The Public Library Trends Analysis report summarizes 5 years of public library data collected through the Public Libraries Survey, for fiscal years 1992-1996. The survey is conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data. The purpose of this report is to identify and describe trends in public libraries for 24 selected variables, including library collections, services, operating income and expenditures, and staffing. The national, regional, and state data presented in the report document how each of the 24 variables changed between fiscal years 1992 and 1996.
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