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| Lynch, Mary Jo | 1 |
| Schrader, Alvin M. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLynch, 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
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The three papers in this collection on library statistics were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. In "The Management Use of Library Statistics," Geoffrey G. Allen of the Western Australian Institute of Technology discusses current uses and misuses of library statistics and illustrates some practical applications of statistics…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Library Administration
Download full textSchrader, Alvin M. – 1999
Canada's National Core Library Statistics Program is designed to capture several key indicators of the broad impact on Canadian society of library services provided by the public, academic, and special library sectors. These impacts can be broadly organized into cultural and economic. Current indicators of cultural impact are question answering…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Utilization, Library Collections
