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
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Repository Citation
Hoffman, S.,
Godbey, S.
(2021).
Merged NCES Academic Library Survey 1996 - 2018.
Available at:
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/23750696
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
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), (2018, 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), (2018, 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), (2018, 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), (2018, 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