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The 2012 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS:2012) is a study that is part of the Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) program; public-use program data are available since 1996 at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/aca_data.asp. ALS:2012 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/academic.asp) is a cross-sectional survey that summarize services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This study provides information pertinent to libraries at degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions.

Data Access

Is a Public-Use Version (PUF) Available?

Yes

Summary of Differences

On the public-use Public Library Data File, selected expenditures data (i.e., Salaries, Benefits, Total Staff Expenditures, and Other Operating Expenditures) for public libraries have been removed (i.e., the field is blank) when total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff is less than or equal to 2.00, to protect the confidentiality of respondents. These data may also be suppressed for other libraries to ensure that all states that have suppressed data have a minimum of 3 suppressed records. The library's Total Operating Expenditures are not affected by the suppression of these data. No data are suppressed on the public-use State Summary/State Characteristics Data File or the Public Library Outlet Data File.

Does Geography Differ from Public Version?

Does Level of Variable Detail Differ from Public Version?

Yes

Academic Libraries Survey, 2012

Description

Data Access