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New, National, and Ready to Fly: The Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS) for Public Library Data.

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Lynch, Mary Jo – Public Libraries, 1991

Describes the development of the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS) for Public Library Data, a system that combines the annual collection of data from public libraries by state agencies with the reporting of national public library statistics by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Future plans are also discussed. (six…

Descriptors: Data Collection, Futures (of Society), Library Statistics, National Programs

The Use of National Public Library Statistics by Public Library Directors.

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Liu, Yan Quan; Zweizig, Douglas L. – Library Quarterly, 2001

A survey was conducted to investigate public library directors' use of the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data and the Public Library Data Service reports. This article highlights the uses directors made of statistics and the aspects of statistics that they found particularly useful. (Contains 51 references.) (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Information Services, Library Administration, Library Administrators, Library Directors