[WEB4LIB] Library statistics resources?

[Shirl Kennedy]

>From my bookmark list:

http://www.ala.org/pio/quotablefacts.html
Quotable Facts about America's Libraries

http://www.ala.org/library/larcfact.html
American Library Association:  Library and Research Center:  Fact Sheets
http://www.ala.org/library/fact1.html
How many libraries are there in the United States?

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/highlights.html#academic
National Center for Educational Statistics:  Academic Library Survey
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/highlights.html#federal
Federal Library Survey
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/highlights.html#school
School Library Media Center Survey
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/highlights.html#school
Public Library Survey
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/highlights.html#state
State Agency Library Survey

Your local library may have a copy of The Bowker Annual Library and Book
Trade Almanac, which is the mother-of-all-library-statistics publications.

Shirl Kennedy
Web Doyenne
City of Clearwater (FL)
http://www.clearwater-fl.com






----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Hellman" <eric at openly.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:27 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Library statistics resources?


> Can anyone point me to a good statistical resource on libraries?
>
> How many libraries are there?
> How many local libraries?  research libraries? academic libraries?
> corporate libraries?
>
> In the US? In Europe? etc.
>
> TIA
>
> Eric
> Eric Hellman
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