To search the Colorado State Publications database: Select
"Colorado State Publications" from the pull-down menu of
specialized databases.
Library Research Service
provides data (in Excel format) on public libraries, academic
libraries, and school media centers. It also provides a number of
short publications (Fast Facts in Adobe Acrobat format) on
library-related statistics including salaries, Internet usage,
materials challenges, and other topics.
National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Library Statistics
Program surveys academic libraries, federal libraries and
information centers, public libraries, school library media
centers, state library agencies, and library cooperatives. The
site provides access to a number of publications online. The
Public
Library Locator and Academic
Library Peer Comparison Tool are of particular interest. From
these sites you can find data on the organizational
characteristics, numbers of staff, materials budget, size of the
collection, and circulation and reference transactions in public
and academic libraries by institution name.
Public
Libraries includes statistics for public libraries, books and
serial volumes, annual attendance, and reference transactions in
1992.
