, 07, 1 

Total Salaries B, 07, 2 

Total Expenditures C, 21 

Collection Total D, sum of 22 thru 26, 2 

Hours Open F, 37 

Gate Count F, 38 

Reference Transactions F, 39 

*Column number is included where applicable. 
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 c. Line Item Equivalences 

NCES approved the following line item equivalences: 

• Line 13 (excuser) is equivalent to prior year line 14 plus prior year line 15. 

• Line 15 (exdel) is equivalent to prior year line 17 (pyexdel). 

• Line 17 (exothir) is equivalent to prior year line 19 (pyexothir). 

• Line 20 (exoth) is equivalent to prior year line 23 plus prior year line 20. 

d. Part C and Part D Item Comparability 

The following lines Part C and D lines are comparable: 

• Lines 10 (exbks) and 22 (colbksa & colbksh) 

• Lines 12 (exaud) and 25 (colauda & colaudh) 

• Lines 13 (excuser) and 26 (colsera & colserh) 

• Line 23 (colebksa & colebksh) is NOT directly comparable to line 11 

(exelbks) 

• Line 24 (colmicra & colmicrh) is NOT directly comparable to Part C since 

microforms are only a small part of lines 10 (exbks) and 13 (excuser) and are 

gradually going out of existence 

2. “Z” Program: Using the ‘S’ status flag 

If the column detail equals the sum, then change any 0[N]’s to 0[S]’s. Check the row and 

if both values in the row are zero, then both values should be changed to 0[Z], or, if the 

other value in the row is 0[R], then the value gets changed to 0[Z]. Otherwise, the 0[S]’s 

should be changed back to 0[N]’s so that the variable will be imputed. 

3. Generating the Imputation Base 

Base decisions that affect imputation include revising the list of items used to determine 

facilities included in the imputation base, no longer removing “outliers” from the base, 

the use of Enrollment data to define imputation cells, and defining the growth rate. 

 a. Records Removed 

 The following is criteria for records which should be deleted from imputation 

base in FY 2002: 

• Records where edit is ‘4,’ ‘5,’ or blank. There should be no records with these 

values for edit when ESMPD receives the file from GOVS. 

• The check for records that have the current year form (frm) not equal to the 

prior year form (pyfrm) can be deleted. Since all libraries will receive the 

same form, these variables will not be on the file. 

 

b. Additional Criteria 

The following item should be in the imputation base exclusion criteria for FY 

2002: Records where at least one of the status flags is ‘not reported’ for either the 

current year or the prior year. (A status flag of ‘N,’ ‘P,’ or ‘I’ is considered ‘not 

reported.’ The status flags of ‘Q’ and ‘X’ have been removed since these flags 

have not been used for a while and will not be used for FY 2002.) 
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 c. Outliers 

Outliers will not be removed from the base since we will be generating the base 

for medians instead of means. (Change Order Form 9) 

d. Enrollment Data to Define Cells 

Instead of using Completions data, Enrollment data is used to define the 

imputation cells. We will still use sector to define imputation cells. (Change 

Order Form 10). 

 e. Defining the Growth Rate 

The growth rate for an item that was zero in the current and prior year will be 

defined as 1. (Change Order Form 13) 

4. Imputations 

Other decisions that affect imputation include the use of cell medians, imputation rules, 

cases where 0[R] is changed to 0[N], items that we may impute using 1998 ALS data. 

a. Cell Medians 

We will impute using cell medians instead of using cell means like was used in 

the past. 
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 b. Rules 

 The final imputation rules are outlined in the following table. 

Status pystatus Other criteria Method 

1 1 or 4 py data 

1 3 or 5 group medians 

1 no py unitid group medians 

3 1 or 4 py data 

3 3 or 5 libfac = 1 group medians 

3 3 or 5 libfac ne 1 impute exclusion* 

3 no py unitid and 

libfac = 1 group medians 

3 no py unitid and 

libfac ne 1 impute exclusion* 

5 impute exclusion* 

6 1 or 4 py data 

6 3 or 5 group medians 

6 no py unitid group medians 

*Records that meet this criteria will not be imputed or included in the 

imputation base. 

 

c. Changing 0[R]’s to 0[N]’s 

Any of the seven variables (total staff, total salaries and wages, total expenditures, 

the collection total of items held at the end of the fiscal year, hours open, gate 

count, or reference transactions) that should not be 0[R] in the current year will be 

changed to 0[N]. If prior year data is reported and not zero, then it will be used to 

impute. Otherwise, we will not use prior year data to impute. 

 
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d. Using Fiscal Year 1998 Data 

The following table illustrates when to use FY 1998 data to impute General and 

Reserve Circulation Transactions. 

FY 2002 data FY 2000 data FY 1998 data Imputation method 

Not reported Reported Reported Use FY 2000 data times a growth 

factor to get the imputed total and 

the FY 1998 distribution ratio to get 

the imputed detail 

Not reported Impute flag ‘P’ Reported Use FY 2000 data times a growth 

factor to get the imputed total and 

the FY 1998 distribution ratio to get 

the imputed detail 

Not reported Reported Not reported Use FY 2000 data times a growth 

factor to get the imputed total and 

the CY cell distribution ratio to get 

the imputed detail 

Not reported Impute flag ‘P’ Not reported Use FY 2000 data times a growth 

factor to get the imputed total and 

the CY cell distribution ratio to get 

the imputed detail 

Not reported Impute flag ‘I’ Reported Use FY 1998 data with a growth 

factor applied to get the imputed 

value 

Not reported Impute flag ‘I’ Not reported Use the cell median to get the 

imputed value 

5. Imputation Flags 

 Decisions include the distinction between three flags, flags by survey part, status 

 flag rules, and status flag values. 

a. Distinctions 

There are three types of flags: 

1) A flag that indicates if ANY item within a record was imputed associated 

with the impute variable. 

2) Flags that indicate partial or total imputation for a given survey part. 

Possible values are 1 or 2, or the item is left blank (where 1 = total nonrespondent for that section, 2 = partial non-respondent for that section, and 

blank = nothing imputed for that section/total respondent for that section). 

3) Individual item status flags which represent the method of imputation.
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b. Flags by Survey Part 

The following flags are those that indicate partial or total imputation for a given 

survey part: 

Survey part Flag 

A partaflag1

B partbflag1 

partbflag2

C partcflag1 

partcflag2

D partdflag1 

partdflag2

E parteflag1 

parteflag2 

parteflag3

F partfflag1

 c. Status Flag Rules 

The following status flag rules apply: 

• 1 is considered a respondent on the unimputed file 

• 3, 5, and 6 is considered a non-respondent on the unimputed file 

• The edited, unimputed file will have status flags 1, 3, 5, and 6 

• On the final, unimputed file, some 3’s will be imputed, NO 5’s will be 

imputed, and all 6’s will be imputed 

• After imputation, some 3’s and all 6’s will be changed to 4’s, where a 4 

implies an item was imputed 

• Status flags on the imputed file will be 1, 3, 4, and 5 

 
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d. Status Flag Values 

The following table includes a list of status flag value descriptions. 

STATUS FLAG DESCRIPTIONS

Unimputed Imputed file

1 Respondent Respondent 

3 Non-respondent to 

data and screening 

questions 

Non-respondent to 

data and screening 

questions, NOT 

imputed 

4 N/A Imputed nonrespondent 

5 Non-respondent to 

data (screening 

questions reported, 

out-of-scope) 

Non-respondent to 

data (screening 

questions reported, 

out-of-scope), NOT 

imputed 

6 Non-respondent to 

data (screening 

questions reported, 

in-scope) 

N/A 

This material was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. It documents the decision making 

that preceded the data collection. It is provided here to assist planners of future 

administrations of the ALS.