Information Resources for Information Professionals

State Library Statistics Sources Arranged by State

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan
jryan@mailbox.syr.edu

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[State Libraries -- Guides] [State Libraries -- General] [Alabama] [Alaska] [Arizona] [Arkansas] [California] [Colorado] [Connecticut] [Delaware] [Florida] [Georgia] [Hawaii] [Idaho] [Illinois] [Indiana] [Iowa] [Kansas] [Kentucky] [Louisiana] [Maine] [Maryland] [Massachusetts] [Michigan] [Minnesota] [Mississippi] [Missouri] [Montana] [Nebraska] [Nevada] [New Hampshire] [New Jersey] [New Mexico] [New York] [North Carolina] [North Dakota] [Ohio] [Oklahoma] [Oregon] [Pennsylvania] [Rhode Island] [South Carolina] [South Dakota] [Tennessee] [Texas] [Utah] [Vermont] [Virginia] [Washington] [West Virginia] [Wisconsin] [Wyoming]

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State Libraries -- Guides

Library Research Service. Public library statistics on the web

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Information Related Statistics by State

States.org. States Inventory Project.

More school oriented, contains state-based information in the following categories: communications-related demographics, education, government's advanced telecommunications usage, laws and regulations on-line, local competition/deregulation, local level/community projects, on-line delivery of services (telemedicine, telejustice, libraries, kiosks, benefits distribution, emergency services, other services), state regulation of telecommunications/Internet, state-wide communications infrastructure, strategic planning, telecommuting/telework, and universal service/universal access.

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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Kroe, P. Elaine. (2001, Winter). State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 1999. Education Statistics Quarterly and her complete report: (2000). State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 1999. (NCES 2000­374).

"Contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including these agencies' governance, services, collectionsk staff, and income and expenditures."

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (Annual). State Library Agencies (STLA) survey

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State Libraries -- General

Schmidt, Janine. (1990, June). Practical experience of performance measurement at the State Library of New South Wales. Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 21 (2), 65-77.

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Alabama

Alabama Public Library Service

Library statistics not available.

Alabama Public Library Service and Alabama Library Association, Public Library Division. (2000). Salary survey of Alabama public libraries.

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Alaska

Alaska State Library. State public library statistics.

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Arizona

Arizonia Department of Library, Archives, and Public Records.

Library statistics not available.

Department of Education. School Information. Internet Connectivity Maps.

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Arkansas

Arkansas State Library.

Library statistics not available, but see Himmel & Wilson study Inventing the future of library service in Arkansas.

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California

California State Library. California Library Statistics and (announcement re. paper copy).

Infopeople. Project statistics.

Tichauer, Bessie Condos. (1997, April). Internet access questionnaire analysis.

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Colorado

Library Research Service. Colorado Academic libraries data.

Library Research Service. Colorado public libraries data.

Library Research Service. (1999). Colorado metro public library survey results.

Library Research Service. "Jeffco" public library survey table and charts 1998.

Library Research Service. School library media centers.

Logan, Rochelle. Colorado librarian Internet usage: Results of a survey. School Library Media Quarterly Online.

LRS. (2000). S urvey of library technology, networking, and resource sharing in Colorado.

Colorado Department of Education. State grants to libraries allocation tables.

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Connecticut

Connecticut State Library. Connecticut public library statistics

Connecticut Library Network . CLN request statistics

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Delaware

Delaware State Library

Library statistics not available.

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Florida

Florida State Library.Florida's libraries: An on-line database of library information

Florida State Library.Library statistics

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Georgia

Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education. Office of Public Library Services.

Library statistics not available.

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Hawaii

Hawaii State Library System

Library statistics not available.

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Idaho

Idaho State Library. (1998). State Library statistics: 1999, 1998, 1997.

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Illinois

Illinois Academic Library Statistics. 1998, 1996.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library Research Center. Illinois public library statistics

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Indiana

Indiana State Library. State Library statistics.

Contains current Indiana public academic, special, and institutional library statistics.

Indiana State Library. Library distributions 2000.

Indiana State Library. (1998, November). Survey of Indiana public libraries Internet service.

Indiana State Library. Indiana community analysis resources on the WWW.

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Iowa

Iowa State Library. Public library statistics

Iowa State Library. Annual survey

Iowa State Library. Information on the Annual Survey using Bibliostat suite.

Iowa Communications Network. Interactive classroom data

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Kansas

Library Research Service. (1999). Kansas public library statistics

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Kentucky

Kentucky State Library. Statistical report of Kentucky public libraries

Matlow, Randall. Kentucky public libraries ranked statisticalcomparisons fiscal year 1998-1999

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Louisiana

Public libraries in Louisiana: statistical report 1999 (excerpts)

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Maine

Maine State Library

Library statistics not available.

Maine Library Association. Public library salary survey

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Maryland

Maryland library statistics

Bertot, John Carlo & McClure, Charles R. (1996). Sailor: Maryland's online public information network. Sailor network assessment final report compendium. Available: ERIC: ED401901.

Bertot, John Carlo & McClure, Charles R.(1996). Sailor: Maryland's online public information network. Sailor Network assessment final report: Findings and future Sailor network development. Available: ERIC: ED401900.

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Massachusetts

Board of Library Commisioners. (1998). Academic library statistics.

Board of Library Commisioners. Annual reports.

Board of Library Commisioners. Annual report information survey (ARIS) for public libraries.

Board of Library Commisioners. Data Coordination and Analysis includes: Public library facts: Bimonthly newsletter compiled by the State Aid and Data Coordination Unit and various (Lotus 1-2-3 and Dbase) Data files compiled from the annual Financial Report and the Annual Report Information Survey (ARIS) and then used to produce the annual Massachusetts Public Library Data Series.

Board of Library Commisioners. (1998). Municipal pie...What's your library's share?

Board of Library Commisioners. (1998). School library statistics.

Board of Library Commisioners. (1998). Special library statistics.

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Michigan

Library of Michigan. Michigan library statistical report.

Library of Michigan. (1997). State aid guidelines for Michigan libraries.

Library of Michigan. Community analysis resources.

Library of Michigan. A focus on evaluation: A stakeholder evaluation handbook.

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Minnesota

Minnesota State Library. Minnesota public library statistics.

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Mississippi

Mississippi Library Commission. Mississippi public library statistics.

Library statistics not available as of 2/01.

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Missouri

Missouri State Library

Library statistics not available. The Directory of Missouri Libraries contains some data. Forms available in State Aid to Public Libraries - FY 2001

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (1997). Missouri school district computing census.

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Montana

Montana State Library. Montana public library annual report of statistics

Montana State Library. Sample library surveys.

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Nebraska

Nebraska Library Commission. Library Development Services. Library data services, Public library statistical report - FAQs and Statistical data files to download.

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Nevada

Nevada Department of Museums, Library, and Arts. Libraries' statistics 1996 to present.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire State Library. Public library statistics.

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New Jersey

New Jersey State Library

Library statistics not available.

Breedlove, Elizabeth. (2000, July). Survey of electronic services in public and academic libraries, Interim update: Public libraries providing computers for patron Internet access, Public libraries that own integrated online library systems, by vendor, Academic libraries that own integrated online library systems, by vendor.

New Jersey State Library. Library grant programs annual report.

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New Mexico

New Mexico State Library.

Library statistics no longer available.

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New York

New York State Library. Libraries and library systems: Annual report for public and association libraries.

New York State Library. (1990-1995). New York annual report for public and association libraries.

New York State Library. State aid library aid charts for 2000-2001.

Regents Commission on Library Services. (2000, July 14). Library service in the new century.

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North Carolina

North Carolina Public Library Directors Association (NCPLDA). (1998). Guidelines for North Carolina Public Libraries.

North Carolina State Library. (1995-2000). State Library statistics.

North Carolina State Library. (1997, June). NC Public Library Internet Connectivity

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North Dakota

North Dakota State Library.

Library statistics not available.

North Dakota State Library. Online Dakota Infomation Network (ODIN). PALS statistics.

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Ohio

Ohio State Library. Statistics of Ohio public libraries.

Includes: Ohio Public Library Statistics, web based library data entry (password required), and Online report form instructions.

Ohio State Library. Ohio public library statistics.

Has an online form for libraries to do there own data entry.

AccessOhio. Individual library statistics.

OPLIN. (1999). Measuring library services: The Ohio project.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Library statistics not available.

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Oregon

Oregon State Library. Academic library statistics, Report academic library statistics and Public library statistics, Report public library statistics

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Pensylvania

Pennsylvania State Library. (1996 to present). Library statistics.

Pennsylvania Department of Education. Pennsylvania School Profiles

University of Pittsburgh. Department of Information Science and Telecommunications. Pennsylvania Education Network. Technology and Assessment Documentation Group. School and technology maps, Schools, technology, and infrastructure maps

Bertot, John C. and McClure, Charles R. (1997). Impacts of public access to the Internet through Pennsylvania public libraries. Information Technology and Libraries, 16 (4), 151-164.

McClure, Charles R. and Bertot, John Carlo. (1997, October). Evaluation of the online at PA libraries project : Public access to the Internet through public libraries

McClure, Charles R. and Bertot, John Carlo. (1998, June). Public library use in Pennsylvania: Identifying uses, benefits, and impacts - Final report.

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Rhode Island

Office of Library and Information Services. Data from the public library annual reports, FY 1998

Office of Library and Information Services. Annual report forms

Office of Library and Information Services. (1997). Circulation and inter-community borrowing statistics - cooperating libraries automated network

Office of Library and Information Services. Comparable statistics of Rhode Island public libraries

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South Carolina

State Library of South Carolina. Public library statistics.

South Carolina State Library. (1996 to present). S.C. State Library Annual Reports.

State Library of South Carolina. Community analysis resources on the WWW .

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South Dakota

South Dakota State Library. Annual report: 2000, 1999 summary of activities, 1998, 1997.

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Tennessee

Tennessee State Library

Library statistics not available.

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Texas

Texas State Library. Texas libraries.

Texas State Library. Texas academic library statistics.

Texas State Library. Texas public library directory and Statistics.

Texas State Library. (1998). Texas public library statistics.

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Utah

Utah State Library Division. Public library statistics

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Vermont

Vermont Department of Libraries. Public Library Statistics

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Virginia

Library of Virginia. Virginia public library statistics or alternate site, 1996-1997, 1995-1996 and 1994-1995.

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Washington

Washington State Library. Washington public and academic library statistics

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West Virginia

West Virginia Library Commission. 1999 Statistical Report.

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Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction. Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning. Public Library Development. (1996 to present). Public library statistics: 1996-1999, Public library annual report data definitions.

Department of Public Instruction. Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning. Public Library Development. Guidelines for collection of public library nonresident usage statistics.

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Wyoming

Wyoming State Library. State library statistics.

Wyoming State Library. WSL database and website usage statistics, WYLD usage statistics and Dial up statistics.

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