Document Type
Data Set
Publication Date
11-2019
Abstract
This data set consists of data on academic libraries in the United States from 1996-2016. Multiple data sources from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) were merged, as detailed in the comments below. See also Hoffman, S., & Godbey, S. (2020). US Academic Libraries' Staffing and Expenditure Trends (1996–2016). Library Management, 41(4/5), 247-268.
See also: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_datasets/4/.
Keywords
academic libraries; library expenditures; library collections; library statistics; library performance measurement; library assessment
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
File Format
csv
File Size
24,695 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Repository Citation
Hoffman, S.,
Godbey, S.
(2019).
Merged NCES Academic Library Survey 1996 - 2016 Dataset.
Available at:
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/15775560
Codebook for Merged NCES Academic Library Survey 1996 - 2016 Dataset
HoffmanS_GodbeyS_TableCarnegieConversion.csv (5 kB)
Carnegie 1994 to 2000 Conversion Table
Comments
Time period covered: 1996-2016.
Carnegie 1994 to 2000 Conversion Table
This table shows how we mapped Carnegie 1994 classifications in the order data years to the 2000 Carnegie classifications.
Codebook
See the codebook for Merged NCES Academic Library Survey 1996 - 2016 Dataset included below as a supplemental file.
Dates:
Time period covered: 1996-2016
Project start date: 2017-05
Project end date: 2019-11
Method
Software used: R Studio 1.1.423 (on R version 3.2.2)
Software used: MS Excel 2011 for Mac
Sources
All data sources were downloaded from the National Center for Education Statistics website https://nces.ed.gov/. Individual datasets and years accessed are listed below.
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (2016, 2014), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) Public Use Data File, Library Statistics Program, (2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996), https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/aca_data.asp
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institutional Characteristics component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (2016, 2014), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fall Enrollment component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Human Resources component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Employees Assigned by Position component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (2004, 2002), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7
[dataset] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fall Staff component, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), (1999, 1997, 1995), https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx?gotoReportId=7