IMLS State Library Administrative Agency Survey (SLAA)
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Institute of Museum and Library Services; United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics
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Project Citation:
Institute of Museum and Library Services, and United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. IMLS State Library Administrative Agency Survey (SLAA). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219154V1
Project Description
Project Title:
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IMLS State Library Administrative Agency Survey (SLAA)
Summary:
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The State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA) survey is a bi-annual survey (previously annual) of all state library agencies in the United States, conducted by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). State libraries are established by state governments to serve as the primary repository of information for the state. Data are collected from 50 states and the District of Columbia over the Internet via a web-based reporting system.
Data includes information on state library agency identification, governance, public service hours, service outlets, collections, library service transactions, library development transactions, services to other libraries in the state, allied operations, staff, income, expenditures, and electronic services and other related information. The data has been published in a variety of formats over the years, including: MS Access, TXT, CSV, SAS, and SPSS. Documentation, codebooks, and summary and special reports are provided in PDF format.
The data is organized in three folders:
- Fiscal years 1994 to 1997: data is published in MS Access 97 databases, survey was conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Fiscal years 1998 to 2010: data is published in fixed-width text files, survey was conducted annually by the NCES from 1998 to 2005 and by the IMLS from 2006 to 2010
- Fiscal years 2012 to present: data is published in CSV files, survey was conducted bi-annually by IMLS
Data includes information on state library agency identification, governance, public service hours, service outlets, collections, library service transactions, library development transactions, services to other libraries in the state, allied operations, staff, income, expenditures, and electronic services and other related information. The data has been published in a variety of formats over the years, including: MS Access, TXT, CSV, SAS, and SPSS. Documentation, codebooks, and summary and special reports are provided in PDF format.
The data is organized in three folders:
- Fiscal years 1994 to 1997: data is published in MS Access 97 databases, survey was conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Fiscal years 1998 to 2010: data is published in fixed-width text files, survey was conducted annually by the NCES from 1998 to 2005 and by the IMLS from 2006 to 2010
- Fiscal years 2012 to present: data is published in CSV files, survey was conducted bi-annually by IMLS
Original Distribution URL:
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https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/state-library-administrative-agency-survey
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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libraries;
state libraries;
library services
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1994 – 2022
Universe:
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State library agencies
Data Type(s):
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aggregate data;
geographic information system (GIS) data;
survey data
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