Document Type

Data Set

Publication Date

7-2021

Abstract

This data set consists of data on academic libraries in the United States from 1996-2018. Multiple data sources from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) were merged, as detailed in the comments below.

See also: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_datasets/1/.

Keywords

academic libraries; library expenditures; library collections; library statistics; library performance measurement; library assessment

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

File Format

csv

File Size

26648 KB

Language

English

Comments

Time period covered: 1996-2018.

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, which is included as a supplemental file here: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_datasets/1/

  • Variable list: See ALScodebook.csv

  • Code list: See ALScodebook.csv NA indicates a missing value in the data

Dates:

  • Time period covered: 1996-2018

  • Project start date: 2017-05

Method

  • Software used: R Studio 1.1.423 (on R version 3.2.2)

  • Software used: MS Excel 2011 for Mac

Sources

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